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pulp rag
Feb 25, 2013

AGDQ 2018 Awful Block Survivor

Geekboy posted:

Maybe instead of worrying about making things you could make things.

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pulp rag
Feb 25, 2013

AGDQ 2018 Awful Block Survivor
I love you guys.

pulp rag
Feb 25, 2013

AGDQ 2018 Awful Block Survivor
Why does a robot need big, stonking tiddies?
Why does a robot need tiddies at all?

Anyways, I went to an art supply store and mentioned I'll be going to Autoptic in Minneapolis in two weeks as a volunteer. We chatted about our comics, and he got really excited over my stuff when I showed it to him. Never really had that happen before since I'm used to just my friends/college colleagues giving me praise, not some random dude. It's a pretty nice feeling.

Any tips on where to host a webcomic? Been working on it for a few weeks now. I wanna get at least the first 5 pages out by next weekend, so people that pick up my card/previous print comic can go and see it. I got domains and poo poo, but I'm not great on picking a location for hosting.

pulp rag
Feb 25, 2013

AGDQ 2018 Awful Block Survivor
Oh man, that way of making one-page zones is awesome! I use it all the time. It's perfect because you can also turn the other side into a poster or big piece of art.

pulp rag
Feb 25, 2013

AGDQ 2018 Awful Block Survivor
Having a disposition towards fashion certainly helps in these kinds of matters, but just figuring out the general patterns and themes from clothes is a big start.

So, I'd just do research on why Western and Russian dress caught on in their respective countries at the time and extrapolate from there. If you can find clothes similar to the feeling you'd prefer, don't hesitate to copy the outfit outright. It's the same as clothes for real: no shame in buying/wearing an outfit you think looks cool, even if someone has worn it before.

pulp rag
Feb 25, 2013

AGDQ 2018 Awful Block Survivor
Yo, if anyone is in the Minneapolis area, come check out Autoptic today at the Aria from 11-6! Lots of rad local people are here, as well as a pretty strong French comics section. I'll be tabling as well as volunteering throughout the day.

pulp rag
Feb 25, 2013

AGDQ 2018 Awful Block Survivor
I think they even tell you that if you already have a comic, you should also upload it there.

pulp rag
Feb 25, 2013

AGDQ 2018 Awful Block Survivor

Fangz posted:

Does Taptastic give you readership statistics? Do people have an idea how many people stumble on to comics there? How big is the audience?

Yep, you get both viewership stats per page and per series as well as subscription stats and like stats. I don't have a large audience and already have about 30 subscribers and about 1k views after just about a month of doing it there.

pulp rag
Feb 25, 2013

AGDQ 2018 Awful Block Survivor
It's "Blaze the Blue Devil". I come from a traditional comic background, so I just work in a regular A2 paper size and layouts like what would be expected in a print comic.

Hope I didn't come off as bragging. I was more meaning that someone with almost zero following can get an okay amount of people seeing your comic just from the site's internal showcasing methods.

e: Aww poo poo, meant to say I have half 1k views on my comic. I'm not great with remembering numbers.

pulp rag fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Sep 6, 2015

pulp rag
Feb 25, 2013

AGDQ 2018 Awful Block Survivor
I've had good experiences with moo.com, but it might not reach you in a week.

pulp rag
Feb 25, 2013

AGDQ 2018 Awful Block Survivor
I was going to go with Kablam for my senior-year comic, but a local place did almost double the amount in top of being cheaper and quicker.

My friend that did go with them said that they actually screwed up her comic when she went through them, they printed the cover backwards and upside down on all her copies. So, dunno if that was a fluke or not. Gladly, they re-printed everything for free, but by then it was a bit late.

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pulp rag
Feb 25, 2013

AGDQ 2018 Awful Block Survivor

HanzoSchmanzo posted:

Ah jeez. Sorry about that. We do make mistakes from time to time. We're just a handful of people, after-all. We do try to make those sorts of goof-ups right, though.

Hey, poo poo happens. Like wowporn said, it was more of a singular case thing. His stuff turned out great.

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