The gang discusses the possibility of a black-swan event changing the Webcomics landscape, and what creators should to to prepare for it (if anything).
Get out your calendar and start circling dates. It’s time to do a little webcomics planning.
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The crew talk to Jim Demonakos about the Emerald City Comicon and what it takes to start and grow a comic book convention in these troubled times.
Accepting donations on your site is a fairly well-accepted practice for most cartoonists. But if you’re going to ask for money, many people argue, why not offer something in return? It stands to reason that this is not only polite, but it would increase the total number of donations. Offering a downloadable desktop wallpaper is an awesome way to encourage donations. The wallpaper itself is merely a JPEG that users will download and install on their computers. Plus, it’s a nice bit of promotion for your site. Luckily, PayPal makes this extremely easy.
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Evidently, it’s all in the translation. As part of the comments to an earlier post about the webcomics-related panels at New York Comic Con, Scott wrote:
I know that so far the most successful webcomics have been the gag-a-day strips, but I wish there could be more representation for long-form comics stories. The new Diamond rules are going to drive many long-form creators to the web, and I think we could all benefit from some discussion specific to our situation.
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Here’s some advice that I got from Bill Barnes through Dave Kellett.
When you’re exhibiting at a comic convention, don’t pass up an excellent opportunity for community building: Bring your camera. Photos of your convention appearance make for nice bonus content for your readers, but more importantly, you should be taking photos of people who bought your merchandise standing proudly with their newly gotten gains
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New York Comic Con is just around the corner — February 6-8. Here’s your guide to all of the webcomics-related panels and a few that might be of special interest:
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I got a phone call earlier this week that reminds me why I’m so happy to be a webcartoonist.
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Kris Straub and Brad Guigar will be attending Vericon at Harvard University this weekend, January 24 and 25.
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Passed along by a faithful Webcomics Weekly listener:
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