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Feb 23

So I got an email from, apparently, the owner of TopWebComics, claiming to be making a new webcomic platform called Fables. They make a lot of lofty claims about being a platform "for creators, by creators," but the website is still in pre-launch and looks pretty bare-bones. Did anyone else get this email? Seems legit?

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I’ve never heard of anyone else even hearing about it. At best, it’s a project that’s barely starting, at worst it’s a scam/virus

Tech companies never contact "content creators" directly.

Yeah, thus my concerns lol. As far as I can tell they're legit, but the fact that they emailed me is like "how to make your company look sketchy 101."

lol I just got an email, too. I'm sure they got my email from topwebcomics, because I did create a link to my comic for voting years ago, but I don't think that they have anything to do with this "Fables" site. The *.pro domain this 'fables' site uses is just a generic one you can get off of godaddy.

I think it may be a bot that's nabbed someones profile on Tapas, too, since the name "Marty Basto" is also a Tapas creator: https://tapas.io/martybasto7 @martybasto

I got that email too, and just sent an email to the TopWebcomics support through the TopWebcomics website asking about it, I'll let you know what I hear back.

you make excellent points here, yes I agree. I do think though that at the very least the creator you link here is the actual owner of TopWebcomics. I've sent an email to their support via the TopWebcomics site, so we'll see what they have to say about it.

I can't see any mention of this "fables" on the actual topwebcomics website or their facebook page either.

Okay so, I got a response from Marty Basto at TopWebcomics via my support email and they said that yes, that email was from them and was able to answer the few questions I had for them about it and let me know that it's still early days but that they hope to launch around sometime in June.
Part of the reply: "The project is moving along. We’re adding new features every week or two. We’re hoping to launch around June.

Right now, we’re busy uploading series to fables so creators can hit the road running.

What we’ve done with Fables is set up an advisory council on Discord with members who were willing to share their thoughts with us."

I went ahead and joined the Discord server via the link in the first email since they'd confirmed it was legitimate, and I'll be exploring the server a bit more later.

As a reminder, from my partner who works in the tech world: You can't be too careful with emails you get, it never hurts to be really cautious.

Thanks for finding out everything! I might pop over to the discord, too, then.

Sorry guys. It is indeed a legitimate project. It certainly isnt intended to cause suspicions or ill-intent. We really are creating a new platform that will be launch in the coming months. We're just contacting active creators right now to offer them some help and get everything ready before we launch. As far as I'm aware, it is not a scam XD

Sorry, it certainly isnt meant to look sketchy. Just in Beta focusing on setting up our creators.

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I actually just got that email, I don't trust it, it seems very weird and usually they'd announce it on their website if it was true. And yes, I do have my comic on topwebcomics but I've not seen anything about it on their website so I believe it's a scammer that is just slowly going through the webcomics on there.

Interesting that you say that because it's on TWC now:

Sweet, I'll probably join the server, this is a pretty good opportunity for my comic to reach more eyes, especially since it's been on hiatus for so long.

I was in on it at first, but I decided to walk away because it was not progressing how I thought it would. It seems very... how do I say this? It looks like it is still under construction and is stuck there. I would rather focus my energy on platforms that are already off the ground.

Hmm, another comic hosting site, on the niche there's a black hole called webtoons that sucks all traffic in :stuck_out_tongue:

That's because it is currently under construction but we are on schedule to release it in June 2024. We are adding new features every week and it's starting to take its final form. We're allowing creators to go in now so they can set up their series pre-launch.