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Webcomics.com: The Year in Review

It was an amazing year at Webcomics.com. Here’s a look at some of the highlights:

January

The Webcomics.com Awards were announced

When Howard Tayler received  cease-and-desist for his “Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates” comic (and accompanying merchandise), he sat with Webcomics.com for a Q&A of his handling of the issue.

Are you a spammer? Here’s how to tell.

A member shared information on reducing your comic’s load time.

February

Scott Kurtz shared some thoughts on how he’s approached improving his writing

Great strategies for using QR codes 

Noting air fare increases since Dec. 2010, Webcomics.com advised members to book their convention travel as soon as possible to lock in prices that were bound to increase over the course of the year.

Tax tips from the IRS

March

Penny Arcade’s Robert Khoo fielded every last question that members threw at him. (Part Two) (Part Three)

Brainstorming gags

Dave Kellett’s address at the Festival of Cartoon Arts

The Random Punchline Hot Seat

April

When good readers go bad

Accessing brick-and-mortar opportunities

Working with a walk cycle to improve your figure drawing

What to do when you’re dead

Copyright trolling

Luggage guidelines for all major airlines

May

We debated Nina Paley’s ascertation that copying is not theft

The pre-Square guide to accepting credit-cards at conventions

Kickstarter pros and cons

T-shirt tutorial: From spot colors to percentages of each size to order.

Blogging Dos and DON’Ts

You asked Scott Kurtz anything. And he answered.

June

My story about not listening to well-intentioned advice: “Enjoy Obscurity.”

Adobe InDesign Preflight tutorial

When are the best times to tweet?

“I just want to draw comics.”

Adobe InDesign tutorial: Making PDFs for print

Comic Scrapers: Threat or Menace?

 Will Disney/Marvel merger change comic-con commissioned sketch culture?

Art 101: Draw large and reduce

Comic-Con Checklist

How to share a convention booth

July

Using Square for credit-card transactions

Making the leap from POD to offset

Disadvantages of a Sole Proprietorship

The Hitch It / Ditch It critiques rewarded each participant for something they’re doing right, and pointed out one area of improvement

Scott Kurtz, Robert Khoo and I announced a special meet-up after hours at Comic-Con.

Empire City Marketing announced its services to help cartoonists with marketing and PR, offering such things as access to Zuda (which had closed shop months earlier) and Act-I-Vate (whose founder had never heard of them).

August

Critique guidelines

Encouraging non-monetary support

I experimented with Scribol, and got some admirable results.

The Kickstarter vs IndiGOGO comparison brought to light some very troubling facts about IndieGOGO’s methodology

Brand the comic or the cartoonist?

September

Mary Cagle offered some critiques on coloring

Tutorial on drawing kids

Jim Shooter: An inside look at comics contracts

We discussed how Assetbar handled its failure

I ticked a whole lot of you off by sharing how much I disliked 24-Hour Comics Day (and discouraging your participation)

October

Facebinks attacked the sites of several webcartoonists who use ContextWeb to serve ads. After the dust cleared, we used it as a learning moment.

Using Klout to gauge your social-media outreach

Scott Kurtz shared some thoughts on critical self-examination

Adapting on the fly at a comic convention

Maximizing Google Adsense

November

POD calendar strategy

Training readers to expect merchandise

Ten tips for beginners

Tutorial: Creating a gift certificate in PayPal

Kachingle started accepting donations on behalf of owners of Web sites — without the opt-in of those sites! We issued a member adisory

December

So far…

Member Benny Powell shared some thoughts on how packaging matters

I had a few warnings about participating in a charity

I shared a good idea for next year: Digital Advent calendars

My personal word-balloon journey

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