This is the perfect time to get organized for a successful year in webcomics.
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If you want to build out your comics-font library, be sure to head over to the Comicraft website. Comicraft holds a sale on Jan 1 every year in which the price of each of their fonts is based on the year. Today, every ComiCraft font is $20.24 apiece.
Veteran cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar look back on their predictions for 2023. They nailed a few and failed a few!
PREDICTION SCORECARD
What we DIDN’T predict!
As we near the end of 2023, it’s clear that Twitter is dying. What was once a dominant force in social media communication is now a virtual ghost town. That means that independent comics artists must start preparing for a post-Twitter future. I have some thoughts I’d like to share about that.
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I got a Facebook friend request from a cartoonist, and, as usual, I accepted. Within seconds I got a “thanks for the add” direct message. Friending is not exactly an “add,” but I decided not to split semantic hairs. I sent him a thumbs-up icon as an acknowledgment.
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Steven Spielberg was rejected TWICE by the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. Walt Disney’s newspaper editor told him he ‘lacked imagination and had no good ideas’. A perceived failure often tends to be the gateway to a bigger success. That’s why we spend too much time worrying about what happens if our Kickstarter fails.
The content you are trying to access is only available to members.While we were at the National Cartoonists Society Rueben Awards Weekend, we stopped cartoonists and asked them one question: When you need to spark creativity — and nothing is happening — how do you find ideas? Today’s show is a compilation of those responses.
A webcartoonist with a hefty archive was once in an enviable position. In an ad-driven business model, that large archive translated directly into paid ad views. But now that advertising is nearly nonexistent, how does a comics creator monetize their archive?
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If you want to build out your comics-font library, be sure to mark this on your calendar. Comicraft traditionally holds a sale on Jan 1 every year in which the price of each of their fonts is based on the year. This New Year’s Day, every ComiCraft font will be $20.24 apiece.
The content you are trying to access is only available to members.This is a time when many of us start daydreaming about the coming year. We have hopes, plans, goals, and dreams. We have so much we want to accomplish. And yet, it’s going to seem like this year — like the one before it — will whoosh past us, leaving so much stuff left undone. And there we’ll be, the following December, daydreaming goals for the next year.
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