Twitter seems to be the latest social-media platform to try to emulate Patreon’s success. Today it unveiled “Super Follows,” a feature that allows Twitter users to charge for content.
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Are you worried about “spamming” your Patreon backers? I’ll tell you why it isn’t possible — and we’ll discuss addressing the Impostor Syndrome that leads to such misconceptions.
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Lettering is crucially important — especially if you’re trying to write a humor comic. Comedy is about timing, and bad lettering kills timing. So let’s look at a seldom discussed aspect of lettering — line breaks.
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Due to Brexit, the United Kingdom has separated from the European Union’s procedure for collection Value Added Taxes (VAT) for items shipped into the country. It was a move that sent a ripple of confusion throughout independent artists who regularly shipped merchandise to the UK.
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It’s an inevitable part of getting better at comics. You look back on your earlier work and cringe. (And the better you’ve gotten, the more intense your regret!) Then, perhaps as you’re considering your first printed collection, the thought crosses your mind: “Maybe I should re-do these…”
You shouldn’t. I’ll tell you why.
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It’s one of the most frustrating parts of promoting a Kickstarter — communicating that long URL. Sure, you’re provided a truncated version. But have you ever tried to point podcast listeners to http://kck.st/2HQTXbr? Luckily, there’s a better way.
When I launched my Kickstarter, I bought the domain newevilbook.com. It’s short, it’s descriptive, and it’s easy to remember. Most domain registrars offer free redirects, so it was quite simple to redirect the domain to my Kickstarter page.
Then, whenever I promoted my Kickstarter campaign on social media, I used that URL. I used it on my website. And I used it on podcast appearances.
As an added benefit, when this campaign closes and the next one launches, I’ll update the redirect, and any old promotion that someone stumbles across will lead them to the new project.
Patreon is a great way to monetize your work on the Web, but it’s inescapable — if you want paying backers, you’ve got to be prepared to make it worth their while. And that means posting often — including exclusive content. But sometimes it’s hard to know what to post when you’re putting everything you’ve got into simply doing your comic. So, what can you post when you’re out of ideas (and time)? Buckle up. I’ve got 15 types of posts that are proven winners — and most of them take very little extra time.
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If you’re thinking about launching a comic, I have ten tips to help you get off on the right foot. (And if you’ve already started, double-check this list to catch some mistakes you may have made early on!)
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From Endgadget:
Webtoon and Wattpad may soon be inextricably linked. Naver, the South Korean internet giant behind the Webtoon digital comics platform, will acquire Wattpad for a deal worth US$600 million in cash and stocks. The two websites will have a “connected ecosystem” after the acquisition is complete. Neither side has revealed what that means exactly, but The Hollywood Reporter says they’ll share a platform for their combined audience of 160 million users.
Wattpad is a website and app for writers to publish new user-generated stories. It aims to create social communities around stories for both amateur and established writers. In other words, it’s a Webtoons for writers. According to Variety:
Wattpad says its global community spends more than 23 billion minutes monthly engaged with original stories spanning genres including sci-fi, romance, fantasy and horror. To date, around 1,500 Wattpad stories have been published as books or adapted for TV and film. The company’s Wattpad Studios division has developed TV shows and films with studios like Sony Pictures Television, Picturestart in the U.S., Germany’s Bavaria Fiction, France’s Mediawan, Brazil’s Wise Entertainment, Canada’s CBC and Singapore’s MediaCorp. In 2019, Wattpad launched Wattpad Books, which has published 21 books to date.
In October, Naver was fined 26.7 billion won, around $23 million, by South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission for manipulating its search algorithm to give preferential treatment to its own services and contents over rivals. (Source: ZDnet)
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