It’s a part of comics lexicon familiar to manga and manhwa readers: an inverted word-balloon tail indicating that the speaker is off-panel. Should you be using it?
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Long ago, Patreon revolutionized how independent artists make a living. But many of us are still struggling. And for some, the reason isn’t the quality of their work. Instead, it’s applying a bad Patreon strategy — and suffering the consequences.
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Buying advertising for your comic is a tempting proposition for many independent cartoonists. After all — you need to get your work in front of more people, and sometimes it seems as if social media just isn’t delivering the way it was promised. But before you reach for your wallet, consider a few things.
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Thumbnailing is one of the most often-repeated pieces of comics advice — and yet almost everyone skips this step. We’re gonna talk about it anyway. Also — is there a hidden problem with a “fake it ’til you make it” attitude?
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It’s one of the most pressing questions in webcomics — where to post. Should you post on Webtoons? — Tapas? Should you stick to the social media giants — or go with the upstarts? And what’s with all this talk about a website?! Let’s get this sorted out.
The content you are trying to access is only available to members.If you’re like many of us, you’ve abandoned advertising long ago. But that space that used to be devoted to earning revenue hasn’t lost its value. In fact, it’s as important as ever!
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You want to write longform stories that are brisk and engaging, and yet you also want to optimize your comic to use social media to build an audience. It feels impossible to write a quality story and succeed on social media at the same time, doesn’t it? It’s not. Welcome to a publishing method I’ve developed called Mutli-Channel Publishing. MCP helps you to do both.
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I was surprised when I received a question about a “top webcomics list” site recently. I wrote advice against participating in those back in 2010, and ever since, the entire topic dropped from my radar. Evidently, sites like this are still out there, and cartoonists are still trying to use them for audience building. I’ll tell you why that’s bad.
The content you are trying to access is only available to members.Should an independent comics artist publish “floppies” — those 20-30 page stapled comics similar to those that Marvel and DC publish monthly? Also — will the occasional “wholesome” comic ruin your image?
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Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the author of The Webcomics Handbook. Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.
Many of us struggle with humor writing. In many cases this boils down to understanding the difference between a joke and a non sequitur. I’m going to use a case study as an example.
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