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ComicLab Ep 417 — Print on Demand… When There’s No Demand
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Maximizing the potential of Bluesky Starter Packs
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Webcomics Confidential: What size should your webcomic be?
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Give Yourself the Gift of Time Off: Low-Impact Holiday Content Ideas for Cartoonists
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ComicLab Ep 417 — Special Guest Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott from “Baby Blues”
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How Many Social-Media Posts Per Day?
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Social media and behavioral modification
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Webcomics Confidential: You’re wasting money on advertising
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September To-Do List
Tomorrow is the first day of September, and the kids are headed back to school. Which is great is you’re a webcartoonist, because that means they’re returning to reading webcomics from school.
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Baltimore’s temporary sales tax
Just a friendly reminder for those of you who are planning to exhibit at Baltimore in a couple weeks: Baltimore allows you to register for a temporary sales tax license (good for 30 days) — which isn’t the case in all cities and/or states.
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Banner Ad Hot Seat: Average Joe, Bright Stars and El MacFearsome
This is the last of the 2012 Banner Ad Hot Seats. I’ll be announcing a new Hot Seat in September.
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Hand Lettering
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If you remember this post, you know that my approach to lettering has slowly evolved over the twelve years of my creating a daily strip. I originally did the completely backwards approach of inking the balloon first and fitting the test into the space (Photoshopping when my guess was completely off). Then I started inking full panels, leaving space for word balloons, but adding both the lettering and the balloons digitally after the art was inked.
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Banner Ad Hot Seat: Principal is an Alien, Cat Prentis and Deadeye Dick
The third installment of the 2012 Banner Ad Hotseat. Same concept as always: I talk about three banners from participating cartoonists and then open up the discussion to the group. Links to the comics being discussed are in the headers.
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Pro Tip: Buy Local
In prepping for Baltimore Comic Con, I decided to take a new tactic over my usual process of finding a vendor on the Web — I decided to shop local. After doing a little comparison-shopping, I found a competitive price from a printer that was located within easy driving distance of my studio. Instead of shipping, I opted to pick up the banner from the printer.
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Banner Ad Hot Seat: Love is in the Blood, Rival Angels, Game Stuff
Same rules as all Hot Seats, I take samples from participants and offer some comments. The I open the discussion to the membership at large. Click on headers to see the comics we’re discussing.
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Marketing All-Ages Comics to Teachers and Parents
Last week, while we were discussing the marketing of all-ages comics, I mentioned that I had done some research on marketing comics to teachers and parents (particularly parents who home-school).
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Banner Ad Hot Seat: Draconis Wicked, Overcast… Doom, Quantum Vibe
Same rules as all Hot Seats, I take samples from participants and offer some comments. The I open the discussion to the membership at large. Click on headers to see the comics we’re discussing.
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