It’s hard to believe we’re approaching the winter holiday season, but here we are. If you’re shipping merchandise with an expectation of having it there before the holidays, here are some deadlines to be aware of.
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Instagram’s multi-image posts are fantastic for sequential work, but what if your comic is a long, continuous horizontal panel? You could spend a few bucks on an app that will convert the image to a Continuous scrolling image. Or you could use this workaround in Photoshop.
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Patreon has proven to be a game-changer for may people pursuing webcomics. But some new patrons have a hard time navigating the Patreon interface to get the most out of their patronage. While I don’t mind seeing “my financial situation has changed” and “I only intended to pledge for a limited time” in my Patron Exit Surveys, I hate seeing “I’m not happy with Patreon’s features or services.“
To be fair, the “I’m not happy…” response appears rarely. But, in optimizing my Patreon approach, I’ve created something that I’m seeing very positive results from…
I recorded a brief screen recording of me navigating Patreon, narrating the process and adding titles to help patrons fast-forward to each new topic.
In my walkthrough, I covered:
Mind you, much of this stuff is covered in my welcome e-mail. But, let’s face it, most people give that a skim at best.
Once I posted the walkthrough video to my Patreon page, I tagged it as “User Guide,” and made it one of the Featured Tags on my Posts page. In fact, I made it the top Featured Tag:
Now, it has a position of prominence on the Posts page. So as new users are trying to navigate the system, it’s very likely to be spotted — and used to help them solve their issues.
When I launched a Special Offer on Patreon, I decided to do some outreach to the folks who had pledged to my Patreon campaign in the past — but had since left. Here’s how I did that — and what happened when I did.
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The deadline for the Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship is Dec. 20. Applicants must be students at a 4-year college in the United States, Canada or Mexico who will be a Junior or Senior during the 2020-21 academic year. Applicants do not have to be art majors to be eligible for this scholarship.
The winner will receive:
To enter:
Mail to:
THE JAY KENNEDY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
National Cartoonists Society Foundation
PO Box 592927
Orlando FL 32859-2927
It’s time to get started on (*choke*) the penultimate month of 2019.
If you are planning to offer new merchandise for the holiday-shopping season, get moving now.
Patreon CEO Jack Conte has announced an independent million-dollar endowment to fund Super Patron. It funds a single $50,000-per-year grant for artists. Creators should submit an application using whatever medium they prefer, as long as the experience lasts no more than three minutes. The deadline is Nov. 22, so get crackin’.
The applications will be evaluated by a panel of judges that includes comedians Hannibal Buress and Grace Helbig, cartoonist Danielle Corsetto, YouTube star Molly Burke, and True Crime Obsessed podcast hosts Patrick Hinds and Gillian Pensavalle. Whoever wins will get a monthly stipend throughout 2020. From the site:
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Sometimes simple boldface lettering just isn’t enough. Sometimes I want a character to shout so loud it pops out of the word balloon itself. Using Clip Studio Paint, I can make that happen.
Here’s a video tutorial with step-by-step instructions…
Now you’ve got an “exploding type” word balloon that really delivers on expressiveness!
This episode of ComicLab is sponsored by Wacom! In this week’s show, the ComicLab guys discuss pandering. Is it pandering to create comics that your readers are more likely to respond to? Then, a listener asks if Dave’s aware that Clip Studio Paint doesn’t have a CMYK mode? And does it matter? Finally, Dave receives a tweet from one of his readers explaining why he couldn’t possibly become one if Dave’s Patreon backers, touching off an epic rant on fan behavior.
BUT FIRST… Dave tells Brad about the time he met Paul Rudd… and sparks flew.
QUESTIONS ASKED…
Limited-edition ComicLab enamel pins are now available at newevilbook.com and sheldonstore.com!
Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the editor of Webcomics.com
Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.
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Originally, a non-backer coming to your Patreon page would be greeted with your video in a prominent position. Under that was your written solicitation, and along the right-hand corner, a column of reward tiers. Patreon is rolling out a change to that. In the new format, the video and the written outreach are downplayed under a prominent display of the reward tiers. Here’s why they did it — and how you can use the new landing page to full effect.
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