Session 3

 



 The first website that I looked at was http://www.thenightthings.com/night_things/courtney_home.htm. This website is dedicated to the  character Courtney Crumrin and the  comic book series.  The keywords that you could type in to find the website are Courtney Crumrin or Ted Naifeh.

The content of the website includes a gallery of Ted's work on the series, news on what is on sale or what Ted is doing with the series and a section on the books that are on sale. There is a store section but it is under construction. Overall I would rate the site of high quality, it had great graphics, it was pretty much up to date, no pop ups, and it moved fast from one section to another.
One of the weaknesses was that the introduction took too long and it seemed that there was no way to stop the introduction.  Also on older computers the page load very slowly. The factors that mostly influenced my judging of the website were how fast it loaded, the currency of the website and the graphics because it is about a comic book.

The second website that I looked at was http://www.serenavalentino.com/gloomcookie/ which is based on the  comic GloomCookie.  I loved this website because it contained so much information on the comic.  By typing in the keywords GloomCookie or Serena Valentino you could get to the website. The website just contains an overview of the comic, its characters,  press reviews, and comic artwork.

Its three strengths were the graphics, the currency of the website, and the quick loading of the pictures. I judged it on high quality even though I wished there were more pictures.

The weakness was that there weren't enough pictures for me.

The last website that I looked at was http://www.tednaifeh.com/ which is about the artist Ted Naifeh who wrote and drew Courtney Crumrin's comics and drew GloomCookie. The website contains examples from this artworks, his comics and news about what he is doing.  It also contains a biography and a way to be in contact with him. Key words to type in are Courtney Crumrin and Ted Naifeh.

It's strengths are that it is current even though it was updated on the 13th of October for a busy guy like Ted that is pretty awesome, and it loaded quickly.
I judged it fair because it was kind of too simple for a comic book artist compared to his other website on Courtney Crumrin.
Its weakness was its simplicity.