‘Ringo Awards nominations

The ’Ringo Awards have opened nominations for this year’s awards. Click this link to nominate your favorites — and share it with your readers, encouraging them to nominate their favorites!

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A new strategy for the much-maligned calendar

FREE FRIDAY! Today’s post is available without a subscription! For years, I’ve advocated against printing calendars to sell to readers. The logic is very simple. You have an incredibly narrow window in which to offer this merchandise, and after that […] ↓ Read the rest of this article...

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Kickstarter — Free market research

Steven Spielberg was rejected TWICE by the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. Walt Disney’s newspaper editor told him that he ‘lacked imagination and had no good ideas’. A perceived failure often tends to be the gateway to […] ↓ Read the rest of this article...

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How to lay out a comicbook page

You’ve got your script written, and you’re ready to start penciling pages. The only problem is — how the heck are you supposed to get started?! Let’s take it step by step.

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ComicLab Ep 171 — NFTs for webcomics?

Today’s episode is sponsored by  Bonjoro  — an amazing app that enables you to quickly send personalized welcome and thank you videos to your readers, clients, patrons, or backers. This week,  Dave and Brad talk about a hot topic in art […] ↓ Read the rest of this article...

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Comic con canceled? Get creative

This post, updated from last May, is being shared as part of Free Friday. Every Friday, I post a sample of the exclusive content you can access as a subscriber! Although vaccinations for the COVID-19 virus are underway, many comic […] ↓ Read the rest of this article...

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April To-Do List

Get out your calendar and start circling dates. It’s time to do a little webcomics planning.

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