The topics we cover in this podcast are: Antoine: Brand Parody? What are we allowed to do, law and copyright wise? Dawn: Project Wonderful – better to manually bid on a couple big-name sites, or set up a campaign for lots of smaller sites with similar subject matter? Ken: What metrics are you guys using […]
Proverb: He who fails to plan, plans to fail. Period. There’s more to independent comic creation then learning how to draw hands and feet, it also is about running it as a business and that requires… wait for it… a Plan! Becoming an entrepreneur is not an easy task and is not for the faint […]
Today’s volunteer is Liliy of ‘The Adventures of Wiglaf and Mordred‘. Liliy’s ‘About’ page says “The Adventures of Wiglaf and Mordred is a comic I created while taking two British Lit classes at the same time. Before I knew it, I had created two characters based on my favorite characters and there you go – […]
This week, the podcast is covering the following: Ken: What file formats are you guys using and do you think it will be the format that we’ll be using in 2 years? Antoine: Planning T-Shirts for Conventions + Which company to go to? Byron: I want to discuss “acceptance by your artist peers”. This also […]
Therefore, this “Webcomic article asks… Should we really consider this a ‘Sci-Fi’ webcomic”? In my humble opinion…
Branding. What do you care about branding? If you’re planning on a future in comics or webcomics – you should care a whole lot. Sure it’s another “business” aspect we’re telling you to be aware of – but that doesn’t mean it can’t be creative. This week we’ll take our second practical look at branding […]
This week, the podcast is covering the following: Dawn: Is going on hiatus to build a buffer and relaunch your site worth the loss of readership? Ken: PRO TIP QUESTION: What types of brush techniques are you using and if you downloaded brush presets – where did you get them? Dawn – Illustrator, Byron – […]
As comic creators, we’re much better at using pencils, pens and markers then we are at reading a contract. If you’re like most people, you’ve been handed a multi-page document in which you signed your life away not really having completely read or understood the document’s intent. Now, if you trust your cell phone provider, […]
This unscheduled Podcast is a very special one! While DAwn was getting married, we invited David Reddick of “Legend of Bill” and covers the following: David: Writing, and what happens if/when you start to write yourself into either a corner, AND/OR you start to have to many loose threads running that you might lose track […]
From the banner with the breasts, you may be setting the wrong expectations. I happen to know (because “apparently” I read it), 1977 the Comic is not about breasts, but someone clicking on the banner may not.
This week, the podcast is covering the following: Ken: How much social media (twitter/facebook) is a good thing? Byron: Designing Ads that work & look good. Antoine: How do you fight a lost of motivation? Dawn: Is it worth it to have buttons/pins/trinkety stuff made for conventions? Do people still buy this stuff? Drink of […]
As comic creators, there are do’s and don’ts on how we can handle the usage of copyrighted material in our comics under the name of parody. The biggest question I get asked is “Do I have to get permission to use another creator’s characters in my comic?” The short answer is no. Here’s why, and, […]
As a general rule, if you’re slowing down the process of absorbing and comprehending your brand, you’re doing it wrong.
The Webcomic Workshop is a podcast that troubleshoots the world of webcomics. The four of come together with the problems and issues we face of creating and promoting our own webcomics. We then share with you the solutions we come up with in our round table discussions. This week, the podcast is covering the following: […]
Banners. As webcomickers, we need them to help promote our comics. As webcomic readers, we hate them. As a designer, some make me cry.
Welcome to the Webcomic Workshop! The Webcomic Workshop is a podcast that troubleshoots the world of webcomics. The four of come together with the problems and issues we face of creating and promoting our own webcomics. We then share with you the solutions we come up with in our round table discussions. This week, the […]
Hi everyone! We are proud to launch the home of the Webcomic Alliance, your worksource for digital comics! The Webcomic Alliance is for all webcomic artists and writers, from aspiring to well established webcomic community members, who are looking for some help or input from fellow webcomic creators. The Webcomic Alliance is a free resource […]
