Hot Seat critique: Love is in the Blood, Madame Merunga, Jah’mel
It’s time to kick off another round of Hot Seat critiques. This is a unique opportunity for us to get down-and-dirty with the craft of comics — and some of the best practices of business, marketing,...
View ArticleNSFW comics and Patreon
I started my Patreon campaign in April 2014 at about $100/month. Over the next six months, it had risen to about $400/month, and it flatlined there for the next seven months. In May 2015, I announced...
View ArticleMangaStudio Tip: Better composition
Here’s a little tip for building better in-panel compositions between your word balloons and illustrations. It works beautifully in Manga Studio, and I’m sure it can be extrapolated to Photoshop and...
View Article“On The Spot” Hot Seat: Madame Merunga and Biblenauts
This critique series is called the “On The Spot” Hot Seat. I will visit participants’ sites on a random day and talk about how their comic/site/social media is on that day. No archive-diving and no...
View Article“Save for Web”… Legacy?
When (and if) you update to the current version of Adobe Photoshop (Creative Cloud 2015), you’ll notice the absence of a command you probably use constantly — Save for Web. It has a lot of Web...
View ArticleFunimation’s stance on comic-convention fan art
For years, Webcomics.com has been issuing posts discussing the legality of selling art at comic conventions without the proper rights to the characters and other intellectual property. As far back as...
View ArticleThe danger of shading on the edge
You don’t need a subscription to read today’s post! This is a re-post from the Webcomics.com archive. If you’ve ever been curious about the kind of information, tutorials and advice that you’ll get as...
View ArticleCommissioned Sketches… Just Say NO to the Doodle
He stood in front of my table, after hearing my prices for convention sketches. “No,” he said, “I don’t want a commission… I just want a doodle.” Try telling a plumber that you don’t want your drain...
View ArticleTen Things You Can DO NOW to Improve Your Webcomic
You don’t need a subscription to read today’s post! This is a re-post from the Webcomics.com archive. If you’ve ever been curious about the kind of information, tutorials and advice that you’ll get as...
View ArticleHow to Use the Ames Lettering Guide
You don’t need a subscription to read today’s post! This is a re-post from the Webcomics.com archive. If you’ve ever been curious about the kind of information, tutorials and advice that you’ll get as...
View ArticleColor or B&W… the Line in the Sand
It’s impossible to separate webcomics from their roots in print. Longform comics spring from a long history of printed comic books and graphic novels, and online comic strips build on over a hundred...
View ArticleWACOM warning: Possible conflict with the new Mac OS
Thanks to Webcomics.com member Dan Wilson for his alert in the Private Forum. If you use a WACOM tablet on a Mac computer, you’ll want to read the details.
View ArticleGet better-looking JPEGs on your WordPress site
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View ArticleTo Alias — or Anti-Alias… that is the question…
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View ArticleChecking a colorist’s work
Hiring a colorist is one of the smartest things I ever did. And I’ve worked with two of the best — Ed Ryzowski and Alex Heberling. Recently a Webcomics.com member asked how he could check his...
View ArticleFive habits to adopt for webcartoonists
You don’t need a subscription to read today’s post! This is a re-post from the Webcomics.com archive. If you’ve ever been curious about the kind of information, tutorials and advice that you’ll get as...
View ArticleThe Layout Arrow
Thought for the day: If you need to put an arrow in the layout of your comic — to direct readers from panel to panel — you’ve failed. Stop and start over. I posted that thought on Facebook a few days...
View ArticleManga Studio Sale
There’s a great sale on Manga Studio 5 happening right now. You can get this fantastic software for only $15. Manga Studio completely changed how I approach comics — and I’ve been doing this for almost...
View ArticleMake calendars quickly in InDesign
Here’s a great tip on creating custom calendar quickly in Adobe Indesign. This is perfect for print projects — as well as handy desktop wallpapers you can offer to customers and Patreon backers....
View ArticleThe crossbar ‘I’
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