ComicLab Ep 367 — How can comics reach kids?

ComicLab Ep 367 — How can comics reach kids?

A father is concerned that comics no longer reach kids, suggesting that video games are the better value measured by...
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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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D&D’s new OGL 1.1

By now, you’ve heard about the proposed update to the Open Gaming License (OGL) that applies to the Dungeons and Dragons franchise. Many of us are concerned about how this might be applied to D&D-adjacent webcomics. Here are some thoughts

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by on January 11, 2023
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Managing commissions

Offering commissions can be a great way to add an income stream to your business. It can also be an effective Patreon reward. But managing expectations and communicating clearly with clients and backers can be a delicate dance. Here’s how to get off on the right foot.

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by on January 9, 2023
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Bad tweets and why they’re bad

Many of us are great at creativity, but when it comes to promotion, we stink on ice. It’s really just a different target for our creative skills, but we don’t usually see it that way. So we throw darts at the wall and hope for the best. (And then blame the algorithm when we miss!) Let’s talk about doing better.

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by on January 5, 2023
Posted In: Marketing / Social Media
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ComicLab Ep 264 — Predictions for 2023

It’s the first show of our SIXTH YEAR of podcasts! As we head into 2023, we’re going to make some bold predictions of what the next 365 days have in store.

ALSO — Don’t for get the Comicraft New Year’s Day Sale starts tomorrow!

ON THIS WEEK’S SHOW…

  • Patreon will use new features to slowly entice people away from the Founder’s level
  • TikTok will be banned in the US
  • Clip Studio will unveil such amazing features that no one will complain about the paltry subscription price
  • Webtoons  will become a major player in print publishing
  • Twitter will complete its fade from its position of prominence
  • DC comics will implode
  • No one will be using Mastodon
  • GPT 3.5 will be used for brainstorming and co-writing scripts using AI writing
  • We’ll see the first AI writing-art webcomic… and it will be good
  • Copyright law will catch up to AI art
  • Blockchain is going to be reintroduces with new branding/marketing
  • Original art will become more valuable.
by on January 5, 2023
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Networking — A guide for comics creators

Since 2013, I’ve been advocating that independent comics artists quit comic cons. Nearly ten years. And since that very first post, the pushback has been the same: “Sure, we’re not making a profit, but we go for the networking.” Except, for many of these people, networking is unimportant. And I can prove it.

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by on January 4, 2023
Posted In: Community, Conventions
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