Your first few conventions can be amazing experiences, but they can also be difficult, overwhelming, and disheartening. Here's 10 pieces of perspective that Cory and I have adopted over the past three years that keep us focused on the things that matter most. 1. The first year you have ... Continue Reading

Being a freelancer is now a more attractive option than ever before. With the economy on the downturn a growing number of creative professionals are choosing to work for themselves rather than be employed by someone else. The career move is considered a brilliantly smart move for most. Yet finding success ... Continue Reading

  Hey everybody, it’s your favorite werewolf cartoonist making another article appearance here on the Webcomic Alliance web site. Originally, I had different idea for this particular article but since Dawn just posted her year-end Convention Report Card, I thought I’d write about something that might be a good companion piece. ... Continue Reading

Today is October 13th, 2014. Two days ago, I did something in which I had no clue whether it was going to be a success or not.  I had a book signing party. At a local restaurant. And it turned out to be - in my opinion - a great success. I ... Continue Reading

Before I started my own company and got serious about building my dream job as a full-time artist and writer, I had some very funny ideas about what that would entail. In particular, I always imagined that, once I was my own boss, I would only do the fun, artistic ... Continue Reading

So you've decided to create a company. Maybe your efforts have started to pay off at conventions and you're beginning to see enough income to be concerned about a call from Uncle Sam. Perhaps you have big plans for the future, and you want to get the foundation set right ... Continue Reading

Book image credit: www.freeimages.com and zdelia A helpful way to start... Alright, so this past weekend, I finished putting the final touches on the fourth Capes & Babes book and thought it might be useful to talk a little bit about everything that went in to putting this book together. As many listeners ... Continue Reading

We've all been there before.... ...Or if you haven't, prepare yourself as it WILL happen. That moment when you realize that project you poured yourself into was already done, and by someone with more notoriety. Now what do you do? I bring this up because I recently dealt with a situation like ... Continue Reading

I'll preface this article by stating this is merely an opinion piece - it's not a socio-economic essay of any kind, since there are no concrete facts and figures. This article was inspired from discussions I've had with numerous comic creators over the last year. Feel free to argue in ... Continue Reading

Let’s say you make the best damn pizza ever. You decide to go into business making pizzas. You get all the ingredients just right. But instead of having a traditional brick and mortar store, you decide to only sell your pizza ON-LINE! The internet is going to make you rich, ... Continue Reading

Hey all you Webcomic Alliance kids out there... Whenever your Uncle Chris goes to conventions, he is invariably asked "where did you get your banners?" or "Who printed your postcards?" so I thought it might be helpful to all you young, aspiring convention goers if I made a handy-dandy list of all ... Continue Reading

  As my banner to today's article says, you truly can never tell, predict or anticipate when opportunity might come a'knockin' on your door. That might seem obvious but today's article is also a tale of how an opportunity came my way suddenly and unexpectedly - and a possible lesson you ... Continue Reading

  When you first started writing, drawing and posting your webcomic, you may not have given the idea of branding yourself as a creator much thought. You just wanted to CREATE a comic, tell a story, make people laugh, express yourself through sequential art. Maybe the idea that this could be ... Continue Reading

Hey kids… today your Uncle Chris is going to talk about a new item you can put on your convention table that might draw eyes to your table and give you a nice priced item that might net you a nice little profit once it is sold. What am I talking ... Continue Reading

  Hey folks... on Saturday, March 8th, 2014 I got the chance to participate in a brand new show here in the Washington, DC area. The show is called "The Smudge Expo" - it was juried show featuring several artists that were local to the area plus a few that were ... Continue Reading

Have you been thinking about putting a book collection together but have been intimidated by all the work that might go into creating such an endeavor? The good news is that when you're creating your first book, even though there's a lot of work that goes in to it, it's ... Continue Reading

Webcomics and comics in general is a staggeringly hard field in which to find success. Even a casual fan knows this. Which probably means your spouses, parents, siblings, and friends know it too. In a world of "STEP 1: go to school and get a degree in __blank__, STEP 2: ... Continue Reading

Since it’s the new year and all, I thought it might be fun to look back at my 2013 convention year and see what I might have learned on a month-to-month basis. Maybe you might have been thinking about going to some of the shows I went to and, maybe, ... Continue Reading

The man is an enigma. And despite being out of the spotlight for almost 20 years, still a controversial topic of conversation. With the release of the Dear Mr. Watterson documentary (which Frank reviewed HERE), which focused a great deal on his refusal to merchandize any aspect of his comic strip ... Continue Reading

On many of the Webcomic Alliance podcasts, we’ve talked at length about comic book conventions…  such as what goes in to securing a table in Artist Alley, what types of things sell well or how to develop an effective “elevator pitch” for your comic, to name just a few comic ... Continue Reading