Webcomics Weekly Episode 75: Sour Oats
The boys discuss a recent dust up at The Daily Cartoonist and Scott admits to being a cartoon elitist.
The boys discuss a recent dust up at The Daily Cartoonist and Scott admits to being a cartoon elitist.
Many of us who still throw ink (in lieu of pixels), use a lightbox. It helps when drawing repeated images accurately. And it helps when you’re using photographic reference.
However, lightboxes can be expensive and/or difficult to find.
Here are three possible solutions to getting a lightbox for your studio.
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A short time ago, I posted a Mailbag question about POD printing, and a tangental discussion developed about using Createspace (an Amazon.com company) to buy an ISBN.
Createspace’s options are detailed on their site, but here’s an overview:
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As the digital publishing landscape changes, I’d like to offer a few predictions for the coming year. Feel free to add your own.
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Just a quick reminder to update the year on your copyright notice.
And stop writing “2010” on those checks!
Thank you.
I was doing a little looking back today, and it really hit me hard.
This site. What we do here. What this has become.
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As we near the end of the first year of Webcomics.com, I’d like to take a moment to talk about endorsements — both from me and from members. It’s an issue that has been raised throughout the year, and I think it’s important that you know some of the inner workings of the site — and the reasons behind why things happen as they do.
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Next week, we’re going to workshop a few of your ads. So if you have an ad that you’d like some feedback on, please post it here (or post a link to it). We’re talk about what you’re doing right and discuss where improvements can be made. Submit any kind of ad — leaderboard, skyscraper, square — and try to find ways you can get the most for your ad dollar.
I might not be able to hit every one, but I’ll try to select a representative sample that will have take-away information for everyone.
I tried this last year, and, to be honest, I think it was a flop. Looking back, I wonder whether I did a very good job of communicating the concept.
See… here’s the problem. Everyone one makes resolutions this time of year.
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Last week, Mark Waid announced that he was leaving his position as Chief Creative Officer of Boom! Studios to focus on independent digital publishing.
This announcement is of special interest to Webcomics.com members who remember Waid foreshadowing a foray into digital publishing in his keynote address at this year’s Harvey Awards ceremony. As you may recall, his comments were reported grossly out of context, and Webcomics.com offered a detailed clarification to the misinterpretation. Among the points that he made that night:
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