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WHY DO ONLINE COMICS?

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Issue #0: And That’s the Way It Was

In December of 1999 I started doing my first online strip, Modern Evil. My inspirations for starting it came mostly from listening to Scott McCloud speak about the subject of online comics at the 1999 San Diego Comic Con International, and then going home to see what others in the field were doing.

I had already researched the costs of getting a print book made and sent out to the masses, which are just ridiculous for a one-man shop to bear. Putting a comic on the internet, however, was quite cheap, relatively. My first website, http://www.modernevil.com (which I went into with a partner and ultimately handed control over to him), cost about $300 to set up and keep running for two years.

Advertising adds some to the cost, of course, but it’s the same for print comics. Most website hosting services will charge you more if you become very popular (thousands or tens of thousands of visitors, depending on the service and how big your comics are in file size), but it is still nothing compared to the costs of getting that many people into comic book stores to buy your print comic. Continue Reading →

Revenge of Kung Fool by HyungKim Sun

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The Webcomic Blues

I got those webcomic blues, pretty baby,
And I got those webcomic blues.

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Got me a comic strip, it be on the net.
Got me a comic strip, it be on the net.
Free for everybody, ain’t helpin’ my debt.

Can’t draw for nuthin’, no one seems to mind.
Can’t draw for nuthin’, no one seems to mind.
Four panels, punch-line, jus’ another grind.

Feel like a junkie, always needing hits.
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Open Soapbox: Webcartoonists Are Communists

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Webcartoonists are communists.

That’s right… they’re all commies. Or maybe socialists, but that’s as close as should make no difference to someone who is merely ‘left-wing,’ let alone decently ‘conservative.’ See, a REAL cartoonist is paid by a large, properly-capitalist organization called, in true Republican fashion, a Syndicate. He or she pours creative energy into work that is edited, collated, marketed, and pushed to the Free Press, where it can be shared with millions of humor-hungry people in exchange for newspaper subscriptions. It is The American Way (in America, and even in countries that claim to hate America… it’s still the American Way.)

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Revenge of Kung Fool: The Long-Awaited HyungSun Interview

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HyungSun Kim caught up with himself recently, and sat himself down for an intimate chat with HyungSun Kim. Now, for the first time, Comixpedia is proud to present to you the surprising findings that came from this no-holds barred interview. Who is HyungSun Kim? Well, as HyungSun Kim found out, HyungSun Kim is not at all what HyungSun Kim would have expected.

Disclaimer: Due to editorial discretion, this interview uses the Smurf It™ brand software to filter out all naughty words.

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Gutterwallowing by Michael McKay-Fleming

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I love comics. I love comic books, comic strips, web comics. I love superheroes, indies, underground, naughty, sci fi, fantasy, auto biography, funny, furry; hell, I even chuckle at Family Circus once in awhile.

"So what," I hear you saying, "we all do (except that Family Circus thing. That’s just freaky)."

Listen closely (or read closely, you know what I mean) and all your questions will be answered.

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