Planning out the new year

Planning out the new year

This is a time when many of us start daydreaming about the coming year. We have hopes, plans, goals, and...
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Should you do a 2025 calendar?

Should you do a 2025 calendar?

As we head into December, you may be considering a 2025 calendar to sell to your audience. We'll talk about...
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Webcomics Confidential: Understanding Writer’s Block

Webcomics Confidential: Understanding Writer’s Block

How often are we presented with the image of tortured creative souls, staring plaintively at the tools of their craft,...
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ComicLab Ep 365 — Maybe You’re Not Funny

ComicLab Ep 365 — Maybe You’re Not Funny

In this episode, Brad Guigar and Dave Kellett share insights on the creative process of writing humor, emphasizing that humor...
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Something worth sharing

Something worth sharing

With Twitter going down the tubes, I decided to re-focus my efforts on social media. I wanted to see if...
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Maximizing the potential of Bluesky Starter Packs

Maximizing the potential of Bluesky Starter Packs

If you're one of the millions of new users on Bluesky, you're probably becoming familiar with Starter Packs. This was...
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Webcomics Confidential: What size should your webcomic be?

Webcomics Confidential: What size should your webcomic be?

Beginning cartoonists often ask what size they should make their comic. Many are looking for "standard" sizes. The answer is...
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ComicLab Ep 346 — In Over My Head

ComicLab Ep 346 — In Over My Head

What happens when your story gets too big for you to handle? Are you the right person for the job?...
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How many social-media posts per day?

How many social-media posts per day?

According to a Very Popular Influencer, one should post on social media six to eight times daily. I disagree, and...
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Detritus — What it is and why your comic needs it

Detritus — What it is and why your comic needs it

Let's discuss one of those savvy touches that can help take your art to the next level. And ironically enough,...
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Preparing for an Audit

Mention the IRS, and the first thing most business people will share is that they fear an audit.

Of course, fear is counter-productive, so as April 15 approaches, let’s discuss a few things that you can do to (1) avoid an audit and/or (2) be better prepared to  survive the experience in the event it happens.

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by on March 23, 2011
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Poll: One More Hour

We haven’t done a poll in a while (mainly because I noticed that participation was dropping off with every subsequent poll), but an idea crossed my mind, and I wanted to put this out to the group:

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by on March 23, 2011
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Punchline Hot Seat: Part One

OK, folks, you know the rules: You submit your comic, I go to the Web site and pick a comic at random. We discuss the punchline — its strengths and weaknesses. And you agree not to get defensive. 🙂 Humor is subjective, and I’m not setting myself up as the Grand Arbiter of All That is Funny. In dissecting these examples, we might stumble upon a little insight into polishing and improving gags.

Or we might just piss people off.

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by on March 22, 2011
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Mailbag: Web equity

Q.: I have recently began a new webcomic. At this point in time, it is a blog and is stil in development with a comic coming once every Saturday. I was just wondering how I could possibly get better noticed and when might be a good time to move beyond the blog and onto a more independent Web page. — Simeon

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by on March 21, 2011
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Do you need a separate ISBN for your ebook?

According to PublishingBasics.com, the answer is yes. With an asterisk.

This is probably one of the most asked; least understood questions out there in the self-publishing world today. Technically you not only need an ISBN but you need a different ISBN for each format your ebook is being offered. If you are offering your book as a mobi, epub and a PDF, you need three different ISBNs. That’s technically. In reality, if you are only making your eBook available on Amazon, you don’t need any. Confused? Read the entire piece.

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by on March 17, 2011
Posted In: Business
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Promoting on lists and index sites

Q.: Just started a weekly webcomic in December and wondered if you (or webcomics.com readers) had a list of what you would consider basic webcomics list/index sites that a webcomic should be listed on to get the word out that they exist.

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by on March 16, 2011
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Random Punchline Hot Seat

It has been a while since we’ve had a “Hot Seat” style workshop thread, so let’s kick-off with a random punchline critique. Here’s how it works, You submit your URL, and I will go to the site and hit a random comic. Then I’ll discuss some of the entries in a post, opening up the topic to the members for a wider critique.

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by on March 15, 2011
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Guide to Khoo Q&As

After the most recent round of Q&As from Robert Khoo, Adam Casalino made a comment mentioning it would be nice if there was a large document with all the questions/answers he’s done with some anchor links. Cue Brandon Levan who made a quick HTML file with all the questions and answers anchor-linked on the page.

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by on March 15, 2011
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