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Friday, November 19, 2010 at 5:00AM Today's Archive Dive comes from December 2009 when I posted a follow-up to this post about language-usage rules specific to comics.
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Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 5:00AM In yesterday's Webcomics Weekly podcast, we discussed, among other things, how our view of webcomics has matured over ten years. For example, I said that I had a different view of comic conventions now than I did when I wrote the chapter on the subject in How To Make Webcomics.*
This brought a number of somewhat disgruntled tweets from people who felt mislead by our earlier advice. And that's something that really bothered me.
So I want to take a moment to address that.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 5:23PM 
This Webcomics Weekly episode focuses on our changing attitudes on webcomics, conventions and just about everything else.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 5:00AM Earlier this week, a Webcomics.com member asked what she should charge a Web site that wanted to run her comic. In answering the question, I happened upon a thought that I would like to share here for anyone who missed the Private Forum discussion.
Every time we're asked to name a price for out work, we wrack our brains trying to come up with the Magic Number -- the price that will be satisfactory to the client while remaining rewarding to ourselves.
And it occurred to me that the last thing we should be trying to do is hit the Magic Number!
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 5:00AM It's hard to believe, but we're staring down the barrel of another holiday season. If you're shipping holiday-themed merchandise such as greeting cards or calendars, you're going to need to be aware of some shipping deadlines so your items can arrive in time. And even if you're simply shipping books and other standard merchandise from your store, you have to assume the liklihood that the buyer might be intending to give the item to someone else as a gift.
If you're shipping UPS or FedEx, the standard shipping estimates will apply.
If you're using the U.S. Postal Service, here are some deadlines to keep in mind if you want your items to arrive on or before Dec. 25:
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