Webcomics Weekly Episode 77: Skottie Young
Brad and Scott interview comic book artist Skottie Young and discuss his experiments with digital comics.
Brad and Scott interview comic book artist Skottie Young and discuss his experiments with digital comics.
As he did last year, Robert Khoo, the Business Guy for Penny Arcade, is offering to answer questions from the Webcomics.com readership. This is the chance to ask Mr. Khoo to address specific topics that you’d like his perspective on.
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After last month’s discussion about lightboxes, Webcomics.com member Jason Frazer has generously passed along this handly guide to building your own.
If you’re an artist, light boxes are a handy item to own. They allow us to replicate and reproduce images quickly without needing to redraw an image from scratch.
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If you’ve tried to buy a copy of How To Make Webcomics from this site recently, you’ve probably noticed that the page was blank.
But as of today, the third edition has been printed, and my supplies have been re-stocked. And that means that if you’ve been looking to get your hands on one, now’s the time.
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A QR Code is a specific matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by dedicated QR barcode readers and camera phones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. [source: Wikipedia]
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In answering the question of how many conventions you were planning to exhibit at this year, the majority of the 85 respondents reported they were not attending any cons. The next largest group, 25%, were planning a single show, and the rest fell in behind that in a gradual slope down.
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Wired Imaging is offering members of Webcomics.com 15% off for their T-shirt-printing services. From their site:
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Q: My question is about book design. My goal is to self-publish by the end of the year and I have content and funding. How important is it to keep book designs consistent from edition to edition with regard to size, page numbers, graphic elements and extra content?
What if i regret a choice I make in my first book? Is it okay to change that element it in later books? Should I revisit the design when I print the second edition of the first book? or should I just learn to love my first book for what it is?
Also, how much thought needs to go into pricing the book (which is necessary for the UPC code?) when you’re printing your first book?
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Despite technical difficulties, Brad, Kris and Scott discuss the new Diamond Digital partnership between iVerse and Diamond Comics distribution.