Incorporating an oddly shaped panel into a vertical-scroll comic
In an earlier post, I talked about incorporating a circular panel into a page design intended to work well on a printed page — without having a negative impact on the vertical-scroll version of the webcomic. Here’s a step-by-step guide on doing exactly that.
The content you are trying to access is only available to members.No, Tumblr didn’t reinstate NSFW content
Recently Tumblr added some features that had many people convinced that they were reversing their ill-fated decision to remove NSFW content. However, there’s a lot more to the story.
The content you are trying to access is only available to members.ComicLab Ep 250 — Looking forward to flashbacks
The cartoonist uncles have a disagreement! Dave Kellett hates flashbacks, and Brad Guigar can’t get enough! They’ll talk about the right way to handle a flashback in your comic, when you should use one — and whether you shouldn’t reconsider the whole approach in the first place!
ON THIS WEEK’S SHOW…
- How to present a flashback scene in your comic
- Should you brand your Patreon on the comic — or on the creator?
- Making time to write when you’re busy drawing — Brad shares his writing process that allows him to plot the story out for several months, while writing individual updates every week.
Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the author of The Webcomics Handbook. Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.
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October To-Do List
This is a time when creativity seems to be at an all-time high everywhere you look. From carved pumpkins to costumes to haunted houses to the really scary stuff like, well…
ComicLab Ep 249 — Feeling a little Ziggy
Being lonely in a large city has a listener feeling a little Ziggy — and cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar have some advice.
ON THIS WEEK’S SHOW…
- Feeling a little Ziggy
- Making money while on government assistance
- The secret success is… failure
- Making a board game or card game based on your comic
- Sheldon… the movie?
Clip Studio Paint — applying hand poses
Q.: I have a CSP question that I haven’t been able to get an answer from the Googles. With 3D models, sometimes when I drop a hand pose onto a hand it’ll do one hand, but usually it changes both. I haven’t been able to figure out why or how to control when it does one hand vs. both?
The content you are trying to access is only available to members.How long should it take to do your comic?
A person who was just starting to do comics asked a question in a forum for creators: “How long does it take you to do one four-panel strip?” They got a wide range of answers — each one of them as unhelpful as the next. They had asked the wrong question, and their creativity was going to suffer as a result.
The content you are trying to access is only available to members.ComicLab Ep 248 — Has Publishing Become Vanity Press?
A recent statistic about the print publishing industry have cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar thankful they self-publish. Also… the NFT comics company that reached out to Dave at San Diego Comic Con folded eight days later.
ON THIS WEEK’S SHOW…
- Publishing statistics report 90% of published books sell under 2,000 copies
- What are the disadvantages to self-publishing?
- UPDATE: NFT company dies in 10 days
- Audiobook versions of comics
- Creating videos of comics
Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get exclusive access to livestream recording sessions — as well as an archive of previous livestreams!
You get great rewards when you join the ComicLab Community on Patreon
- $2 — Early access to episodes
- $5 — Submit a question for possible use on the show AND get the exclusive ProTips podcast. Plus $2-tier rewards.
- $10 — Gain access to the ComicLab livestreamed recording sessions (including an archive of past livestreams), plus $5-tier rewards
Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the author of The Webcomics Handbook. Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.
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Shipping comics using Media Mail
There seems to be some misinformation going around about whether it’s legal to ship comics using the Media Mail service of the U.S. Postal Service. Since this misunderstanding this could cost you hundreds of dollars, let’s get it straightened out now.
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