Funny Pages Feed?

[captain_slinky]

Y'know what I need? I need a website that will allow me to collect all my bestest On-Line Comic Strips on to one page for perusal, not unlike my Friends Page here on LJ only with actual images instead of just links to the hosting website.

If there were a page where I could go, set up and account and then just point-and-click "Ooh I'd like that one and that one and this one and..." and then I'd have a "Home Page" where the latest strip from each comic I chose would update automatically... I'd be more than willing to endure mountains of banner ads and targeted spam. And added features would include a simple "Stop Subscription" button and a "If you like this comic, why not try..." button below each comic. Oh, and of course each comic strip would be a link to the originating sight where you could connect with fans, buy merchandise, etc.

But as it is now, I can't find a service like that. The only way to find out about new comic strips I like is to hear of it word-of-mouth (or word-of-blog) and then go to the site and hope they have an RSS feed and then hope that they upload their daily strip instead of a "A new daily comic strip is available at http://www.thecomicyouwishwasinfrontofyourightnow.dissapointment.right-click/openinnewtab/forgettillafteryoudontcare.html"

So anybody know of a site like that?

ADDITIONAL THOUGHT: It has to be lucrative enough for the creator to forgo his or her already established website. Profit sharing for all the creators, based upon total subscriptions/total views. Should be relatively easy to set-up, right? Artists could start a feed for free; no cost to them, no cost to me. The traditional "Starving Artist" type (and I know quite a few) who are doing their strips out of pure love of cartooning would have nothing to lose and everything to gain from the exposure.

Have to visit Keenspot.com and see if they have anything going on like this yet...

Comments

[zannah.livejournal.com]

The problem with that model for well-established webcomics is that the advertising wouldn't be targeted or as successful, and they'd be sharing the revenue with other people. Plus, there's less control of your content once you're allowing others to display it in their site/template. In addition, putting users an additional click/step away from your own forums/merchandise/etc is simply poor usability practice.

Might werk better for smaller comics/unknowns trying to gain an audience (a la keenspot).

Your best bet is to look for a custom RSS solution of some sort.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Profit would have to be on a sliding scale. Open to anyone who wants to do a feed of their web comic with a chance of profit based upon total readership (tiers of profit based on total number of subscribers.

It needs to be clear that this would not be a Web-Comic Archive by any means; it would be a "Here is the latest comic from this particular website". It would be a tool for free self-promotion first, profit generator second. Loosely modeled on the old-school Funny Pages found in a daily newspaper, only customizable for the end-user.

It's an idea that's in my head right now, anywho... if I can find a way to shift focus from promotion to profit, I'll be RICH!