Underestimating the speed of the internet
January 8, 2010 | Posted by Brigid Eric Burns, January 5, 2010:
Since I’m making predictions, here’s another one. Inside of two weeks, someone will have put up a site that breaks down all the steps one needs to take to put their webcomic online, under cheerful banners like “the best FREE resource for the aspiring webcartoonist” and “common sense doesn’t have a subscription fee.”
Two weeks? How about two days? Opening manifesto is here. Delos links to a bunch of other free webcomics how-to sites at ArtPatient.
Is everybody wondering what Joey Manley thinks? Here you go, in 140 characters or less:
The collapse of the online ad market is probably the real underlying cause of recent changes at Keenspot and Webcomics.com. 2010 = 2003.
At Sequential Tart, Rachel Edidin talks to Kell McDonald, creator of Sorcery 101, about how she is using Kickstarter to raise funds for her print edition.
Zack Smith talks to Kazu Kibuishi about the print edition of Copper at Newsarama.
Interesting interview with Ryan North at Question Riot; it’s not so much about Dinosaur Comics as about Project Wonderful, advertising in general, and Oh No Robot. (Via ComixTalk.)
Bryant Paul Johnson has ended Teaching Baby Paranoia, which is a shame; fortunately there are 10 years worth of comics in the archives. (Via Digital Strips.)
Alexander Danner has a new website, PIcture Story Theater, and it’s the new home for his webcomic Gingerbread Houses, a retelling of the Hansel and Gretel story with a more realistic spin.
The guest on the latest TGT Webcomics podcast is Rick the Stick creator Ken Drab. Byron Wilkins of 1977 the Comic is the co-host. Meanwhile, R.C. Monroe guests on the latest Webcomics Beacon.
Broken Frontier named Girl Genius their best webcomic of 2009. (Via Fleen.)
Looking for something to read? David Brothers lists three webcomics you should be reading at 4thletter! It looks like four to me, but what do I know—I’m an MIT dropout. Sadie Mattox recommends Nukees, the Atomic Comic Strip. (Via Extremely Graphic.) ComixTalk says to check out Christopher Baldwin’s Spacetrawler.
And your oddity of the day: A 3D webcomic. (Warning: May induce motion sickness.) (Via Comics Alliance.)
Recent Reviews
Mike Perridge on Beyond the Borderlands (mpd57)
Luprand on A Dollar Late and a Day Short (Luprand’s Webcomic Musings)
Coyote Trax on Girls With Slingshots (Coyote Trax’s Webcomics Critique)
Mike Perridge on NewBot (mpd57)
Xaviar Xerxes on Rice Boy and Order of Tales (ComixTalk)
Mike Perridge on Schlock Mercenary (mpd57)
Categories: Uncategorized | 
Tags: | 
7 Comments »
I’m an English major, numbers mean nothing to me! They actually de-teach us counting skills. (Oops.)
I was an art major—they do twice as much deprogramming on us! Fortunately I was raised by scientists and kept my mad mathematical skillz.
Brigid – you were an art major? At MIT? Cool. Also – you should probably kill the “About” page or just delete the Wordpress template text. I dig your site.
Bit of a long story, actually. I have a BFA from Notre Dame and an MFA from RIT, both in studio art. I went to New York to become an artist but I had more enthusiasm than talent and ended up as a book editor. After six years of that I decided to change fields, so I went back to school, studied physics, and was accepted into at PhD program in atmospheric science at MIT—I was interested in studying global warming. However, along the way I met and married a handsome physicist and had two kids 18 months apart, which is not really compatible with graduate study in the hard sciences. MIT was great and willing to accomodate whatever I needed, but I chose to leave after my first year to be with the kids. Since I had run out of options, I became a writer, but I have this weird background in both art and science, which is a perfect credential for a blogger but not good for much else.
Yeah, I should fix that About page. Thanks for the reminder—maybe I’ll do it this weekend.