ComicLab Ep 362 — Your content is not your community

ComicLab Ep 362 — Your content is not your community

When comic creators try to market their comics, they often confuse what their comic is about with who it's for....
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Remove your first panel

Remove your first panel

If you've been a reader of Webcomics.com for a while, you know how much I loathe "magic number" advice. But...
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Key dates in the upcoming holiday shopping season

Key dates in the upcoming holiday shopping season

From Black Friday to New Year's sales, here's a guide to help you prepare your online store for the holiday...
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Webcomics Confidential: How long should it take to draw a comics page?

Webcomics Confidential: How long should it take to draw a comics page?

A person starting to do comics asked a question in a forum for creators: "How long does it take you...
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Comics Consultations

Comics Consultations

Powered by I will prepare top-down analysis of your comic-based business, including: Art and writing Social media Crowdfunding Marketing/promotion Then...
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ComicLab Ep 361 — Let’s talk about your bits and pieces

ComicLab Ep 361 — Let’s talk about your bits and pieces

When a listener asks about Kickstarter strategy, the ComicLab guys are divided! Dave favors the traditional webcomics approach. Build your...
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Reddit posting strategy

Reddit posting strategy

This is an excellent time to start an account on Reddit — or to dust off a profile you haven't...
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Clip Studio tutorial: Adding highlights to black hair

Clip Studio tutorial: Adding highlights to black hair

Drawing a person with black hair can be tricky. If you're not careful, you can end up with someone who...
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Webcomics Confidential: “Don’t quit your day job!”

Webcomics Confidential: “Don’t quit your day job!”

"Don't quit your day job" is often used to insult artists and imply that they haven't become successful yet. But...
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COmicLab Ep 360 — New ways to make an old mistake

COmicLab Ep 360 — New ways to make an old mistake

After years of listening to Brad and Dave extoll the virtues of self-publishing, a ComicLab listener signed with a corporate...
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ComicLab Ep 256 — Twitter Comes Tumblr-ing Down

Cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar discuss the impending demise of Twitter — and how comics creators can prepare for the changes this will bring.

ON THIS WEEK’S SHOW…

  • Elon Musk looks primed to destroy Twitter — how can comics creators prepare for this massive change?
  • Verification will soon cost $8/month — this will destroy the intent behind “verification”
  • $1 billion in annual interest means Twitter will change — drastically — very quickly. And not for the better.
  • Posting on a Reddit account for the first time in 4 years
  • This would be a great time for my RSS reader idea
  • How can independent cartoonists prepare for this massive change?
  • UPDATE: Simon & Schuster – Random House merger nixed
by on November 10, 2022
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Affinity v2 offers software at 40% off

Serif Ltd is offering the newly updated versions of its Affinity software package at 40% off. This is a one-time fee, with no subscriptions required and substantial cross-platform capabilities. This includes Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher — offering professional photo editing, publishing, graphic design and illustration. This is clearly aimed at taking a chunk of Adobe’s market share during a time when they’re facing dissatisfied users. It’s a brilliant strategy. After all, they borrowed it from the best.

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by on November 9, 2022
Posted In: Digital publishing
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Clip Studio Paint tutorial: Adding highlights to black hair

Drawing a person with black hair can be tricky. If you’re not careful, you can end up with someone who looks as if a stack of vinyl records melted on their head! This three-minute Clip Studio Paint tutorial shows my method for adding intricate looking (buy easy to do) highlights that will allow color to radiate through — giving you character a textured and nuanced appearance.

Highlights for Black Hair

The effect, when color is added, can be quite beautiful.

by on November 9, 2022
Posted In: Art
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ComicLab Ep. 254 — Stop Me Before I Post Again!

Cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar try to help a ten-year dopamine addict stop themself from posting his comics before they’re ready!

ON THIS WEEK’S SHOW…

  • Help a dopamine addict! How can  someone stop themself from posting their comics too soon.
  • UPDATE: Day 366 of another Substack deal
  • UPDATE: Charles Schulz Museum
  • UPDATE: CSP subscription – $30/year
  • Professional jealousy
  • Our early comics
by on November 3, 2022
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T-shirt Psychology

Nobody wants to buy a T-shirt with your character or your logo on it. It’s not that your original character is bad. Rather, it’s the fact that you don’t understand why people buy (and wear) T-shirts.

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by on November 2, 2022
Posted In: Merchandise
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November To-Do List

It’s time to get started on (*choke*) the penultimate month of 2022.

If you are planning to offer new merchandise for the holiday-shopping season, get moving now.

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by on November 1, 2022
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Tweet and sour

Elon Musk has officially completed his purchase of social-media giant Twitter, and that has some people bracing for the worst. Let’s talk about how to prepare for the coming months.

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by on October 31, 2022
Posted In: Marketing / Social Media
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ComicLab Ep 253 — Battling Impostor Syndrome

Cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar discuss Impostor Syndrome and how to fight it. But first, Dave needs recommendations on building a D&D starter kit for one of his kids, and Brad has thoughts!

ON THIS WEEK’S SHOW…

  • Building a D&D starter kit
  • Impostor Syndrome vs the need for improvement
  • UPDATE: BeReal — we’re real over it
  • UPDATE: Dave gets retweeted from a 2.5-million-follower Twitter account
  • Magic Numbers for Kickstarter
by on October 27, 2022
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