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See 6700 readers - Steve, that's a LOT. You ought to be tapping into them somehow already. That's easily enough to sell a book.
Anyway, I understand being busy and all with another job, you can only do what you can do.
Steve, I said it before and I'll say it again. If you had your own site and were doing your own promotion, I think you would have loads of readers, honestly. And your strip is so perfect to put out books and merch- really.
What kind of numbers do y…
I see that it works with the books in that example. Show me where it's working with comics.
Comics is this strange beast all to itself. I'm all for trying ideas for sure, but I know that comics has tried this in various forms, and I haven't seen it…
Nobody will ever pay for the last part. They just won't. They'll just wonder why you suddenly are trying to charge for something you were just giving away.
The 4th installment idea is just a take on the AssetBar - so you might as well just use that…
Templar AZ does an interesting thing - Bonus Comic for ransom.
http://templaraz.com/?page_id=897
Exactly, that's partly why it hasn't worked. People don't seem to mind the ads much - especially with adblocker apps out there. Particularly in the comic world, readers are empathetic towards artists putting ads there, they understand it. They are e…
I agree that if we diverge between new cartoonists vs. established creators with a very popular thing, the established creator might have a shot if the price is right. It will still be tricky though.
Having said that, I'd like to see it tried to se…
There are a few comics out there who have "patron members." The idea is that you pay a yearly fee, say 20 bucks, and you get extra content on top of the normal stuff. It's in a protected section of the site. I seem to recall only seeing this in one…
Agreed, I think the only way it could possibly work is if you were a big name - a BIG name - and you had very devoted followers who wanted your "new thing." I don't recall seeing this concept in use anywhere though.
Really any talk of the web model has to include thoughts on Freemium and The Long Tail
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemium
http://www.amazon.com/Free-Future-Radical-Chris-Anderson/dp/1401322905/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246708711&sr=8-1
h…
Believe me, we would all love to see a subscription model work. Several years ago, you might have had a shot at that. Today it's impossible to put basic content behind a subscription wall - just ask the newspapers.
I'm not even sure the AssetBar wi…
There's a lot of talk here about the web model. Someone tell me what's still viable about the syndication model. In the last 5 years who are the success stories? How are they doing now? How many people are in that pool?
More importantly, what has h…
Like anything, mostly the people who put hard work and smarts into this thing are the ones who will succeed. And you have to have a good strip. I think we can all agree most webcomics are junk. They aren't going to succeed regardless.
We can probab…
"Because it's putting the cart before the horse."
So what?
So there's a time limit to when I can release something? Where is that written? I don't understand. I'm not allowed to profit from my strip until I reach a certain popularity level?
I don…
The first issue we have to tackle is the assertion by some print folks that making money off merchandising is does not equal making a living with your comic. It's the idea that you're really a t-shirt etc. salesman, not a cartoonist.
To this we hum…
Tony Piro of Calamities of Nature just posted an article on this that I think perfectly summarizes the feelings toward this contest by a large majority of online cartoonists. Article is here:
http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/blog/index.php?blog=196
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