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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Rethink the landing page

Many of us recognize that readership on the Web has shifted. Our audience spends most of their online time on social media and apps. However, we know it’s important to have our own website where we can own and control our own work. But that website? It’s straight out of 2005.

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by on July 10, 2024
Posted In: Digital publishing, Web site
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Tutorial: Vertical-scroll eComics

Previously, I posted about the importance of adopting the vertical-scroll format for your website and social media. That can be a little extra work, but there’s good news! You now have a new product to offer your readers—a vertical-scroll eComic!

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by on July 9, 2024
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ComicLab Ep 342 — Special guest Asia Simone

Marvel/Scholastic illustrator Asia Simone (Instagram, Twitter)shares her experiences illustrating a “Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur” book, navigating the world of YA graphic novel publishing, and… surviving Brad’s studio! Next, a listener asks… “Should I jump to Cara?”

TODAY’S SHOW

  • Special guest Asia Simone
  • Should I jump to Cara?
  • San Diego Comic-Com 2024
  • Breaking the 4th Wall

EDITOR’S NOTE

During the show, Brad and Dave insisted that Jim Davis rarely breaks the Fourth Wall in “Garfield.” They were demonstrably wrong.

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by on July 4, 2024
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ComicLab Ep 341 — How to build an audience on Substack

Substack is one of the few social-media newcomers that actually produces visible results. It delivers audience-building, reader retention, advanced messaging, intelligent analytics, savvy promotion, and discovery. Better yet, it has a user interface that’s a joy to use. So why are so many cartoonists perplexed by it? Brad and Dave do a deep dive into this new platform and offer strategies for using it effectively.

ON TODAY’S SHOW

  • Substack user guide
  • How much worldbuilding should you do when you start?
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by on June 27, 2024
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Webcomics Confidential — How to draw arms

When we draw arms, we remember the wrists, the elbows, and the shoulders… but we often forget there’s more! During his recent livestream chat, cartoonist Brad Guigar discusses the clavicle and its important role in drawing characters with a full range of arm motion.

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by on June 26, 2024
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Designing a logo — Dos and Don’ts

Designing a logo for your comic can be surprisingly daunting. After all, many of us are artists or collaborate directly with artists. However, designing a logo requires a slightly different skill set than designing a comic panel. So, let’s talk about some DOs and DON’Ts that apply to good logo design.

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by on June 25, 2024
Posted In: Art, Business
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