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Thursday
May022013

The Best of Webcomics.com - April 2013

If you aren't a subscriber to Webcomics.com, here's what you missed in April.

Site Posts

Who's the Fool? Are lame April Fool's Day comics worth it?

Hot Seat: Character Design Our next series of critiques will focus on character design

Gary Tyrrell: Inside the 'Committee of Six' The NCS divisional awards caused a lot of heated debateFleen'sGary Tyrrell was a member of the screening committee for the online division, and he explains the process from the inside.

Lame obit cartoons Everyone rolls their eyes at them, but can you do it better?

Introducing a new character What's the best way?

Webcomics.com Poll: Pageviews and income

WordPress under attack Webcomics.com sent out the alert that there was a massive attack on WordPress sites... then we told you how you could protect yourself.

Bill Day respondes to plagiarism attacks

Webcomics Bootcamp at Philadelphia Comic Con. I'm running a bootcamp for webcartoonists at Philadelphia Comic Con. Webcomics.com members get special pricing.

Amazon eComics Amazon releases a special app for building digital comics, but is the pricing prohibitive?

Google Analytics unveils "Universal Analytics"

IndieGoGo clones of Kickstarter projects

Square for iPhone introduces the Item Library This feature, long a staple for iPad users is finally included in Square's iPhone app.

How Many Pageviews = Success? It's the most often asked question in webcomics (with "what sizes should I print my T-shirts?" being a close second).

Private Forum Topics

High-resolution monitors: Is 72 dpi enough?

Taping your work

How to preview CSS Web sites offline

DeviantArt publishing comics on iOS devices

Are ads on longform-comic sites worth it?

What's the ideal strip layout size for mobile?

Selling digital goods at cons

Script Frenzy

Comic Rocket and ad networks

JAVA update for Mac messed up Chrome?

Cintiq alternatives

Someone else is using my comic's name! Please advise!

Do I need a seller's permit if I make my own T-shirts to sell on my site?

Webcomic blogging: I've run out of things to write

Web store recommendations

Fear of the chargeback (using credit-card readers at conventions)