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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Reader retention

Reader retention

Let's face it. One of the biggest hurdles in growing a webcomic is reader retention. That's why I encourage you...
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Reddit vs the Top-XX Sites

I’ve posted before how much I dislike those sites that ask you to link to them under the auspices of counting votes that move your banner ad towards the top of some sort of list. I call them “Top-XX List” sites because thy’re all based on the banner ads displayed for a certain number of participants at the top of the list — Top 10, Top 20, Top 100, etc.

As I’ve said before, this is a glorified link-exchange in my opinion. And I’ll also pose the argument that the only winners are the people running the Top-XX sites themselves (they usually run their own ads).

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by on March 23, 2010
Posted In: Business, Tech
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How to fart butterflies

Yesterday, in the Private Forum, a member asked, What are some tips and tricks for getting attention at a comic con? One member said: “Make sure you look like you’re having a great day even if you aren’t!”

It made me remember this wonderful moment in which a convention veteran took a moment to share some priceless advice with a newer exhibitor who was having a rough weekend.

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by on March 18, 2010
Posted In: Conventions
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Setting a Price

We spoke about this in the forum last week, but I want to get it out front in case anyone missed it.

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by on March 16, 2010
Posted In: Business
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Endicia Discount

This is not an exclusive deal for Webcomics.com subscribers, but I want to make sure you’re aware that the special deal Endicia set up for Webcomics Weekly listeners is still active.

Endicia enables you to print your own postage on your computer (Mac and PC). We talked about it extensively during this Webcomics Weekly podcast.

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by on March 15, 2010
Posted In: Business
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Webcomics Weekly: Episode 67

Join Scott, Kris, Dave and I as we talk with Jim Demonakos, show organizer for Emerald City Comic Con. We preview the premiere comic convention of the U.S. northwest, get an exclusive announcement, and fall into more ratholes than you can shake a stick at. Episode 67.

by on March 11, 2010
Posted In: Conventions
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Google Analytics: Tracking Ad Performance

As part of this continuing series on using Google Analytics to its fullest, I’d like to talk about using its tracking abilities to chart the performance of an ad that you create for your comic.

To do this, we’ll set up a landing page for the ad (as discussed here).

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by on March 11, 2010
Posted In: Business
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