The best days to launch/conclude a Kickstarter

The best days to launch/conclude a Kickstarter

While recording an interview for the marvelous Story/Comic podcast, I discussed my strategy for secretly launching a Kickstarter to Patreon...
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Webcomics Confidential: ‘You have the audience you deserve’

Webcomics Confidential: ‘You have the audience you deserve’

Many of us seek a magic hashtag or "One Weird Trick" to game SEO and drive readers to our work....
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ComicLab Ep 362 — Your content is not your community

ComicLab Ep 362 — Your content is not your community

When comic creators try to market their comics, they often confuse what their comic is about with who it's for....
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Remove your first panel

Remove your first panel

If you've been a reader of Webcomics.com for a while, you know how much I loathe "magic number" advice. But...
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Key dates in the upcoming holiday shopping season

Key dates in the upcoming holiday shopping season

From Black Friday to New Year's sales, here's a guide to help you prepare your online store for the holiday...
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Webcomics Confidential: How long should it take to draw a comics page?

Webcomics Confidential: How long should it take to draw a comics page?

A person starting to do comics asked a question in a forum for creators: "How long does it take you...
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Comics Consultations

Comics Consultations

Powered by I will prepare top-down analysis of your comic-based business, including: Art and writing Social media Crowdfunding Marketing/promotion Then...
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ComicLab Ep 361 — Let’s talk about your bits and pieces

ComicLab Ep 361 — Let’s talk about your bits and pieces

When a listener asks about Kickstarter strategy, the ComicLab guys are divided! Dave favors the traditional webcomics approach. Build your...
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Reddit posting strategy

Reddit posting strategy

This is an excellent time to start an account on Reddit — or to dust off a profile you haven't...
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Clip Studio tutorial: Adding highlights to black hair

Clip Studio tutorial: Adding highlights to black hair

Drawing a person with black hair can be tricky. If you're not careful, you can end up with someone who...
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ComicLab Ep. 77 — Choosing a Title for your Comic

What’s in a name? A lot — as Dave can tell you. He shares the troubles he experienced by naming his strip after a character who has since faded into the background. Also in today’s show…

  • Ziggy
  • Zippy
  • Should you re-draw old comics?
  • How should you introduce a new style to your readership?
  • Do splash pages work on the Web?
  • The guilt of not creating

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  • $5 — submit a question for possible use on the show AND get the exclusive ProTips podcast
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Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the editor of Webcomics.com
Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.

by on June 24, 2019
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ComicLab Ep. 76 — LIVE! From NCSFest

LIVE! (on tape) from Huntington Beach, it’s a special episode of ComicLab recorded during NCSFest. Brad and Dave talk about webcomics publishing becoming more centralized — and much more!

  • 04:55 — Webcomics publishing started as centralized, become de-centralized, and is getting centralized again
  • 08:13 — “Vanity Press is the new Publishing, and Publishing is the new Vanity Press” — Jake Parker
  • 20:00 — Optimism over the future of comics
  • 30:47 — Working with assistants
  • 34:50 — Getting the vapors
  • 36:30 — Dave loves to draw backgrounds (Brad doesn’t)
  • 41:00 — When you forget how to draw
  • 44:40 — Question from the audience: Do we consider our non-cartoonist listeners?
  • 49:11 — Working in Dave’s studio
  • 54:19 — Question from the audience: Do we plan for continuing education to expand our knowledge?
by on June 22, 2019
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Livestream Chat: Drawing Arms

When we draw arms, we remember the wrists, the elbows and the shoulders… but we often forget there’s more! During his recent livestream chat, cartoonist Brad Guigar discusses the clavicle, and the important role it plays in drawing characters with a full range of arm motion.

by on June 18, 2019
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Webcomics Confidential Ep 36: Rethink Your Schedule

Is your schedule killing you? Well, maybe killing is a bit strong, but maintaining a rigid schedule could actually hurt your webcomic more than its helping it. I’ll talk about why that is — and how to position your comic for greater success in a social-media-dominated publishing system.

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by on June 12, 2019
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ComicLab Ep 75: Live from Dave’s living room!

With Brad visiting Dave in Los Angeles to attend NCSFest, the guys take the opportunity to record a rare show originating from the same ZIP code. The guys talk about how webcomics — which started in centralized cells like Keenspot — has come full circle, and is becoming more centralized again. Next, Dave talks about what her learned from his recent Kickstarter campaign. Finally, the guys take from questions from $5 Patreon backers including:

  • Should a first-time Kickstarter campaign focus only on hardcover books?
  • Should you make decisions based on practicality — or on joy?
  • How far ahead do you plot your stories?
  • Patreon backers can see video of the recording session here!
by on June 10, 2019
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