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Dave Kellett discusses the three phases of art. First, you’re just trying to make it work. Then, you try to make it right. And after you’ve mastered those, you can begin to make it fast.
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Patreon’s Collections feature enables creators to group and catalog content. This is a tremendous step forward for how comics creators can use the crowdfunding app.
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Substack Notes is currently dominated by writers, who — like cartoonists — have a pretty poor grasp of good social media practices. This could eventually kill Notes entirely. But in the meantime, it’s a golden opportunity to run rings around the “competition.”
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Is your schedule killing your chances of success? Maintaining a rigid schedule could actually hurt your webcomic more than it’s helping. I’ll talk about why that is — and how to position your comic for greater success in a social-media-dominated publishing system.
The content you are trying to access is only available to members.Apple has initiated a plan to take 30% of all transactions made through the Patreon iOS app. That has caused creators to panic, spreading misinformation and making poorly thought-out claims. Many people trying to explain the situation to their backers got their facts wrong, hurting their own revenue. Dave and Brad sit down and sort out the facts from the friction.
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One of my oldest axioms is that “social media is social.” In other words, social media rewards participation. Substack’s “Recommendations” feature is a surprisingly powerful promotional tool, and if you’re like most of us, you’re missing out on its full potential by refusing to participate.
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Subless was a subscription platform for creators that enabled users to issue support based on a monthly budget. In short, the user deposited money into Subless, and it was divided among the participating creators’ sites based on how often the user visited them.
I published a post explaining why Subless was a bad business decision for creators. One reason I listed was that it conflicts with a creator’s efforts to build revenue on Patreon. One of the comments I received was that incorporating Subless into their business was good because it added a passive revenue stream. It was a clear indication that many of us don’t really understand what a passive revenue stream is. Let’s discuss that topic in greater detail.
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It’s September, and the kids are returning to school. This is great if you’re a webcartoonist because that means they’re returning to reading webcomics from school.
The content you are trying to access is only available to members.Brad and Dave discuss using rewards and add-ons in a Kickstarter campaign. Then, they tackle the problem of whether your dialogue should feature proper English or your character’s “natural” speech.
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