At 5:23:42pm on March 26, 2008, Graphic Policy launched with its first article ever. Yes, it was a rather random time, but it began a journey that’s now fifteen years in the making. It’s been a hell of a journey that’s taken me to places I’d never imagine, meeting people I never thought I would, and opportunities I never contemplated. It led to this site, podcasts, a YouTube channel, and spinoff site focused on games, Board Game Today. It’s been a hell of a ride.
We’re over 91,000 posts in 15 years. That’s around 16 articles/posts a day since the beginning. There’s close to 19.5 million minutes watched on YouTube. That’s 13,483 days worth of watched video. We’ve aired 386 episodes of Graphic Policy Radio resulting in hundreds of thousands of listens. And all of this from visitors from around the world.
I want to say thank you. Thank you for the millions that have visited the site, the millions that have viewed us on YouTube, the tens of thousands that follow us on social networks. From the bottom of my heart thank you. Without you, there’d be no point in doing all of this (it’d just be a journal for ourselves).
Beyond the readers and community, I want to thank the publishers, the public relation teams, the creators who have spent time with us, given us the time of day, worked with us, and trusted us to cover you all. Without you as well, this site would be much more difficult to do and honestly probably too costly to do properly.
And to the contributors. There’s been dozens of you over the years and every one has brought something unique and special to the site with a view that I have found interesting and a voice that I’m proud to have helped get out there.
One of the focuses of this site has been community. I like to support comics, creators, publishers, and enjoy talking to fans. There are many great places to have conversations with fans and share our love and there are places that are downright toxic. One thing I’m proud of is keeping that toxicity away from this site.
It’s been fifteen years and thank you for being a part of that. Here’s to fifteen more and beyond.
Brett Schenker
Founder/Blogger in Chief
Graphic Policy
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