So there seems to be a lot of buzz about Webcomics.com going paysite. I’m not entirely certain how I feel about it really. I mean if the site was so much work that he felt he needed to be paid for it, couldn’t Guigar have started advertising on the site? I mean if it’s good enough for a webcomic site, why not a site about webcomics? I didn’t spend to much time there, I have a bad habit of piling on more and more projects on myself and never seem to have enough time to really investigate some of these articles. But reading webcomics.com was on my “to do” list. Needless to say now it is definitely on my DO NOT do list. What do you guys think?
Rawb
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January 7th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
A comic is supposed to be more general-interest, while a site about how to commercialize your comic is pretty specific. I don’t know that advertising money would have really been good, as the traffic must be pretty low (webcomic creators vs. webcomic consumers). Also, they seemed even from the beginning to really intend to be for “professional” artists on the web, and they intended to gear their articles towards supporting that. From that perspective, I don’t think the move was out of line. It’s like a professional journal, in a way.
The reality is, though, I just don’t think there are enough “professional” (what does that even mean, anyway?) web cartoonists out there to support the move, and I think the very fact that Mr. Guigar felt he was putting too much time in to it shows that he doesn’t really have a strong community behind it. I think they should have solicited more articles from users and frankly I would have walked away earlier or asked the other Halfpixel guys to pick up some of the slack.
I like Mr. Guigar, and he has the know-how: He has written books on cartooning and given me some valuable advice. I just don’t know if he’ll be able to make enough off of this site (either through advertising or registration) to really make it worth his time to do all that work. I support his choice, but at the same time I think Webcomics.com is going the way of the dodo.
And you missed some good articles, but nothing you can’t get on the ‘Net at large. There were some cool checklists and such for conventions, printing books and things like that, and it was a good single source for all of it, but I don’t really think you’re left out in the cold by missing it.
January 7th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
You know, I just wrote that long-winded opinion piece and then I saw this at Tall-Tale Features:
http://talltalefeatures.com/2010/01/06/all-quiet-on-the-ttf-front/
Looks like they’re replacing Webcomics.com, and with a more laid-back attitude to boot!
January 8th, 2010 at 8:46 am
And another site just popped up in response to the closing of the forums (to public/free use). They just sent me an e-mail, I haven’t checked them out yet so I can’t say anything about them but I thought it was interesting:
http://webcomicscommunity.com/
Man, it would be neat to have a way to edit comments. Now I have three, and I only need one!
January 11th, 2010 at 7:00 am
first panel, first bubble: there sure ARE a lot…. ?
January 11th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
I like the comic. Keep up the good work.
vogerl… it’s dialogue. Not only does it not have to be grammatically correct, but it shouldn’t be. Especially with a character like Brody.
January 11th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
LOL… yes Brody seems the type to blurt incoherent dribble, however I do agree… that should have been are… Good catch!
Thanks for the URLs Lou. I’ll have to check them out!
January 18th, 2010 at 12:38 am
I’m split on the whole thing, I bought their book, and have enjoyed the occasional read at the site. But although the content was great, I hardly think it’s correct to put content that other people have created behind a pay wall without some sort of remuneration to the creator. That said, The halfpixel guys are great, and I want to see them get paid.
January 18th, 2010 at 10:06 am
You know, it occurs to me that I sent in a question to a Webcomics Weekly a while ago about whether or not the guys thought something like this was needed for comic artists, a more freelance trade association for those who can’t get into the NCS. Dave Kellett basically dismissed it as unecessary and unhelpful. If they start offering group health insurance and such down the road, I’m going to laugh.
January 29th, 2010 at 7:23 am
It’s a weird situation to be sure. I was happy to buy their book… I’m all about the How to books, dummies books and art reference material…. but I only had to pay for those ONCE. I think that’s my main beef with this idea.