Webcomics Wednesday: The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
My apologies for the overly long title this week, but for webcomics, this week is turning into a steaming pile of bantha poodoo (if you'll also...
Webcomics Wednesday: Why Not Go Right to Crowdfunding?
I was mulling over the notion of financing webcomics. Specifically, I wonder how many webcomics are actually themselves self-sustaining versus how...
Webcomics Wednesday: Ad Revenue?
When people first started considering that they might be able to make money from doing webcomics, there were a flurry of different approaches. After...
Fanthropology: Where Fan Studies Have Come
I first became interested in studying fandom in the late 1990s. Henry Jenkins' ground-breaking Textual Poachers had come out in 1992 and his...
Webcomics Wednesday: Micropayments?
I noticed El Santo brought up the issue of micropayments recently. Scott McCloud famously touted the idea as the way to make webcomics financially...
Webcomics Wednesday: Changing the Financial Game?
This week, LINE Webtoon announced a new partnership with Patreon. The gist of the agreement is that webcomikers whose work appears via Webtoon can...
Webcomics Wednesday: Disruptors
There's a concept in business called disruptors. The idea is that a business can be going along just fine, when suddenly some new variable appears...
Webcomics Wednesday: The Future of Webcomics?
Most of the time, when we're talking about webcomics, we're talking about the here and now. By their very nature, webcomics are an inherently...
Webcomics Wednesday: 2014 & Into 2015!
Not only is this the last Webcomics Wednesday for 2014, it's coincidentally hitting on the very last day of the year. And that almost begs for a...
Webcomics Wednesday: Business-Driven Format
Webcomics come in any number of formats. Some follow a horizontal layout similar to what's seen in newspaper strips. Others have a more vertical...