# Nyetoon, a web(3)comic by Nye By [Nyetoon](https://paragraph.com/@nyetoon-2) · 2024-07-17 --- Start Here. What is Nyetoon? ---------------------------- Welcome. This is a **_collectible archive_** of my web comic, **Nyetoon.** Nyetoon is a web-comic that I sporadically worked on from 2012 to 2022(-ish.) I don't really draw it much anymore (despite a regular plead from my wife and and handful of devoted fans who occasionally harass me.) I’m minting this archive for others to read. More on that in a second. !["Symphony of Meh," Nyetoon](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/a4f4ff85f5c234b96edd4c5c7cddcd2775d837888762897f9f5e4093000be62b.jpg) "Symphony of Meh," Nyetoon I wish I could say that the comic has a through line other than me. These are more exploratory personal initiatives - kind of “slow motion” improv. I only drew them when I had something I was thinking enough about to frame in the medium. The truth is that Nyetoon was never really about being read, which **is weird.** Nyetoon was a way for me to keep from going insane. Sort of a diary I guess - “a close the door and leave me alone excuse” probably. I began with little guys with ties with a lot of stupid jokes, and wound up talking about myself and my family. My marriage is in here. My kids. My fears, my depressions, my imaginary friends. For some reason, a bear? Undoubtedly, the most popular character. After migrating these comics three times in **web2** - I’ve dug out the complete archive, with a hope that this site will be the permanent resting place for them in **web3.** ![Crosstown Driving, Nyetoon](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/2eac0fffc029ad647f37066037217439a39e09448550960ab36d50089b429424.jpg) Crosstown Driving, Nyetoon ### “Nyetoon” is now “0xC95Af125058aE235500471BF79F6E767df786859” After an extraordinary amount of thinking, I’ve decided to mint this work on the EVM. _(the Ethereum Virtual Machine)_ If you have read my essay writing, you will understand that [**I have deep concerns about our personal creative data in the age of AI.**](https://mirror.xyz/nyewarburton.eth/ynbCEdF5ULWW_ph7wLH5az3h2eXL7cWVmcXqLxTu6nc) By putting the most important and personal work of my career on the blockchain, I **_hope to demonstrate an activity,_** that I hope many of the next generation of artists will see, _and consider._ As such, **Nyetoon** is now an address on the blockchain\*\*.\*\* Every post will be **collectible,** and (if I can figure it out) will be tied into the larger intellectual property of the comic -- all on chain. _I think? - still working on it._ The space is moving fast, and I am doing my best to evolve. AI and Web3 networks are difficult to keep up with, but for my personal work, and for the personal work of artists everywhere, I feel compelled to validate and attest it. Additionally, Nyetoon is on-chain going forward because I wanted a record of “cartoon me,” before the robots get here. Conversely, I am also interested in what is next, and I am increasingly certain, **_tokenization is part of it._** The comic, as a creative entity, could give me opportunity to explore the new emergent models of creation. Whatever it is!?! * * * ![I steal shamelessly.](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/46626a0c4f8ae82152a83e8754375e4c5146dc3d497c76aa891786da7037213c.png) I steal shamelessly. **Dox, Baby** ------------- IRL my name is [Nye Warburton](https://nyewarburton.com/). You can find my resume for [nyewarburton.eth here.](https://etherscan.io/address/0xc9324D3df61042086E274A250895331731A33E59) You can also find my written work at [https://mirror.xyz/nyewarburton.eth](https://mirror.xyz/nyewarburton.eth) Everything in Nyetoon, to this point, was **written by a human**. All of the comics were made with a wacom tablet and old fashioned graphics software. Sometimes on laptops, other times on desktops. I’d say the art is mostly Photoshop, but occasionally others. **_“I moved my hand around and still drew digitally”_** is what I am saying. I didn’t prompt anything, or run something through a latent space. The final output was usually published on my wordpress blog, _until it crashed._ The work, thankfully, **_was saved locally._** To create the ideas - I wrote on _… paper,_ with a set of black ink pens that I carried around in a stack (_with a rubber band around it._) Like a cartoonist does. Or at least, how cartoonists used to. This site is served by the onchain front end [Mirror.xyz.](https://mirror.xyz/) I hope to mint and participate in the work currently on the [Optimism L2](https://www.optimism.io/) blockchain community, to promote open source and collective action for good. We will need to use AI responsibly as creatives. * * * Join the Network? ----------------- If you wish to support the work, you can do so by buying a comic entry. That value, comes to the Nyetoon address, and I use it as a motivation to set aside time to do more writing of them. That’s the economics of the system, as of now. I’ve set a price point that I hope will work - around 10 US dollars. I will also limit runs of each comic to 100. Owning a comic means your ID will be attached to the Nyetoon network. As I understand it, connecting your address to mine allows me to send you new collectible things via peer to peer. A new publishing model perhaps? Should there actually be a demand, the hope is that liquidity will produce more. I really don’t know quite what that will be or how this will go. I hope it’s fun for all of us and we learn something cool. Thanks for your support. \- Nye ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/c9e1d74c13319a39f424549b4c2773a445b45d1fdbe7061f0d4ee0b757f08334.jpg) Begin your **Nyetoon** journey Here: [https://mirror.xyz/0xC95Af125058aE235500471BF79F6E767df786859](https://mirror.xyz/0xC95Af125058aE235500471BF79F6E767df786859) --- *Originally published on [Nyetoon](https://paragraph.com/@nyetoon-2/nyetoon-a-web-3-comic-by-nye)*