10-26-2016, 02:43 AM
Hey good luck with this Rick :).
Great responses from John and Amit!
I'm also familiar with Tapastic but wasn't aware of the revenue hit that AraPersonica described. Personally I intend to run a webcomic on my own website and use Tapastic as a mirror hoping to tap into an already receptive audience.
In terms of presentation, definitely consider mobile devices, I found this Tapastic article a while back which was quite useful:
https://tapastic.com/episode/68726
From my own experience I have purchased hosting from a host provider and am running WordPress on it. The advantage with using a platform such as WordPress (there are others) is you don't have to spend energy coding your own website. There are also many plugins tailored specifically to presenting webcomics (I intend to research this a bit more myself and will let you know what I find out if you're interested).
I also think AraPersonica's point on cross posting is important for promoting your comic - you probably were considering this already but I would use all the social media channels Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram etc.
Hope this helps.
Great responses from John and Amit!
I'm also familiar with Tapastic but wasn't aware of the revenue hit that AraPersonica described. Personally I intend to run a webcomic on my own website and use Tapastic as a mirror hoping to tap into an already receptive audience.
In terms of presentation, definitely consider mobile devices, I found this Tapastic article a while back which was quite useful:
https://tapastic.com/episode/68726
From my own experience I have purchased hosting from a host provider and am running WordPress on it. The advantage with using a platform such as WordPress (there are others) is you don't have to spend energy coding your own website. There are also many plugins tailored specifically to presenting webcomics (I intend to research this a bit more myself and will let you know what I find out if you're interested).
I also think AraPersonica's point on cross posting is important for promoting your comic - you probably were considering this already but I would use all the social media channels Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram etc.
Hope this helps.
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