November To-Do List

November To-Do List

It's time to get started on (*choke*) the penultimate month of 2024.If you plan to offer new merchandise for the...
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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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The Great Twitter Bot Purge

This month, many Twitter accounts are seeing significant reductions in followers as Twitter moves aggressively to remove bots and fake accounts. You may be seeing a loss of followers, as well, and you may be feeling disappointed as a result.

If that’s so, you need to learn about organic reach and its importance to a strong social-media strategy.

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by on January 11, 2021
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Doing it for the right reasons

I saw this on Facebook a while ago. A person listed years and years of trying new creative projects — and the setbacks that forced them to scrap each project and start a new one. Their own words reveal that the real reason for their failures had nothing to do with those setbacks — and everything to do with the reason they were launching projects in the first place. So let’s talk about Creative Motivation.

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by on January 6, 2021
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Ten resolutions for a better 2021

We all make resolutions this time of year. Sure, most of us forget about them by February, but it’s useful to set goals at a time like this. It helps to focus our attention on those areas that we know we need to work on. Here are ten resolutions I think you should consider if you’d like to do a better webcomic in 2021.

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by on January 5, 2021
Posted In: Business, Conventions, Crowdfunding, Lettering, Marketing / Social Media
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CASE Act passes

The CASE Act — long advocated by the Graphic Artists Guild and other organizations representing creative professionals — has passes as part of the COVID-19 relief bill yesterday.

Here’s a closer look at the new legislation.

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by on December 22, 2020
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Blambot’s Cyberweek Sale

This is a great week to improve your comics-lettering font library. Blambot’s once-a-year 30% off sale! Enter code CYBERWEEK at checkout! Runs until Monday, December 7th!

Blambot creates some truly stunning and useful fonts for comics dialogue and sound effects. Here are some of my favorites…

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by on December 5, 2020
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Comicraft Gift Certificates

Since this is the time that many of us start dropping gift hints to our loved ones for the upcoming holiday season, I wanted you to know that Comicraft — makers of some truly outstanding comics-lettering fonts — is now offering gift certificates.

Comicraft Fonts gift certificates:

  • Purchase in any amount
  • Use during the New Year’s Sale or anytime
  • Send via e-mail, or print our snazzy new design (above) to put under the tree

Click here to get started!

by on December 4, 2020
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