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Finding the right format
I think it’s one of the pervasive mistakes made by webcartoonists today — they’re doing strips when they ought to be doing longform comics. It’s an easy mistake to make, after all. Most of the webcomics that have caught our […] ↓ Read the rest of this article...
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NCS Divisional Awards: Call for entries
The National Cartoonists Society has released its call for entries. Here’s what you need to know:
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The Great Twitter Bot Purge
This month, many Twitter accounts are seeing significant reductions in followers as Twitter moves aggressively to remove bots and fake accounts. You may be seeing a loss of followers, as well, and you may be feeling disappointed as a result. […] ↓ Read the rest of this article...
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Doing it for the right reasons
I saw this on Facebook a while ago. A person listed years and years of trying new creative projects — and the setbacks that forced them to scrap each project and start a new one. Their own words reveal that […] ↓ Read the rest of this article...
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Ten resolutions for a better 2021
We all make resolutions this time of year. Sure, most of us forget about them by February, but it’s useful to set goals at a time like this. It helps to focus our attention on those areas that we know […] ↓ Read the rest of this article...
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January To-Do List
This is the perfect time to get organized for a successful year in webcomics.
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The “subscription-based future” is here
Five years ago, I told my subscribers to prepare for a “subscription-based future.” It’s officially here. Are you ready for it?
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Convention Merchandise: Getting There is Half the Fun
This is the perfect time to start preparing for the upcoming convention season. The first major con of the year, New York Comic Con, is just around two-and-a-half weeks away. One of the perennial problems posed by con exhibiting is shipping your merchandise. Here are some tips:
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Dropbox and Hazel
Creating a PvP comic strip used to invlove pencils, paper and markers as well as a computer. I used to collect stacks of originals that I would bind in brown butcher paper and store on shelves in my closet. Now I collect hard drives.
PvP is created, start to finish, completely digitally. I write, sketch, pencil, ink, letter and color directly in Photoshop using either a drawing tablet or my Cintiq. The only physical representations of my comic strips are reproductions in books or prints.
So, as you can imagine, I’m paranoid about safeguarding my data.
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Scott McCloud @ TED
It’s one of the lasting bummers of my career that I haven’t yet been able to see Scott talk live, as I’ve enjoyed and treasure his books immensely. So I was really pleased to catch this talk of his online, via TED: He is an excellent, excellent public speaker.
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To Tweet or Not To Tweet…
Many cartoonists have heard about Twitter but are still a unsure how it can benefit them. In fact, it’s a phenomenally powerful community-building tool — deceptive in its simplicity. And you should be putting it to work for your webcomic.
In a nutshell, Twitter can be good for:
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The Science of Good Page Design
Neil Cohn is a frequent speaker at Comic Con International. His work in the field of comics and visual language is simply astonishing. His lastest work, Navigating Comics, is a must-read for anyone working in a comic-book or graphic-novel design format.
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The Tax Man Cometh…
If you’re like me, you started dreading tax season around the time Dick Clark finished wishing you a happy New Year.
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Gettin’ Sketchy
One of the most passionate debates in comic-convention exhibition is whether to charge for sketches. There are two major camps.
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Comic Convention Calendar
Here’s an excellent resource for keep track of comic conventions — and locating a few smaller ones that might be nearby:
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The “Lipstick Effect” Might Make You Smile
As the economy grinds to a halt and spending hits an all-time low, sales of lipstick are soaring. It is well known in financial circles that when times get tough people stop splurging on the large, extravagant purchases such as cars and, instead, treat themselves to small luxuries like lipstick.
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