IT'S NOT ABOUT MONEY...

you know, when my customers started asking about people uploading my scans, i had to defend myself.
i don't want them to feel tricked by me.
i have left a message in every order: PLEASE DON'T UPLOAD MY SCANS ANYWHERE.

i believe most of them understand my problem.
however, what can i do if they choose to ignore the message?
in the end, the choice is their hands.
for those who didn't upload them, i thank you greatly from the depths of my heart.
for those who did, i don't have any words left to say.
i have my reasoning, you have yours.
good luck for whatever you do.
i'll just do what i do best. well, i'll just upgrade the customer order procedure.

oh, before i go home, anyone who thinks that this is about money, you are gravely mistaken.
when comparing 20 - 25 sen per episode with 40 minutes of scanning, while the editing time fluctuates between 15 minutes to 1 hour for each episode, i don't think it is too much to ask.

sometime ago, i did mention (that post was deleted because i was super furious at that time) that that my projects are personal.
disasters can happen at any time, i'm scanning my comics as a personal backup.
others can have them, but i can't give them for free. it is my sweat and time. i do have a say in that, don't i?
i will keep scanning even if one day i might stop blogging and sharing news about them,
even if no one orders them. at least i did something to save them, right?

arararara (japanese term)...
it's maghrib prayers time.
well see ya later :D

HAPPY EID AL-ADHA!!!

assalaamu alaikum everyone.
i was supposed to be here the day before yesterday, i mean before eid al-adha, but i really, really just couldn't make it.

so, HAPPY EID AL-ADHA to all the Muslims around the world.
with this celebration, i hope we can immerse ourselves into thinking about the huge meaning of sacrifice, especially when we have to make very tough life decisions.

umm...
i'm suddenly out of ideas of what to say.
so... see you later!

NEW PROJECT: WIRA GOLOK, WELL...PROBABLY...

i have been thinking, but i'm not sure yet.
i have just scanned the cover page of WIRA GOLOK volume 1 when i was suddenly shocked by something.
i need to rethink about the significance of i-komik's existence.
they uploaded my Red Spot (tanda merah) comics, which i didn't upload anywhere.
one of them ordered my comics, then uploaded them to their site.
of course i don't know who.
no wonder orders count keep decreasing month after month.
what am i supposed to do?
are they not wrong by doing so?
what they are doing affects me.
are they friendlies?
are they hostiles?
i have reconsider this WIRA GOLOK project.
SERIOUSLY!

TO ALL MY CUSTOMERS

I, JIFAT79, HEREBY DECLARE THAT I HAVE NEVER, EVER PERMITTED MY SCANS TO BE UPLOADED TO ANY FILE HOSTING SERVICE OR ANY ONLINE READER BY ANYONE SINCE THE DAY I PULLED OUT EVERYTHING FROM THIS BLOG LAST YEAR.

THIS IS MY PROMISE, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR MUTUAL TRUST.
YOU PAID FOR YOUR ORDERS, SO YOU HAVE MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE.
I WILL NOT UPLOAD THEM TO BE FREE DOWNLOADS OR FOR ONLINE READING, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE UNFAIR TO YOU.

ANY DOWNLOAD LINKS AVAILABLE OUTSIDE OF THIS BLOG AFTER 10/10/2010 ARE OLD RAPIDSHARE LINKS (PROBABLY DEAD BY NOW) THAT I LEFT FOR MY FELLOW BLOGGERS USAGE IN THEIR BLOGS. NOT EVEN ONCE SINCE THEN HAVE I UPLOADED MY COMICS TO ANY OTHER FILE HOSTING SERVICE.

IN THE EVENT THAT YOU FIND THEM AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ONLINE, I ASSURE YOU THAT THEY WERE DONE NOT BY ME.

WITH THAT, I THANK YOU :)

WIRA TUNGGAL STATUS...

salaam...

i've scanned 2 episodes this morning right after subuh prayers.
they were episodes 121 and 122.



i'm jumping the scans to start from episode 121 and not from episode 86.
well, i have my reasons.
once i have finished up to episode 300, i'll return to number 86.
still a long way to go, hu3