Comic Con International - Taking my own advice

A funny thing happens when you write for a site like this, day after day.

You start to listen to yourself.

Ever since 2010, I've posted here about how my attitude towards comic conventions has changed. When we wrote the original "How To Make Webcomics" book, I wrote the chapter on comic convention. I drew myself as a carnival barker, standing on top of a convention table, and most of the matrerial in that chapter was very strongly geared towards using comic convention as a primary revenue source for webcomics.

And I still think they're important.

But for years, I've been posting some very frank advice on the topic. In short, I don't think you should go to a comic convention unless you have a very good chance of turning a profit.