Friday Archive Dive: Page Bleeds

Today's Archive Dive is from Dec. 16, 2010, when we discussed page bleeds for print projects.

If you're printing a book in color, you'll likely be asked by your printer to set up "bleeds" for the pages. It can get confusing, so let's go over some of the basics.

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Handling criticism

I've been dealing a lot with criticism over the past few weeks. The storyline I've been working on in "Evil Inc" hits a few nerves -- particularly with subjects like marital infidelity -- and as a result, I've gotten more communication than I've ever gotten for any one storyline or strip.

And not all of it has been positive.

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Self-publishing to the Nook

As we've been discussing tablet-based self-publishing opportunities, a lot of the discussion has been centered on iPad and Kindle, but there's a considerable marketshare being staked-out by the Nook that is hard to overlook.

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Writing Humor: The Fifth Panel Method

Writing humor is something many of us grapple with. In the past, I've discussed a method that I advocate called Fermentation. And in many critiques and discussions, I've found myself advising writers to push or push further or push to the Funny. And every time I write those words, it occurs to me that the phrase is somewhat ambiguous and my advice may be missing the mark.

So I'm going to try to refine the Fermentation method, and I've love for those of you who are working in humor to try it out and let me know how it worked for you. (More on that later).

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Open Call for the Hot Seat: The Elevator Pitch

As we closed out the year, we discussed several ideas for Hot Seat critiques for 2012, and among the popular topics (another "Hitch it / Ditch It", banner advertising, and composition), it seemed as if there was a lot of steam behind the idea of an elevator-pitch critique.

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