Best of Webcomics.com, May 2013
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We concluded a Hot Seat critique series on Character Design and launched a new one on Banner Advertising
Self-Employed Mortgage Loan This is a must-read for the quit-your-day-job cartoonist
Digital Comics: Pay What You Want; Using a "Pay What You Want" (or "Pay A Fair Price") system to sell your digital comics. We tell you if it works, and how to set it up.
Penny Arcade's Kickstarter: Content is Not Free
In-Text Advertising: It's better-paying than banner ads, but is there a catch?
How To Create a Great Banner Ad: Strategies and tips for making a banner ad that will get clicks.
Ingram's "Spark" -- Book distribution for POD books
Kobo and the Rise of the Independent Bookstore: How the independent cartoonist can benefit from the wave of indie popularity.
Don't Look Into the Camera: It's a visual crutch, and you need to stop making your characters do it.
Character Design Reference: This is a tremendous resource for character design, environment design, animals, poses, and much more.
Private Forum
Fear of the credit-card chargeback
Need help merging layers in Photoshop
Using RSS and e-mail subscriptions to promote
UK enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act
Internet Sales Tax: Threat or menace?
Adobe goes subscription-only. What are your plans?
Question about Facebook's Edgerank system
Selling books at a comic convention
Selling digital download at a comic convention
What's your "One Piece of Advice?"