This is the main question, isn’t it? How does one make a living off of publishing webcomics? How does one get into the mainstream industry? How does one succeed outside of the mainstream industry? How do you get more readers? How do you get fanatical readers? How do you keep those readers interested in your work? These are questions we want to answer, even though we know that the answer always change over time.
This is NOT a success story (at least, not yet). Rather, This is a story of what we did in the span of one year to earn ourselves a tiny (really tiny) glimpse of success. This is a story of how we went from being virtually unknown to getting our first few hundred readers. This […]
Before anything else, I want you to really understand and internalize this fact: Price is CAN determine an object’s value. However, an object’s value is NOT DEPENDENT on price alone. There are pieces of art that are deemed priceless—not because of the prices that market dictates, but because the owners of that piece of art […]
Let me answer this question with another question. Which is more valuable to you… OR Let’s rephrase that question another way. Again, which is more valuable to you… OR Finally, let me rephrase that question a third time. Which is more valuable to you… OR There is more to VALUE than just PRICE An object […]
This is a question we asked ourselves when we decided we wanted to make comics. Do we create a website for each webcomic series we make, or do we create a single website that hosts all of our comics series all at once? There are pros and cons to both options. In the end, though, […]
What’s the difference between living on rented land, and owning your own property? In the digital world, there’s a huge difference. The problem with SOLELY posting your art and your stories in sites like Facebook, Tumblr, the many Webcomic registry sites, or even the free WordPress and Blogger domains, is the fact that at any […]
Photo Credit: annkarenina via Compfight cc (Average Reading Time: 12 mins) Are you making comics to earn money, or to gain readers? I think that’s the first question you should ask yourself before you even think about possibly publishing your work. Because there are those out there that take their art and their craft seriously. […]
(Avg. Reading Time: 6 mins) Photo Credit: Gwenaël Piaser This is Part 2 of our mini-series on why you should put your comics online today! If you haven’t read Part 1 of the mini-series, then click here. In Part we discussed reasons 1-5 of why putting your comics online is beneficial to your current and future […]
(Avg. Reading Time: 6 mins) (Photo Credit: Techy Girl) With the internet growing ever more prominent and necessary in today’s modern world. The question we should all ask ourselves, is how this affects not just comics, but publishing in general. The world is changing, and so is publishing. Back then, the boon of publishing was […]