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Thursday
Jul082010

Post Office Proposes Price Increase for 2011

Executive summary: USPS Prices will likely increase in 2011. This will effect webcartoonists operating in the U.S. who use the Post Office for shipping.

From their July 6 press release:

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Thursday
Jul082010

Drawing Warm-Ups

Nobody really thinks about drawing as a physical activity... until they become injured.

As with anything physical, you'll do your body some favors by taking a little time to warm up your muscles.

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Wednesday
Jul072010

Anatomy 101: Body proportions

Drawing a human body in the right proportions is an incredibly challenging pursuit. Even is your style is more cartoon that comic book, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with proper proportions. The more you understand about how the body is built, the better you'll be able to break the rules and design characters that distort these proportions for all the right reasons.

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Tuesday
Jul062010

Merchant Services

A merchant services account is a method of accepting credit cards for business transactions. When considering which is right for you, be sure to consider the following:

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Monday
Jul052010

Letting Comedy Ferment

Writing comedy is a challange that is made even more daunting in the fact that humor itself is completely subjective and impossible to define.

In the "How To Make Webcomics" book, our chapter on writing outlined a few frameworks for comedy -- tried-and-true constructs that can be used as funny-idea generator.s

But, in looking at several webcomics by Webcomics.com members, I keep seeing the following mistake:

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