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If you want to build out your comics-font library, be sure to mark this on your calendar. ComicCraft traditionally holds a sale on Jan 1 every year in which price of each of their fonts is based on the year. This New Year’s Day every ComiCraft font will be $20.21 apiece.
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If you’re getting complaints from customers who have ordered merchandise from your store that has yet to be delivered, you’re not alone. You can find plenty of company in the Complaints against the USPS subreddit. Here’s what you need to know about what’s going on.
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This is a great week to improve your comics-lettering font library. Blambot’s once-a-year 30% off sale! Enter code CYBERWEEK at checkout! Runs until Monday, December 7th!
Blambot creates some truly stunning and useful fonts for comics dialogue and sound effects. Here are some of my favorites…
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Since this is the time that many of us start dropping gift hints to our loved ones for the upcoming holiday season, I wanted you to know that Comicraft — makers of some truly outstanding comics-lettering fonts — is now offering gift certificates.
Comicraft Fonts gift certificates:
Purchase in any amount
Use during the New Year’s Sale or anytime
Send via e-mail, or print our snazzy new design (above) to put under the tree
It’s already December. It’s a month dominated by holidays — both preparing for and celebrating them — and it’s the end of the year. It’s probably the most challenging months for a webcartoonist, so let’s get organized.
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Many people who are thinking about starting a webcomic for the first time have a lot of questions. Where should they publish? What social-media networks work best? How long before they’re able to launch a Patreon? But there’s a very important issue that’s just as important as these — if not moreseo. And it’s a question almost none of them ask:
What are my expectations?
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From now until Dec. 1, Clip Studio Paint is offering both versions of its software for 50% off. CSP is strongly endorsed for comics-creation by Webcomics.com, and this is a great time to pick it up if you’ve been tempted in the past. Also, the half-off sale applies to upgrading from Pro to EX in the past. The EX version unlocks certain animation capabilities as well as some 3D options such as converting a 3D image to lineart.
Social media has gotten more sophisticated. Your posts need to adapt. Video outreach is not only easy but, according to strategic marketing agency Insivia, viewers retain 95% of a message when they watch a video ‚ compared to 10% when reading it in text. And since social-media posts with video have 47% more views, according to HubSpot, the time is now to start re-thinking how you’re posting your work — and how video can play a part.
Video DOs and DON’Ts
It’s easy to build a video presentation of your comic. For example, Apple’s iMove, which ships with Macintosh computers, is intuitive and versatile as a video-editing tool. But take some time to avoid some easy mistakes.
DO keep in mind social-media aspect ratios when prepping your video. A widescreen format isn’t going to be your best bet. And Instagram is going to favor a square shape over anything else.
DON’T post a long video. Twitter limits video to 140 seconds. Instagram posts can be 60 seconds. Stories can be longer, but they will be chopped into 15-second segments.
DO get to the point. A lengthy intro is death on a social-media video.
DON’T start with a blank screen and fade in. Remember, the first frame may be used for the thumbnail/cover by the social-media platform you post in.
DO choose an attractive thumbnail/cover image if you have the opportunity
DO consider closing the video with a call to action.
Panel-by-panel
A panel-by-panel run-through of your comic is a no-brainer. Be sure to leave enough time for a slow reader to make it through all of the word balloons in the panel before advancing the video to the next panel.
If you’d like a quick-and-easy way to do this, upload the comic in a multi-image post for your Patreon backers. Open the post in Patreon’s app, and use Screen Record on your iPhone. (If you don’t have it, go to Settings > Control Center > Customize Controls, then tap the + next to Screen Recording. Android users will have to download an app or unlock the built-in recorder by going through a few steps.
Comic trailer
Consider creating a trailer for your comic. Just like a movie trailer, this introduces the central themes in your comic — or in the latest chapter of an ongoing-storyline comic — and entices the viewer to find out more. This is also an excellent way to promote a new downloadable eComic.
Video comic
Why stop there? Record yourself reading your comic and sync it to a panel-by-panel pan-through of your comic. Upload it on YouTube. Check out the Comicstorian channel to get some ideas.
Tutorials and time-lapse videos
We already discussed the effectiveness of time-lapse videos, but why stop there? If you livestream or record process videos for your Patreon backers, pull a clip and record a quick voiceover (and/or add some captions) and explain why you’re doing what you’re doing. Artists and non-artists alike enjoy learning about how art is made.
Don’t stop there
You got into comics because you wanted to be creative. So get creative! When I was looking for a new way to share clips from my podcast, ComicLab, I turned to my UArts intern, Asia Blackshear, and encouraged her to tackle it as an animation project. The result was a series of video posts that generated excellent engagement.
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