Comments on: On Burnout And Financial Realities

By: ZEITGEIST / Random Comics News Story Round-Up

ZEITGEIST / Random Comics News Story Round-Up — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:39:40 +0000

[...] * David Welsh has some Harvey nominating suggestions for you. * you should read Gary Tyrrell’s call for a way by which webcomics people could secure micro-loans so as to introduce new projects or make other career moves without having to interrupt what they’re [...]

By: Fleen: Enjoy Our Semi-Abusive Opinion Mongering » Various Things

Fleen: Enjoy Our Semi-Abusive Opinion Mongering » Various Things — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:46:52 +0000

[...] for getting around the “could make money if not for the upfront costs” dilemma (c.f.: yesterday’s post). Can’t wait to see how this experiment turns [...]

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:59:17 +0000

As far as the dead-tree version… No reason to put books on a slow boat from China. Use the digital express – ka-blam.com and/or createspace.com. No, they’re not perfect, but direct-to-consumer saves a lot of trouble.

By: John Allison

John Allison — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:21:00 +0000

Rachel, Gary makes the point that worries me late in his article. It’s wonderful to be able to support yourself through your comic and do not underestimate how grateful I am to have an audience the size that I do – an audience that exceeds that of almost any of the mainstream US comic books.

But if you are going to have a career doing something, you have to keep progressing, and if you aren’t, you have to take a long hard look at why. I don’t want to get myself into financial trouble down the line because my head was in the sand.

It’s a fine line between clever and stupid after all.

PS Chris you are not a ghost ship, you are a sleeping giant! I make the distinction very firmly.

By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Feb. 20, 2009: The merit of drawing ham well

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:39:25 +0000

[...] Scary-Go-Round creator John Allison claws at the digital continuity-strip glass ceiling. Gary Tyrrell offers [...]

By: Rachel Keslensky

Rachel Keslensky — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:50:59 +0000

Aw hell — it’s hard to build up a following at ANY stage. There are tons of webcomic folks (myself included) trying everything short of human sacrifice to get even a fraction of the readers SGR has.

By: Chris Crosby

Chris Crosby — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:19:58 +0000

GHOST SHIPS 4-EVAR

By: AndrÃ©

I think that’s kind of what Ulises Farinas is trying to do with the “Bear Party Collective”.

http://www.bearpartycollective.com/

On a sidenote, never google “Bear Party”. Especially not at work.

By: AndrÃ©

I think that’s part of what Ulises Farinas is trying to get started with “Bear Party”.

http://www.bearpartycollective.com/