It’s time to nominate work for the Eisner Awards! Here’s what you need to know…
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Cartoonists Brad Guigar, Dave Kellett and Kevin McShane are teaming up on a new show — The Wrong Way! We’ll teach you how to draw your favorite cartoon characters without getting sued over copyright theft! Along the way, we’ll share tips, tell stories, and roast each other mercilessly. Pay attention and you might learn how to draw The Wrong Way!
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Originally, a halftone screen was the only way a newspaper or magazine could print an image with a continuous tone — like a photograph. A halftone converts grey tones into little black dots. Unless you’re looking very closely, your eye reads these dots as shades of grey. Manga has made halftone screens cool again. However, navigating halftone screens requires a fair amount of printing savvy.
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A few days ago, I published some thoughts on rethinking comics collectives. Since then, I’ve received an outpouring of questions — mostly about building a strong collective. What are the ingredients? Who should be invited to join and why? How should the responsibilities be divided? Here are some thoughts.
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Offering commissions can be a great way to add an income stream to your business. It can also be an effective Patreon reward. However, managing expectations and communicating clearly with clients and backers can be delicate. Here’s how to get off on the right foot.
The National Cartoonists Society has released its call for entries. Here’s what you need to know:
DEADLINE: January 27
The National Cartoonists Society is issuing its annual call for entries for consideration for their NCS Divisional Awards, recognizing excellence in professional cartooning. As always, you DO NOT have to be a member of the NCS to have your work considered for a divisional award… all that is required is that the work be eligible, as detailed below.
All submissions and entry forms will be submitted digitally this year.
Upload one image for each sample
FILE NAME FORMAT
This is required for all divisions. Proof of 2024 publication date for each submitted sample of work MUST be included by uploading a separate proof file using the entry form. Failure to provide proof of publication date may result in disqualification.
Examples of proof:
Upload one proof image for each submitted image file.
FILE NAME FORMAT
Please name your files and/or label the proof documentation consistently so that it is clear which piece of submitted work it is for. For example, the sample Lastname_Firstname_1 should be accompanied by PROOF_Lastname_Firstname_1, and so forth.
*The Greeting Card category has been discontinued
All winners will be announced at the 79th Annual Reuben Awards Dinner
Good luck to everyone who submits!
A ComicLab member complained about following too many people on Bluesky. It was too difficult for them to cultivate a feed that suited their interests! This brought up a topic that has Dave and Brad divided: Are you on social media for business or pleasure?
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Yesterday, I shared thoughts on rethinking a concept from the early days of webcomics — the collective. Today, I have some advice on what you should consider if you’re thinking of forming one of your own.
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In the first decade of webcomics, collectives were king. Pseudo-syndicates like Keenspot and Modern Tales helped to kick off the webcomics movement. Even after that business model faltered, independent cartoonists continued to work in groups, forming collectives like Blank Label Comics, Dumbrella, Girlamatic, Webcomics Nation, Spider Forest, and Boxcar Comics. After the rise of social media and the decline of ad revenue, collectives lost their two major strengths — audience building and monetization. Now, as social media enters a period of significant decline, it may be time to rethink comics collectives.
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Since 2013, I’ve advocated that independent comic artists quit exhibiting at 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.
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