ComicLab Ep 359 — Should your readers be your writers?

ComicLab Ep 359 — Should your readers be your writers?

BlueSky is beginning to feel like Twitter did ten years ago! Engagement is up, conversations are genuine, and follower counts...
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Understanding social media

Understanding social media

Social media is among an independent artist's most frustrating elements. We struggle for engagement, wage constant battles with "The Algorithm,"...
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Writing humor

Writing humor

Writing comedy is a challenge that is made even more daunting by the fact that humor itself is completely subjective...
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CMYK vs RGB

CMYK vs RGB

If you're saving your comics in RGB mode, you may be making a potentially expensive mistake. The content you are...
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ComicLab Ep 358 — “Help! I’m not funny anymore!”

ComicLab Ep 358 — “Help! I’m not funny anymore!”

Cartoonists Dave and Brad share some thoughts with a young humor writer trying to find their Funny. Also: Is BlueSky...
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ISBN — a beginner’s guide

ISBN — a beginner’s guide

An ISBN is a 10- or 13-digit number used to identify a book from a specific publisher. Once your book...
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How to write a Halloween joke

How to write a Halloween joke

On Substack, a cartoonist was struggling with writing a Halloween joke. He was experiencing a common problem. He was stuck...
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Webcomics Confidential: Size doesn’t matter

Webcomics Confidential: Size doesn’t matter

when it comes to your audience, size doesn't matter. A small and engaged readership beats a huge, lukewarm audience every...
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ComicLab Ep 357 — Innovation fascination

ComicLab Ep 357 — Innovation fascination

Having wrapped up his 16th Kickstarter, cartoonist Dave Kellett shares some insights about setting realistic expectations, avoiding paid advertising, and...
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Adding lettering to improve original art sales

Adding lettering to improve original art sales

Selling original art is an integral part of the business model of an independent cartoonist who works with traditional media...
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A Very Webcomics Christmas

As you’ll note, this has been posted in full on the public side of Webcomics.com. Please feel free to copy-and-paste it to your own sites, Facebook profiles, etc., and spread the promotion. NOTE: You will not be able to use the “Share Article” widget at the bottom of the post. Since most of the posts on this site are private, that feature was diabled. If you need the HTML version, scroll all the way down.

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by on December 7, 2010
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A Very Webcomics Christmas

Although I don’t typically do this sort of thing, I’d like to try it to see how it goes.

Next week, we’ll publish a Webcomics Gift-Giving Guide.

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by on December 2, 2010
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The One-and-Only Membership Drive Post

So I don’t cause confusion, I want to put this right at the top. Your Webcomics.com membership is good for twelve months past the day you first bought it. So if you subscribed in July, you’re good until next July.

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by on December 2, 2010
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December To-Do List

Tomorrow is the beginning of December. It’s a month dominated by holidays — both preparing for and celebrating them — and it’s the end of the year. It’s probably the most challenging months for a webcartoonist, so let’s get organized.

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by on December 1, 2010
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Comic Aggregator

Another Comic Aggregator site has crossed my radar, so I thought I would pass it along to you. I see an awful lot of familiar titles on the list of supported comics, so it might be worth your time to scan it for yours.

Mind you, I’m not advocating emailing the creator of the aggregator script to politely ask him to remove your comic — although I did, and he kindly complied within the hour.

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by on November 30, 2010
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How Come There Aren’t More Full-Time Webcartoonists?

This is an essay based on the thoughts I used to kick off Episode 71 of the Webcomics Weekly podcast. I’m running it here for three reasons, it’s a pretty important thought and I don’t want you to miss it if you don’t listen to the podcast. Secondly, there are facets of the argument that deserve a little more attention, and instead of drone on while Scott, Dave and Kris wait patiently, this is the perfect plact to go deep on this kind of subject. Thirdly, judging from the discussion that it generated here, there’s still plenty to talk about.

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by on November 29, 2010
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