Comments on: For Friday

By: Dave James

Dave James — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:10:43 +0000

Dawn, I read your proposal an I give kudos to you for exploring new ways to market cartoons in the web 2.0 world.

I feel the web is still a new and ever changing world. Sure, the FREE strategy/model seems to have taken hold (yeah, I read the WIRED article, too) but who knows, maybe there are other ways to market our goods. I look forward to seeing your approach in action.

By: Dawn Douglass

Dawn Douglass — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:07:47 +0000

No, it’s not DRM. I hate that, too.

Look at http://www.attributor.com/ That’s part of the solution.

By: Christopher Wright

Christopher Wright — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:08:04 +0000

That said, my opposition to Dawn’s plan is that I categorically oppose DRM, and I can’t think of any way to limit the number of copies of cartoon on the net without using DRM.

By: Christopher Wright

Christopher Wright — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:05:09 +0000

… I’ve always considered myself an editorial cartoonist.

By: Dawn Douglass

Dawn Douglass — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:45:04 +0000

For the record, I agree that free can be a good means to an end for some artists who have the skills and desire to take that strategy on, but why can’t comics be an end in themselves?

I’m all about freedom, including the freedom to be paid directly for your time and talent should you choose to not add marketer to your list of hats or layers of contorted monetization schemes between you and your art.

By: Dawn Douglass

Dawn Douglass — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:10:38 +0000

…and get exposed to new readers, too.

By: Dawn Douglass

Dawn Douglass — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:07:58 +0000

Gary, thanks for the link, but I’d like to point out that you didn’t read my post real carefully, which is understandable, because it’s quite long.

Yes, I would like editorial cartoonists to participate, but as I said in the post: “These comics don’t have to be traditional editorial cartoons. [I even underlined that part! SMILE] If you do a web comic, they can be in the same format as usual, using your existing characters. You just need to have them talking about the election.”

This is just yet another way that cartoonists who have adopted a free strategy can attempt to earn some money if they choose to.