How to Get More Hits on My Website

One thing people is always asking themselves these days are "How to Get More Hits on My Website" or "How to Get More Traffic to My Website." Well, this site is here to provide information for "How to Get More Hits on My Website."

First, search the Internet using the search terms "How to Get More Hits on Your Website" or "How to Get More Traffic to Your Website." Google and Ask are some useful tools you can use to search for information on the Internet and learn about "How to Get More Hits on My Website."

Next, build a Website. There are many tools on the Internet which can give you the information you need to get started in building your own Website. Try using a search engine to find some information and software you can use to build your site. You can also go to school to learn about web design and search engine optimization.

Here is another way to get lots of hits, and to "Increase traffic to my Etsy Store." Prease go to my Etsy store and buy "Mediocre Narcotica's Greatest Hits." Once you receive this astounding book, you will be sure to get lots of useful hits.

Oh, perhaps I am misunderstanding you, friend! Am I mistaking your intentions? Did you mean to increase traffic to YOUR site, and not to MY site, Bibliowhining? Please accept my dearest apologies. To discover the secret for getting more hits on YOUR website, please continue with your Google searching. I must seem like a real sleazebag, huh?

Psst, I'm just making fun of these stupid websites. I'm not really trying to spam you or promote my comic ad nauseum. The air is getting crisper and cooler, and soon my outdoor options will be limited, or at least less fun. More NEW, FREE comics will be coming soon. -Chrissy

The Sketchbook Project Progress Report

I’ve been participating in The Sketchbook Project lately. It’s a pretty neat concept – for a fee, you get a small, thin Moleskine cahier-style sketchbook that I can add other paper to if you wish, as long as the spine doesn’t get any thicker than 1 inch. When I’m finished with the sketchbook, I’ll mail it to the Brooklyn Art Library and some librarians will archive and digitize my book forever, placing it in a sketchbook collection available for the public to browse as they wish. In 2012, that year’s submissions will be exhibited around the country on a “tour.” Here’s what I have so far! Plenty of worthy stuff to draw right around my town.

Ocean City, NJ

I add these little color notes sometimes in case I want to ink the drawing later or turn it into a painting.

Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA

Love Park (JFK Plaza), Philadelphia, PA

I soon discovered that the original sketchbook’s pages don’t take ink wash very well (you’ll see evidence of that shortly), so I traced this sketch to convert it into a proper ink drawing. I was planning to add the drawing back into the sketchbook, but I liked it so much it’s now hanging on my wall. Yeah, I get kind of attached to my work when I first draw it, then in a few years it’s so embarrassing to look at that I can’t bear to sell nor give it to anyone else. Great business sense, huh?

Central Park, NYC, NY

A college friend invited me to spend the afternoon with her sketching in NYC, where she lives. If you live in the Philly area and are interested in a fun little day trip, take the Chinatown bus to NYC, draw people in the parks and on the subways and eat dumplings for lunch in Chinatown. The complete trip, including transportation and food, cost less than 30 bucks.

Haddon Township, NJ

And now we’re back in my immediate area. For a change of pace, here are some vaguely creepy tonal drawings. Some say they contain hidden images!

Thanks for lookin’! If you’re interested in joining the Sketchbook Project, there’s still plenty of time to sign up! Registration ends in October.

Fasc-Book is Here!

FASC-BOOK IS HERE!!!

Sick of the ordinary, mind-numbing social networking sites? Looking for something a little more…superior? 

Remember when Facebook required all users to have a .edu email address? As Harvard alumni and viewers of The Social Network know, Facebook once limited access to Harvard students alone, separating its exclusive club of networkers from the unwashed, uneducated masses on MySpace. Well, that limitation went down the toilet pretty quick, didn’t it? As you accepted friend requests from your grandmother and dog, Facebook became more and more like its Cro-Magnon forefathers, distinguished only by its devastatingly addictive information architecture and branding.

We at Fasc-book strive to regain that exclusivity. As a Fasc-book user, rest assured that only you and a select minority will ever have access to this precious, superior social networking site.

Just send us a blood sample! Fasc-book authorities will run a quick analysis to determine whether your genetic makeup is pure enough to connect with and share Internet memes with others of your ilk. Once verified, you will receive a pass-code granting access to the network.

Check out this exclusive preview! (Click on the image to see it larger.)

Remember Google +, the obvious Facebook knockoff that lit up the twitterverse and blogosphere for a couple weeks in July of 2011? That never really caught on, did it? Who wants to spend time duplicating their friends lists, statuses, self-report data and photos onto a separate but not equal network that offers nothing new?

Join us at Fasc-book, the Facebook alternative with a purpose beyond simple theft. Segregate yourself with Fasc-book. The future is here!

PRINTED COMICS ARE HERE!

In this digital age where nearly every song, movie and comic is freely available, we sometimes forget the art of the album. The way the artist carefully organizes her tracks to make the whole album flow together so cohesively. The way the cover art complements the music -- especially on an LP. Remember looking at those old record sleeves for hours, taking it all in? Wasn't it nice to hold a solid object in your hand? Wasn't it a breath of fresh air, knowing that solid object would always be there for you, would never disappear due to some computer crash or the malfunctioning of a device designed to become obsolete in a year, a month?

Sure you can read my comics on here, for free, but why not buy the printed version? Pass it to your friends, turn a flashlight on and read it under the bedsheets after hours -- free yourself from reading things on the horrible Internet, where Facebook and email and unfinished homework hover on the next tab, distracting you and robbing you of your childlike peace of mind.

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Lots of fun text to read and detailed, old-school pen-and-ink drawings to pick apart. I know you'll enjoy it, and it costs less than a fancy coffee drink!

Shipping is free. Contact me to order your copy or copies today! My Paypal address is the same as my contact email, so if you prefer, you can simply send payment via Paypal with a note about what you want to buy. Minimal human interaction required!

The Bibliowhining 2nd Anniversary Clip Show!

It's already been two years, Jack! This blog started out as a humble personal site, and I'm surprised at how much it's grown, and how much my drawing and storytelling abilities have improved -- though there's definitely room for improvement there. I have a print comic coming out soon, which may explain my recent lack of entries. But while you're waiting for that, check out the comics I've made over the past years, as well as the top 10 most popular entries read over the year! Enjoy! And thanks for reading.



List of Comics, July 2010-June 2011
1. "Dunkin's Drivers," 2010. A satirical color comic listing the reasons for getting a driver's license.
2. "Archie/Chick Tract Crossover," 2010.  As a Veronica comic unveils a new gay character, this tract warns about the dangers of gluttony, a deadly sin Jughead has glorified for decades.
3. "Five (5) Simple Ways You Can Lose Weight, Slim Down and Reduce Excess Fat," 2010. The title is making fun of SEO search engine spamming tactics, while the color comic itself satirizes America's obsession with weight loss articles and magazines when the content contained within is always incredibly obvious.
4. "Ram Bam-A-Lam," 2010. One of my personal favorite Mediocre Narcotica songs. It was stuck in my head all day yesterday, in fact. I have an idea for a music video if anyone wants to start a real punk band with me. 
5. "Back to the Suture," 2010. A Halloween comic inspired by old Tales from the Crypt stories. This mysterious quiet dude goes back in time to purchase old records to sell in the future for a profit, and also captures a woman to kill over and over again. Convoluted!
6. The Dunkin Swine entry explores the evolution of the classic Dunkin Swine character with comics and drawings from 2005 to 2008. Wince with me at the crudeness.
7. "Family Guy Get Off the Air," 2011. An eponymous Mediocre Narcotica song.
8. "2012 Skidoo!," 2011. Mediocre Narcotica sings about the upcoming apocalypse, and I finally find good-quality Bristol board so the art is pretty nice for the first time in a while. 
9. "X Says Goodbye," 2011. A friend is strangely upset that I used his likeness in four of my comics.
10. "Swiney Todd," 2011. A dark little poem with tonal pencil drawings. People liked it.
11. "The Bibliowhining Guide to Facebook Etiquette and Management," 2011. Colorful and educational. Back then I left Facebook, so disciplined. Of course it's sucked me back in again. And what's the deal with Google +???!!!
12. What I would draw if I was a New Yorker cartoonist. Proof that I could be popular if I really wanted to be. 
13. "No More 9-11," 2011. Mediocre Narcotica responds to the death of Osama Bin Laden before South Park does.
14. "Branny Culture," 2011. A satirical response to liberals' attempted criminalization of cartoon cereal mascots and brightly colored packaging.
15. "Idoling," 2008/2011. A rare personal comic about being an introvert. I jokingly refer to "introvert pride," but I don't think pride is a good thing. It's better to be humble.
16. "Banana Slug Love," 2011. A tonal pencil comic and poem about the mating rituals of the Banana Slug. 
17. "Dr. Rip Me Off," 2011. Mediocre Narcotica sings about doctors ripping you off. The comic is funny, unlike the reality.
18. "Fungible Friends," 2011. A Sea Monkeys parody for word nerds. 



AND...here's the 10 most popular non-comic entries, assuming that hits and time spent looking at a page mean anything.

10. Lament for Locos, a short film in which my friend Karl and I discuss our plans for the future and make fun of art school, college and so on. It's a funny film, and I hope you watch it. Great soundtrack.
9. Dunkin Swine makes a match.com profile. This entry was from last year, but people like a little romance with their black humor, I suppose. 
8. Dunkin Swine makes a fake etsy store and eats donuts, Wawa coffee. 
7. The Bibliowhining Wasteful Products Buying Guide is a photographic spoof of the overpackaged products I've seen in stores. Later on Google analytics I noticed the key words "individually wrapped soap for single-use handwashing" brought someone to this page. Evidently, there is a real demand for these products. 
6. Peek inside my Moleskine notebook. 
5. "Coke Fiend Chris," 2004/2009  This is a comic, but since it isn't in the above list I'll link it here. Definitely a fan favorite, and one of Bibliowhining's first entries.
4. Chrissy builds a little house for an advent calendar. 
3. "Eat It," a much beloved early 2010 entry with colored paintings of horrible recipes. This entry is spoofing Katie Lee Joel and those other food columnists who basically describe how to serve already-prepared spreads and junk from bottles and cans.
2. I'm surprised to see that my self-portrait with worms crawling out of my eyes is one of the most viewed and longest viewed entries. That's awesome.
1. Tutorial on how to make a Moleskine notebook. But there are better ones out there. This probably just came up in a lot of search results for how to make your own Moleskine notebook.
Thanks for being a fan!