Webcomics Weekly Kickstarter 3
Dave, Kris and Brad talk about Patreon and “cheating” with digital art.
Dave, Kris and Brad talk about Patreon and “cheating” with digital art.
Thanks to the generous support of the Kickstarter backers of The Webcomics Handbook, we have new episodes of Webcomics Weekly to share! This is the third of four Kickstarter-funded episodes — and it’s a continuation of the conversation from Webcomics Weekly KS-2!
In this episode, we go from counseling Kris on his impending fatherhood to counseling Dave on whether he should launch his own Patreon page! The conversation quickly becomes a very useful guide to the pros and cons of the crowdfunding phenom. I think you’re really going to enjoy it.
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When you add menubar items to your Easel or ComicsPress site, the default is for those items to be added as words. But what if you want those menubar items to be icons? Or decorative typography? Or both?
This step-by-step tutorial will help you do just that — and it’s much easier than it sounds!
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Today’s dive into the archive of Webcomics.com takes us to July 2011, when we talked about some of the disadvantages of organizing a business as a sole proprietorship.
As small businesspeople (or, more flatteringly, people who manage small businesses) most of us fall into the legal category of a sole proprietor. And, for most of us, the sole proprietorship is the easiest and most advantageous structure for our businesses to be run under. After all, we’re not generating the income or taking the risks that would cause us to structure our businesses as LLCs or corporations.
During out recent conversation about convention fliers, one member pointed out that this would make an excellent Hot Seat topic — and I agree whole heartedly! So let’s kick that off next. In the comments below, point me to a PDF of your flier (both sides, if necessary) and give me the usual:
Q: This morning I was surprised to find that a reader had commented on almost all of my comics and messaged me on Twitter. They were even decent comments. As this is a rare occurrence I was excited to show my co-author. This is when we both noticed something odd. The commenter’s name had a hash tag after it — #WR — which is used by white supremacists. It now appeared on every page of my comic. Looking through his feed, it was littered with racist and sexist messages.
This revelation really took the wind out of my sails. Now I was torn between respecting a person’s free speech and distancing my comic from political affiliations that I’d rather avoid. In the end we agreed to delete the comments.
I’m interested in your thoughts on the matter and if you’ve had to deal with similar situations?
On a related note, I was wondering about stalker-y fan behavior. I’ve had mildly stalker-like followers before, but nothing that forced me to make a stand. They eventually faded to the background, but what concerned me was the difficulty in maintaining good fan relations vs. distancing yourself from invasions of privacy.
A: Whew! There’s a lot there to cover! Let’s take it from the top…
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And now… the first of TWO new episodes of Webcomics Weekly coming your way in July! Due to the overwhelming Kickstarter support of The Webcomics Handbook, the WW crew will do four new episodes of our popular podcast. The first one has already…
And now… the first of TWO new episodes of Webcomics Weekly coming your way in July! PLUS, as members of Webcomics.com, you get to hear it before it gets released to the public!
Due to the overwhelming Kickstarter support of The Webcomics Handbook, the WW crew scheduled four new episodes of our popular podcast. The first one has already posted, and this is the second — with the third scheduled to drop later this week!
Dave, Kris and I got together for a marathon recording session over the weekend, and we taped enough material for two epic podcasts. Unfortunately, Scott was not able to join us — he was traveling to Texas to celebrate his father’s 70th birthday. But we soldiered on and talked about all of the stuff that’s been happening since we last got together in March.
For Kris, that’s a biggie — his wife, Marlo, is due with their first baby soon. So, veteran fathers that we are, Dave and I sit the lad down to share a little hard-won advice. That turns to anecdotes and eventually, the inevitable references to poopy diapers.
Meanwhile, Dave’s in the throes of promoting Stripped, the documentary on comic strips that has been a powerhouse on iTunes since its first day! The movie has just been released in Canada, and he and co-creator Frederick Schroeder are traveling all over for screenings. But what happens when cartoonists who didn’t get included in the movie complain to him about the grievous omission? Heh… tune in and find out!
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Today’s Archive Dive takes us to July 16, 2013, when I shared some information on a crucial aspect of running a WordPress install: Child Themes. If you don’t make your site modifications on a Child Theme, you risk losing a lot of hard work as soon your theme updates.
As we mentioned in last week’s Ten Tips for WordPress newbs piece, you never want to make changes to your WordPress theme. Instead create a Child Theme and makle changes to that.
It works like this. The site uses all of the coding from the theme except for the coding found in the Child Theme. The Child Theme is a selective over-writing of the original theme.
Anything you do to change your site through the original theme will be lost the next time the theme developers release an update.
Here’s how to create a Child Theme.
Patreon is an excellent resource for generating income for creators. However, judging your potential monthly income is a little tricky. I was amazed at how much my actual income differed from what I thought I was going to make — and it had nothing to do with the reasonable cuts that both Patreon and their transaction providers take.
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