"E-Mail From Nigeria" is the new humor anthology from Todd Allen, author of the "Todd's Oddities" column in "New York Resident."  Sociological observations run amok.  Tales of relationships gone horribly wrong.  The foibles of business and politics.  Strange things defying categorization.  It is Todd's lot in life to document such things, or at least make them up.  This volume features several columns never before seen in a print format.  "No one can take the ludicrous and mundane and turn it into a funny dissertation on society like Todd Allen can. E-Mail from Nigeria is filled with enough hysterical twists and turns to empower a small African nation." -- Mark Rifkin, Editor in Chief, New York Resident News Magazine  "Todd Allen is a pop-culture chameleon, like Madonna without the accent and twice the sex drive. The man is a zeitgeist maestro, such a hipster that's he's an anti-hipster." -- Marty Beckerman, Author, Generation S.L.U.T., Death To All Cheerleaders

E-Mail From Nigeria

Humor & Entertainment

Allen, Todd

Humor

Indignant Media

Monetizing online content has been a complicated puzzle since the commercialization of the World Wide Web in 1994. Online Comics Vs. Printed Comics zeroes in a single type of content - the comic - and compares the methods used to turn comics into cash by both web cartoonists and print publishers. What types of revenue streams exist? When are these streams applicable? How does the online environment effect distribution and sales channels? When is it preferable to be an online company than a print-based company? Viewing content monetization through the lens of a single industry, these questions are explored through analysis and interviews with industry leaders from both the online and print comic communities.

Online Comics Vs. Printed Comics: A Study in E-commerce and the Comparative Economies of Content

Computers & Technology

Todd Allen

Web Development & Design

The definitive book on web comics as a business and monetizing online content returns with a new edition addressing hot topics like digital downloads and web-to-print crossover titles. Examine the business practices of sites like Penny Arcade, Diesel Sweeties, Schlock Mercenary, Goats and Modern Tales and learn from those who've already been there. Rave reviews of the first edition: "Your research is terrific and will prove very useful." - Jeremy Mullins, Professor Sequential Art, Savannah College of Art and Design "The entire study is full of actual revenue numbers, offering a very detailed glimpse into the financial realities behind the comics industry. Allen concludes with a series of lessons for online content providers, lessons which are applicable beyond just the domain of comics." - Econozoo "It's a fine overview of the kinds of options available to any web entrepreneur." - Metrist Partners

The Economics of Web Comics: A Study in Converting Content into Revenue

Allen, Todd W.

When ex-cop Stu Peterman is acquitted of murdering his wives, he does what anyone in his situation would do: he starts giving seminars on "How Murderers Get Caught." As spouses start dropping like flies, Detectives Division and Rush must stare down an angry mayor, a mutinous football team, a reality TV star, an improbable army of Stu Peterman groupies and an investigative reporter with a little too much drive as they try to make the city safe for bickering couples.

The Murder Professor

Comics & Graphic Novels

Comic Strips

Webcomics. Comics as eBooks. Plain old fashioned printed comics. Does anybody actually make any money off this stuff? Believe it or not some people actually do, though it's not as easy as you might think it is. Economics of Digital Comics walks the reader through the history and business models of the modern comics world, starting with the "traditional" print formats and progressing through the new digital formats, then compares what is necessary to hit revenue benchmarks in each format. "I'm simply admitting that I set out in that world bereft of a map and--my hand to God--I would be lost without Todd Allen. The book you're (literally or figuratively) holding in your hands at this moment is testament to that." - Mark Waid, from his introduction

Economics of Digital Comics

Software

A mad god owed him money.
Mister Lewis was just trying to do his job. He “consulted” on problems of a supernatural nature. Unfortunately, while uncovering why all the musicians were suddenly dying, how a cult was able to pay off their student loans through blood sacrifice and who was using a ghost for industrial espionage purposes, the god of tricksters left him holding an unpaid bill.
So as Mister Lewis traverses the country, doing unpleasant work for unpleasant people, he keeps an eye peeled for Loki. 
Some debts need collecting.

The Children of Loki: A Hardboiled Magic Adventure (1)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Student Loans Paid In Blood - A Hardboiled Magic Adventure

Allen, TW

What's the lifetime value of a dead customer? In a desperate bid to prevent being ousted from his own company, a startup founder accidentally draws the attention of necromancers looking to protect their secrets. Occult attention spills over from the founder to his shady investor, whose entire portfolio becomes infested as a food delivery app delivers vampires, a dating app transmigrates souls and social media influencer's video game creates literal zombie followers. Are the apps cursed or is something even worse in play? It's tale of death and revenge set against a sardonic landscape of tech startups and venture capital as Mister Lewis tries to prevent metaphysically weaponized greed from burning down the world.

The Cursed Apps: A Hardboiled Magic Adventure

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