I created a study guide for my Arts Entrepreneurship class, and I thought it might be helpful to post it here, too. It talks about the simple math behind correctly determining the best price for your merchandise.
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The quality of your line can add intensity and energy to your art. Let’s talk about drawing with a “dead” line… and why there might be a better choice for you!
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“I’d buy that on a T-shirt” is the oldest lie in webcomics. As soon as you release the shirt, the reader who suggested it disappears faster than a Dracula in front of a crucifix. And yet, many of us allow […] ↓ Read the rest of this article...
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Is it possible to build traffic for your comic without building an audience? Also, an anonymous post on Reddit accuses Webtoons of using a predatory contract. ON TODAY’S SHOW
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Get out your calendar and start circling dates. It’s time to do a little webcomic planning.
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If you’ve ever stressed out about losing readers — or not growing fast enough — you need to understand this concept!
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Here’s a great exercise to generate story ideas — and keep you on track with the world you’re building.
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Since 2013, I’ve been advocating that independent comic artists quit exhibiting at comic cons. That’s nearly ten years. And since that very first post, the pushback has been the same: “Sure, we’re not making a profit, but we go for the networking.” Except, for many of these people, networking is unimportant. And I can prove it.
Last year, I made a number of bold predictions for 2023. I nailed a few and failed a few others. As we head into the new year, I’m going back to my crystal ball. And I see some pretty troubling portents for social media and Patreon.
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I’ve been posting a lot about my concerns about social media in 2024. But I’d like to hear what’s on your mind. As we head into the new year, which issue factors prominently for you?
Is it AI art/writing? Is it merchandising? Is it running an effective Kickstarter campaign? Or it it closer to home — writing better, drawing better, lettering better, etc?
Please hit the comments below and let me know what you’d most like to see me writing about in the coming year. I’d love to hear from you — and it will help me plan topics to write about in the months ahead!
After Elon Musk took over Twitter, he instituted a number of changes that effectively killed the platform. Users exited, engagement deadened, and overall returns for creators declined drastically. This left many of us who had relied on Twitter for publishing and promotion in a quandary: Restart somewhere else or try to salvage our existing base. We eagerly lept from BlueSky Threads to Mastodon — each time hoping to rebuild. And, one by one, many of us faced the hard reality: Growth is slow on each of these new platforms. We’re going to need to do both — rebuild elsewhere while we try to salvage what’s left of Twitter. In May, I came up with a plan to do that. In November, I revised that plan. Today, I’ll share the results.
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We all make resolutions this time of year. Sure, most of us forget about them by February, but it’s useful to set goals at a time like this. It helps to focus our attention on those areas that we know we need to work on. Here are ten resolutions I think you should consider if you’d like to do a better webcomic in 2024.
This is the perfect time to get organized for a successful year in webcomics.
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If you want to build out your comics-font library, be sure to head over to the Comicraft website. Comicraft holds a sale on Jan 1 every year in which the price of each of their fonts is based on the year. Today, every ComiCraft font is $20.24 apiece.
Veteran cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar look back on their predictions for 2023. They nailed a few and failed a few!
PREDICTION SCORECARD
What we DIDN’T predict!
As we near the end of 2023, it’s clear that Twitter is dying. What was once a dominant force in social media communication is now a virtual ghost town. That means that independent comics artists must start preparing for a post-Twitter future. I have some thoughts I’d like to share about that.
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I got a Facebook friend request from a cartoonist, and, as usual, I accepted. Within seconds I got a “thanks for the add” direct message. Friending is not exactly an “add,” but I decided not to split semantic hairs. I sent him a thumbs-up icon as an acknowledgment.
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