This column was meant to be an examination of the form and aesthetic qualities of comics from a theoretical yet practical point of view. This had been, really, the idea of pretty much anything I’ve ever written about comics.
I’ve always been more interested in the practical side of "comics theory". My philosophy has been that in understanding how something works, I can better use that something to make comics. Continue Reading
Darling, I think it’s time for us to break up. Continue Reading
"What's your favorite webcomics romance?"
T Campbell asked this question of many webcartoonists. The answers were revealing. Continue Reading
An upgrade to the website is underway. The forums will be down until further notice. You may notice a few other odd things as well. Feel free to use this as an open thread until the forums come back up. Continue Reading
Time for a little housekeeping. I want to remind folks that Comixpedia offers multiple ways to advertize on the site (link to our advertising page). All ad revenues Comixpedia receives help keep us in operation and planning new projects for the future.
In addition to running large banner ads or google ads on Comixpedia there are two other sponsorship opportunities. Brand new this week is the ability to buy an ad on the blog, 24 Hour Pixel People. These ads, in contrast to the banner ads run every time the blog is viewed for the length of your sponsorship. We are trying out the BlogAds service for these – you can buy ads for two weeks or a month period. (The minimum price we can set with BlogAds is $10.00 so right now we’ve set the two week and one week price the same).
You may also sponsor Comixpedia for a monthly issue. The one sponsor for each issue will get a small ad that appears on the top of every page of Comixpedia for the entire month. I announced this earlier in the year but didn’t really follow through. All of our remaining issues in 2004 are still open to a sponsor so if you’re interested please contact me – the monthly sponsorship rate is negotiable. Continue Reading
Tired of hearing this yet?
DRAW. Continue Reading
Not having grown up with comics, I still don’t see the magic in Wednesdays that some people do. Continue Reading
I raise my hand and flap it in the air, quickly, but not too hard. I want to look a little eccentric, but not crazy – just weird enough that I might have something interesting to say.
The Otakon panel moderator takes interest in (or pity on) me. He passes me the microphone. I arch an eyebrow challengingly at the guests – cartoonists from Applegeeks, Little Gamers, Paradox Lost, Mac Hall, and the "other" Avalon – and say…
"Webcomics. 2009. Where are we?" Continue Reading
Here's a familiar problem: You write a webcomic that's not getting nearly as many readers as you think it deserves. You're already sending press releases to the newsmagazines, you're posting announcements in the webcomic forums, you've joined web rings, and you've slapped your logo on every product Café Press offers. Still, your readership is modest, at best. You need a more aggressive marketing plan.
One problem: like most of us, your entire marketing budget comes from between the cushions on your couch.
There just aren’t any rules for creating comics. Sometimes things work and sometimes they don’t, and you can figure out principles to guide you in the use of these things, but there’s never any rule that always works.
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