Comics educator and author Scott McCloud calls them the “bulgy Edsels of comics iconography.” Indeed, cloud-like thought balloons are spurned by most comics artists. Let’s talk about why that is… and whether it’s warranted or not. Too many thought balloons […] ↓ Read the rest of this article...
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Brad and Dave talk about writing characters from outside your own personal experience. Empathy as a writing tool! Then, a listener says they’re losing interest in their comic — can Dave and Brad help? Questions asked and topics covered… How […] ↓ Read the rest of this article...
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It’s pretty easy to see the influence of manga on comics being produced today. Scrolling through Webtoons, it’s obvious that an entire generation of young comics creators cut their teeth on comics originally made in Japan. In general, that’s tremendous! […] ↓ Read the rest of this article...
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This week, Brad and Dave recall a guideline for reader retention from the early days of webcomics that’s a relevant today as it was then — the 8-Pages Rule. Questions asked and topics covered… The return (?) of Gary Larson […] ↓ Read the rest of this article...
Read moreBeginning cartoonists often ask what size they should make their comic. Many are looking for “standard” sizes. The answer is a little more complicated than you’d expect — and it means focusing on what’s really important about the comic you’re doing.
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A fellow creator once shared that they were told that a comics page should have between 4 and 7 panels per page. Not only is this bad advice, but it removes the focus from where it ought to be.
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This week, a Patreon backer asks how they can build their own Writers’ Room. Questions asked and topics covered… Building you own Writers’ Room Falling asleep at the drawing desk The importance of writing Calling it quits after ten years […] ↓ Read the rest of this article...
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Join the Halfpixel gang of Brad Guigar, Dave Kellett, Scott Kurtz, and Kris Straub as they record their renowned podcast before a live studio audience.
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The first key to writing drama is building and releasing tension. It’s what creates the Three Act story setup.
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Webcomics Weekend, in Easthampton, Mass., is this weekend.
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Scott, Brad and Dave take a trip down Memory Lane and discuss the paths that brought them to where they are. The upcoming Webcomics Weekend is discussed, along with Emerald City Comic Con in April.
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As newspapers stagger into oblivion, it seems as if they may take along with them a crucial part of American pop culture and civic discourse — the political cartoon. Think about it, of all of the comics-related work that has found new life on the Web — strips, books, panels, infinite-canvas work, etc. — political cartooning has been absent from the renaissance.
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As cartoonists (or webcartoonists, or webcomickers or whatever you like) we tend to spend a lot of time sitting still. And whether you work at a drawing table or a desktop (or both) chances are you’ll get hungry. Unfortunately, we artists very limited in what we can eat while working – greasy hands means sumdges and dirty materials. To help with the problem, here’s a list of artist-friendly foods you can snack on while scrambling to meet that deadline. Just take it with a grain of salt…
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Webcomics Weekend, in Easthampton, Mass., is being announced for March 20-22. It’s going to be a tremendous meet-up of some of the very best in webcomics.
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Blambot’s Nate Piekos has written a spectacularly helpful piece on comic typography that should be required reading for all webcartoonists — particularly the section on one of the most prevalent errors, the crossbar “I”.
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You’ve gone to a few cons, you’re running ads and you’re selling merchandise — all of which is generating money for you. Congratulations! You’re starting to succeed. But you could go so much further. And now that you have some cash, you can do what you couldn’t do before. So what should you do with these earnings? Well, here are a few things to consider.
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