What are you currently up to?

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Permalink Reply by Karen on August 29, 2008 at 1:44pm

HAHAHAHA :) have you started posting it up yet? Or is it still in the works?

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Permalink Reply by Mattdennis on September 6, 2008 at 9:23pm

I had always been aware of webcomics, but it wasn't until summer of 2007 that they began to catch my attention enough to read through some of them... I was hooked. Very shortly after, the idea of making my own kept circling around my mind. But what will I make it about?

A Skewed Paradise, bluntly put, was originally a blank answer to that question; a completely open storyline concept, based around cliches. Fortunately, ASP swiftly became much more complex as I worked on it. In fact, one thing alot of readers mention is the ridiculously rapid evolution in artwork and dialogue. :-P

As for the future... I dunno. I suppose whatever happens, happens. As long as I still enjoy working on my comic, that's good enough for me!

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Permalink Reply by Karen on September 8, 2008 at 8:56am

That's a great view to take with your webcomic :) I have to remember that myself. I checked out your comic and it's a lot of fun! I'll have to check out more when I'm not at work (I'm being bad!)

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Permalink Reply by Thomas The Innkeeper on September 12, 2008 at 7:10am

ahh Friday is promo day. last night i hopped around and caught up on some promo-ing of people's sites on the board. Social bookmarking is great for next-day results :) I would recommend everyone who has a strip or a blog to sign up for an account (takes 2 minutes). then every update you do to your site, hit the "I Like It/Thumbs Up" icon to submit it. It's fast, easy and works...

So, besides the daily promo-ing i do for the groups here, you may start to notice see a decent amount of stumble-upon and/or mixx hits shooting to ur site.

cheers!
Thomas The Inkeeper

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Permalink Reply by Jynksie on September 15, 2008 at 12:11pm

For me, this will be a hobby at it's very least (or I should say, it's very LIKELYhood!). I enjoy drawing and have missed doing it for some time now. I am very much a novice by all accounts when it comes to creating my comic, because what you see as a finished strip, is nothing like the bits and pieces I drew to create it and it can't be, at this juncture, used for anything "print" wise. I intend to just take my time and develop at my own speed and just ride the wave, or ripple, whatever it may be.

If it takes off and the fan base demands more from it, then I will do what I can to meet that demand, but I am doing this for me and simply hope others enjoy it along the way. I've been drawing in some comic like way since H.S. and with the web, the ability now to self publish and not worry about syndication needs, there is a freedom to do what you want and not limit yourself to demographics and syndicate demand anymore. I have never believed they had a sense of what people enjoy comic wise any ways, a majority of what is published by them is inane, boring and unstimulating crappola anyways, with exceptions of course.

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Permalink Reply by Mattdennis on September 15, 2008 at 7:19pm

Hurray for internet! "Syndicated" is just a fancy word for "selling your soul and creativity". Stay unrestricted, my friend!

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Permalink Reply by Ed Gedeon on September 18, 2008 at 4:27pm

Bravo Jynksie ... your approach is the same as mine: draw bits and pieces, then use scanner and computer to patch them all together into something like a "page". I'm still trying to get consistent results with lettering, color, and composition ... oh well, practice practice practice!

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Permalink Reply by Thomas The Innkeeper on September 20, 2008 at 6:34pm

ooo buddy, i'm workin on the layout of a new Webcomic coming out daily! After this, there's 2 more to wrap up in September and things will be looking up! One is a new Webcomic, done by a cartoonist on this site and the other is a new layout for another cartoonist on this site. I can't say who or what, but once it's ready for the public to view, I'll post it up...

I'm totally excited. so much that i'm getting over a heavy cold/light flu week and I'm still motivated enough to get things wrapped up for these two! Should have an announcement this week

Thomas

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Permalink Reply by Thomas The Innkeeper on September 27, 2008 at 10:44pm

Whew...alright! I just set up 2 new comic press sites, including reddickulous.com...loaded up "the school" student profiles, and setting up the press releases...what a week! time to chill and pop on the Murder She Wrote!

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Permalink Reply by Byron "TR1Guy" Wilkins on November 8, 2008 at 5:21am

My story is simple. At age 12 in 1969 (do the math..., yes, I'm an old fart) I started taking drawing lessons as I wanted to be a comic artist like Charles Schulz. By High School I was taking tons more drawing courses and doing cartoons for the school newspaper. In college I did an entire proposal for the school newspaper for a weekly strip... THEN... I was sucked into the world of Broadcast Television. I worked briefly for ABC News in Peoria, IL, then ended up near Chicago doing basic cable crap. I started my own video company in 1985 and have been self employed ever since. In 2007, at age 50, I wanted to return to my first love of drawing cartoons, as I saw webcomics on the internet. I created "1977 the Comic", bought a WACOM, Manga Studio EX and set out training myself on doing comics again. During 2007, I did weekly updates as I experimented with styles and other stuff. In January 2008, I "offically" launched 1977 and made improvements as this year has progressed.

Is it a hobby? No. Am I making a any real money yet? No. But all business ventures take time to grow, and I see my fan base expanding rapidly, so I think it will make some money. Will I make a living from it? Only time will tell. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it! :)

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Permalink Reply by Karen on February 2, 2009 at 11:58am

Welcome back to the world of comics! Good luck with your new comic! I'll have to go check it out :)

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Permalink Reply by Danny Fry on November 11, 2008 at 11:31am

I started my webcomic Buddy and Miles early this year... however I didn't post anything until October of this year. I'm loving it! I never did much personal work before. However, once I got into it I couldn't stop myself. There's more passion in creating art when it's your vision and not some art director's vision. I also love telling a story... even if it's just a simple dumb joke.

I pay the bills with a illustration job and freelance but I would love to turn my strip into a full time gig! (Who wouldn't?) I know that takes time and commitment but making comics has me up at 5:30 in the morning ready to go. Anyways, I'm looking forward to see where this takes me!

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