Web comics.
A Story.
I read an article in Craccum a couple of weeks back about web comics which was pretty much a space filling plug for some of the author's (who is anonymous) favorite online comics. It made me laugh, so I went exploring on the internet (as one does) and I discovered, (yes discovered, I'm not as techno savvy as most of you!) that there are hundreds and hundreds of different web comics out there and they're all so very different (I suppose this is true for their paper- bound relatives also).
I then clicked, the internet is actually a really cool place for comics to proliferate for so many reasons. Firstly, there are no publishers to please, to sack you, or to censor you. You can say what you want, about whomever you want without even revealing your identity. Speaking of identity, you can collaborate with readers who can often submit feedback or comments instantly or failing that can email you. They can give you ideas, themes, tell you whats on their minds so much more easily than if your publications were in print.
Money is another thing, something very near and dear to an artist as artists never seem to have any. I dont have any figures to back this up however I am willing to speculate that there is less of a risk and a higher return from providing a "free" web comic funded by advertising than by commiting yourself to a percentage of book sales (though I accept that for this to be the case your comic has to actually be entertaining enough to draw an substantial following).
Most of the comics I have encountered online are in the conventional (well, by conventional I'm actually meaning what I'm used to and familiar with, namely things like Calvin and Hobbes which show up in newspapers and the like) style and this I think helps alot of people make the transition from paper to pixel.
Struggling to find the best one to share, I have chosen Cyanide and Happiness, however there is a disclaimer. This is a toilet humour kind of comic centered mostly around jokes about farting, sometimes it crosses the line.
J'espere que vous avez bien,
Andrew
I read an article in Craccum a couple of weeks back about web comics which was pretty much a space filling plug for some of the author's (who is anonymous) favorite online comics. It made me laugh, so I went exploring on the internet (as one does) and I discovered, (yes discovered, I'm not as techno savvy as most of you!) that there are hundreds and hundreds of different web comics out there and they're all so very different (I suppose this is true for their paper- bound relatives also).
I then clicked, the internet is actually a really cool place for comics to proliferate for so many reasons. Firstly, there are no publishers to please, to sack you, or to censor you. You can say what you want, about whomever you want without even revealing your identity. Speaking of identity, you can collaborate with readers who can often submit feedback or comments instantly or failing that can email you. They can give you ideas, themes, tell you whats on their minds so much more easily than if your publications were in print.
Money is another thing, something very near and dear to an artist as artists never seem to have any. I dont have any figures to back this up however I am willing to speculate that there is less of a risk and a higher return from providing a "free" web comic funded by advertising than by commiting yourself to a percentage of book sales (though I accept that for this to be the case your comic has to actually be entertaining enough to draw an substantial following).
Most of the comics I have encountered online are in the conventional (well, by conventional I'm actually meaning what I'm used to and familiar with, namely things like Calvin and Hobbes which show up in newspapers and the like) style and this I think helps alot of people make the transition from paper to pixel.
Struggling to find the best one to share, I have chosen Cyanide and Happiness, however there is a disclaimer. This is a toilet humour kind of comic centered mostly around jokes about farting, sometimes it crosses the line.
J'espere que vous avez bien,
Andrew
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