Author Sean Kleefeld

I noticed El Santo brought up the issue of micropayments recently. Scott McCloud famously touted the idea as the way to make webcomics financially viable back in Reinventing Comics. And a number of webcomikers...

One of the things that struck me and really helped my understanding of fandom was when I came across Henri Tajfel's and John Turner's theory of social identity. The basic theory suggests a fairly simple model...

I thought maybe it was just me. I thought maybe I had some kind of blinders on for the past decade or so that prevented me from seeing everything. I thought I came late to the game. But Ohio State University...

You may have caught the news last week that, after 31 years, MetLife has dropped Snoopy as their corporate mascot. It's part of a larger rebranding effort to try to depict the company as more forward-looking....

GoComics recently announced that, in early 2017, they'll be rolling out some significant changes to their site. According to their announcement... The new GoComics makes your favorite comic strips, political...

If you ever had any doubt about the power of webcomics, let me relay a personal anecdote. I've shared this with others before, but I don't think I've brought it up here. Back in 2007, my wife and I got a...

Doctor Who was relaunched to much acclaim back in 2005 with Christopher Eccelston in the title role. As a long-time fan of the character—going back to the Tom Baker episodes that aired on my local public...

When I first started doing work online, the options for any sort of development were fairly limited. I taught myself HTML using an eight-page pamphlet, and I knew pretty much everything you needed to know at...

One of the first benefits of webcomics that people cite is the lack of gatekeepers. Whether a creator tries going to a publishing house like Image or Dark, or a newspaper syndicate, they face a series of...

Like a lot of people, I like Pixar's movies. I think they're well-written and well-directed with clever and memorable characters. Lots of good stuff there! But I wouldn't go so far as to say as I'm a fan. I...