Hitch It / Ditch It: Walking on Broken Glass, Sex and Monsters, The Specialists
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Passed along by member Samantha Wikan, this is a very thought-provoking piece on success in publishing during the digital age. Here’s a sample:
Q: What’s the secret to selling a lot of ebooks?
Joe: There is no secret. Write good books, with good descriptions, good formatting, and good cover art, sell them cheap, and keep at it until you get lucky.
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Assetbar, which was discussed here in 2009 — to fairly lukewarm reviews — has announced that it is shutting down. From their site:
Assetbar is closing its doors January 1, 2012
We built Fanflows so creators and artists could have an easy way to pursue their craft and make a premium connection with their fans.
It didn’t work
So, as of January 1, 2012, Assetbar and all Fanflows will be gone.
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Yesterday, I posted a piece about Jim Shooter posting copies of contracts that applied to some of his work for Marvel and DC ten years ago. And it made me start thinking about functionality for this site. I’d like to open up the discussion, and throw it out for feedback from the members at large.
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On his blog, former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter has been discussing the possible effects of the Disney / Marvel merger. One of the ramifications being eyed is the possibility of Disney ending art return — the practice of returning original art to creators so they can collect it or sell it.
And, of course, we’ve already discussed here the possibility of the House of Mouse cracking down on convention sketches.
In furthering the conversation, Shooter has uploaded pages from a couple of contracts — from both Marvel and DC. Although they’re each about a decade old, they’re a pretty fascinating look at the inner world of print publishing.
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If you’re looking for a way to get a message to your readers, you have very few options. It has to be viewable without scrolling down (a/k/a “above the fold”), however, you can’t easily compete with the other first-screen elements of your site, such as the comic itself, the ads, the navigation, etc.
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As you remember, Webcomics.com member Mary Cagle kindly offered to provide some feedback on color theory. Her first installment ran last month, the second one ran last week, and today she’s back to wrap everything up.
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The guys talk webcomics.
It wasn’t supposed to be a hodge-podge, but it sure turned out that way. Dave, Brad and Kris take the reins as Scott is out sick. We talk about site design philosophy a little, and what to do when your new side project starts taking your attention and…