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Webcomics As Business Model

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the making-money-with-the-funnies dept.

oddjobs writes "It's not the most groundbreaking article, but the Chicago Tribune does a pretty good job of looking at the state of webcomics-as-business-model. They mention the usual suspects (Marvel, McCloud) but most hopeful is Unbound Comics, which is selling comics collected in Adobe's e-book format. Fans of the 80s book Dalgoda take note."

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  1. Webcomics business?? by FortKnox · · Score: 4, Informative

    I think that most webcomic writers do what they do for the fun they have drawing/writing comics. I don't think its much of a business thing. Take PVP. Scott gets profit from writing actual comic books (although, I'm sure, he probably gets some good money from the site also).
    And then there's Sluggy Freelance (a GREAT comic if you people havne't read it yet) where he puts collections together and sells them as books.

    I don't think there is much profit in the webcomic business....

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  2. Merchandise. by eAndroid · · Score: 5, Informative

    I run an online web comic. But it's the sunday funnies type, not the comic book/novel type. My business model (once up and running, sigh) is to sell merchandise.

    Thanks to Cafe Press this is really, really easy to do. They are legit to - I've made real money selling merch for my band. Of course with the cut they take, it had better be legit!

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  3. Micropayments by Pituritus+Ani · · Score: 4, Informative
    The article correctly points out that micropayments are one way to fund comics, but that people aren't inclined to pay anything for that which used to be free.

    Although it's over five years old, this Wired article has a nice summary of the challenges that faced and face the idea.

    Ccott McCloud, a prominent comics artist, shares his thoughts in comic form. He humorously addresses these issues from the point of view of an on-line comic artist.

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  4. Keenspace by sconest · · Score: 4, Informative

    What about Keenspot?

    You don't subscribe to a particular comic but to Keenspot premium, an ad-free version of all their comics and you get several gifts such as autographed comic books, original artwork, ...

    You still can also donate to authors through paypal if you want to.

    And they often seel original art through auctions

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  5. Little Help for the Non DC/Marvel crowd by cornjones · · Score: 2, Informative

    For those of you who aren't comic geeks here is a translation of the big time books mentioned above:

    X-Men #94 - Introduction of the new team including Wolverine, Collosus, Storm, NightCrawler, etc...

    Amazing Fantasy #15 - here for more - First appearance of Spider Man.

    Detective Comics #27 - pic First appearance of Batman