ComicLab Ep 379 — Big Number Thinking

ComicLab Ep 379 — Big Number Thinking

Social media has convinced an entire generation of creators to focus on numbers — followers, subscribers, likes, shares, and other...
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Using Digital Rewards to Boost Your Kickstarter

Using Digital Rewards to Boost Your Kickstarter

Looking over the dashboard for my past Kickstarter campaign, I saw something jaw-dropping. Although I’m Kickstarting two physical books, my...
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Multi-Channel Publishing

Multi-Channel Publishing

You want to write longform stories that are brisk and engaging, and yet you also want to optimize your comic...
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How to promote a Kickstarter

How to promote a Kickstarter

Last year, I launched my first Kickstarter in over four years. I was shocked at how rusty I had gotten!...
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ComicLab Ep 378 — Verbal vs. Visual

ComicLab Ep 378 — Verbal vs. Visual

Brad and Dave discuss finding the right balance between visual and verbal. Dave asks if too much worldbuilding is an...
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Jokes vs Non Sequiturs

Jokes vs Non Sequiturs

Many of us struggle with humor writing. In many cases, this boils down to understanding the difference between a joke...
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Crisis management for creators

Crisis management for creators

In a Surviving Creativity podcast a few years ago, Scott Kurtz, Cory Casoni, and I discussed how creator reaction to...
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Writing an effective book title

Writing an effective book title

What's in a name? Quite a bit if you're trying to name your book. The right title can significantly affect...
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ComicLab Ep 377 — Happily Writing Tragedy

ComicLab Ep 377 — Happily Writing Tragedy

A listener seeks writing advice. How can you motivate readers to engage with a story that has an unhappy ending?...
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How to launch a new comic

How to launch a new comic

So you've decided to start a webcomic. Or maybe you're launching a new chapter in your ongoing webcomic. The question...
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Turnarounds: Feedback, Part One

Here are a few thoughts I had when I looked at some of the turnarounds.

Most of them have to do with the way weight is distributed over a human skeleton. Understanding that dynamic helps you to allow your figure to have more life and a more believable presence in the space you’re creating.

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by on March 30, 2010
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Using HTML coding on Webcomics.com

Q. I noticed the new “New here? Read these” section on the right there. Can I suggest adding to that area a more detailed article with full examples of what html works on the site? The link syntax stuff at the bottom of posts isn’t exactly the clearest instructions out there.
— Margaret

Great idea! OK, let’s start with the ones listed below the field activated when you post.

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by on March 29, 2010
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Welcome New Subscribers!

Welcome! In order to help ensure you get as much out of this site that you can, here’s a quick rundown of site features. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with questions or comments.

Members: Please feel free to add to it for the newcomers. But — to keep this as a useful archive for the future — I’d appreciate it if you’d shoot any questions to me using the Contact link above.

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by on March 24, 2010
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Scott Kurtz: Improving Your Art

In Robert’s first article on the webcomics business model, he bent a couple noses out of shape. Many of you felt stuck inside or below “the base” of his model.

“The opportunity for the base is something I have the least expertise in, but my advice nonetheless would be to not focus on the business and focus on getting readers. I’m by no means a creative type, so I sadly can’t help you much on how to grow your fan base (my skills come in handy when you already have them), I just know that’s what you should be doing. This stage in your lifecycle is where your skills and talents are most critical. Again, listen to guys like Brad and Scott.” — Robert Khoo

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by on March 24, 2010
Posted In: Art
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Reddit vs the Top-XX Sites

I’ve posted before how much I dislike those sites that ask you to link to them under the auspices of counting votes that move your banner ad towards the top of some sort of list. I call them “Top-XX List” sites because thy’re all based on the banner ads displayed for a certain number of participants at the top of the list — Top 10, Top 20, Top 100, etc.

As I’ve said before, this is a glorified link-exchange in my opinion. And I’ll also pose the argument that the only winners are the people running the Top-XX sites themselves (they usually run their own ads).

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by on March 23, 2010
Posted In: Business, Tech
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How to fart butterflies

Yesterday, in the Private Forum, a member asked, What are some tips and tricks for getting attention at a comic con? One member said: “Make sure you look like you’re having a great day even if you aren’t!”

It made me remember this wonderful moment in which a convention veteran took a moment to share some priceless advice with a newer exhibitor who was having a rough weekend.

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by on March 18, 2010
Posted In: Conventions
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