"If It All Falls Down"

From the Private Forum:

Don't know if anyone's posted this yet, but Jeph has written a decent article on starting a webcomic called SO YOU WANT TO START A WEBCOMIC.

Along with the usual tips we've come to be acquainted with, he says something very interesting:

"Success in webcomics is a combination of timing, skill, appeal, and luck. Luck is probably the most important of the four. I’m certainly well-aware of how stupendously, profoundly lucky I have been."

 This got me thinking: has all the success we've seen in webcomics really been a fluke? We know that 99% of the webcomics out there aren't "successful" by PvP standards (ie, supporting yourself by doing this). And we know that many of the "big" guys got started at just the right time (late 90's), with conditions that cannot be reproduced.

So... what if it all falls down?

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