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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. KeenSpot doesn't seem to be mentioned by Iffy+Bonzoolie · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I've been reading several keenspot/keenspace comics for a while now. Their model, as far as I can tell, is to give free web space to online comic artists, along with some helpful stuff, like scripts to archive old comics and post new comics. The normal site seems to make revenue off of banner ads, but they have several other revenue making ideas, and presumably they share the profits with the artists. They print up and market collection books, or periodical issues, as well as offering premium no-ads service to people who want it.

    I have no idea how well they are doing, but I frequent:
    www.rpgworldcomic.com
    www.crfh.net
    www.bobbins.org

    and a couple others.

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