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You keep saying "Build a website" but doesn't that cost money?

It does! Like basically any other profession or hobby there are expenses eventually, and hosting is just another one like the tablet or the bristol board.

Generally my advice is to start out hosting somewhere free like ComicFury, both to see how well you actually like maintaining a long term project and how seriously you want to take it. If it turns out it's important enough to you that you want to turn it into a career or ensure its stability, you find a way to sustain it. In my case, I hosted Kidd Commander on tumblr for the first fifty pages or so, realized how unstable that was and how much it would upset me if they changed their content policies or functionality in ways that would harm my comic (which they have, several times), and started making efforts to drum up enough support to maintain its own site. Every person running a website of any kind went through some form of this process at some point!

If you give it a shot and find you DON'T really care to dump resources into it, if it isn't that big of a deal to you if it goes down with a company's ship one day, then it's probably not worth the trouble or the money! Websites are a lot of work and resources, and while in my opinion it's a good trade not everyone would agree. Maybe you have other places you need to put your money or your time, you have other things that take priority that means you don't elect to drop money on something that's more like a hobby, that's fine. This isn't like, backhanded either; not everyone DOES want to fool with all this, and even if you're into making comics that doesn't mean you also have strong enough feelings about longevity or ownership to want to put in the effort to own your own space.

Whether it's something you want to carve out for yourself is up to you, I can't help y'all with that. A lot of my aim when I bring up hosting is to remind people about the inherent risk they're taking by relying entirely on corporations to house these passion projects that are long term and, frequently, unattractive to the shareholders who will probably gain influence over the corporation during the course of the work. The internet is aggressively centralized, to the point a lot of people have gotten so comfortable with apps and for-profit social media that they trust them with a lot more than they should and aren't even aware there are other options. If it's free, you're the product, and as soon as you stop being profitable they will sweep up everything you've built and send you out empty handed. If that's not alarming to you, by all means set up shop somewhere like Webtoon. Really! But if it is, figure out what your goals are and get to work.

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Comic recommendation! Magefront!

https://www.magefrontcomic.com/

It's a fantasy comic about a necromancer who becomes a soldier and gets a wraith companion and a knight who's bonded to her by blood. Lots of goofy spooky shenanigans happen.

Amarantha Steppenhaus has big dreams of following in her famous battlemage mother's footsteps, and when she's accepted into the prestigious College of Magic and chosen to become a Bonded soldier, she sees those dreams becoming reality. Magefront is a story about going on an adventure to find yourself, and sometimes the adventure has very high highs and very low lows. There will be scenes of violence and self harm, suggested nudity and adult situations.

Nice, really like the art style for this one! Here's a clickable link for y'all.

https://www.magefrontcomic.com/

Looks like the author can be found here on tumblr @paradoxicaldickery !

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Gentle reminder: in addition to webcomic recommendations, you can search for the 'website help' tag and find a few resources to help you get started hosting your work!

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I don't want to put this on that person's post, bc they are in the situation that they're in, they're very clearly advocating for themselves and other people the best they can given truly fucked up circumstances, and they don't need some asshole saying what I'm about to say to them right now. This is not aimed at them.

But: this is the inherent problem with flocking to platforms like webtoon 'for the audience'. Even if you are exactly the right combination of lucky and marketable, even if you successfully tap the market they've created, you don't get to walk away with those eyeballs. All you've done is tie your livelihood to someone else's infrastructure.

This is the nature of the modern web, you are always handing over the keys to your career to some other asshole to some extent. It might be twitch or youtube muting and demonetising your videos, it might be social media purging adult accounts, it might be patreon changing a policy overnight and decimating your income. Every time you buy into one of these marketplaces you HAVE TO do so with the knowledge that they could flip the table at any moment. You have to be aware of what you could lose by making their service a point of failure. Please please please please at least build a website.

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hey y'all! a bunch more of you have hopped on lately so here's a post about scheduling, since we didn't really have one before. recently i've hit a whole vein of old school sites with links pages to OTHER old school sites so I've still got lots of stuff ready to queue, the current plan is I'm gonna keep trying to post once a day monday through friday until i run out of stuff. did you notice that's what's been happening? it's fine if you didn't lmao

we are skipping today though because i did a show last weekend, which meant we had taxes and all kinds of other (productive!) bullshit this week, so today i'm just gonna work on my own comic. everybody have a good weekend! maybe binge an archive or two

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Happy Going to Weather Wednesday!

Beginning of Update Beginning of Comic Also on Tapas

This month's update commences with a close to Barzillai's haunting--for now--but the bargains made a decade agone have yet to be revealed. Latter part, Lawrence Manner settles into his role as ship's doctor. So ends.

If you need something to read while waiting for the next update, here's a historical context essay I wrote about medical care aboard whaleships.

As always, patreon supporters get early access to the next pages throughout the month, as I finish them. Otherwise, we'll be cutting in and trying out once more in May!

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WEDNURSDAY SPECIAL: MENDING FENCES

It's Doomsday, My Dear, a webcomic about plague, politics, and people that has been running since 2010! 

Never heard of it?  That’s okay, you can start from the beginning here!

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You are probably already reading this one! But I enjoy it a lot and I really appreciate that it's remained very accessible in its own format here on tumblr all this time. All the charm of old-school fantasy strips and twice as clever.

I couldn't decide which strip to post and felt kind of weird reposting it here anyway so here's their monthly patreon post as a stand-in lmao. Go to @tredlocity's blog and just Start Somewhere it doesn't matter it's all pretty solid.

Also since I know this will get more eyes on it, even if it tells you little about the writing or story: plenty of queer rep in a casual, organic way that I think is difficult to find in webcomics. A lot of them end up being ABOUT being queer, which is fine, but I really prefer to see a bunch of queer weirdos doing weird shit unrelated to any of that so I'm always happy to see this one on my dash.

Hey, join my patreon so I can keep making Val and Isaac! Also, you get early-release comics and exclusive bonus stuff!

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Welcome to the Galaxcity! 🌠

Rocket Chip is a silly, sweet, and sometimes surreal Sci-Fi series about an alien and a robot trying to find their place in the galaxy. Created by Trinket. View the blog on desktop or use the links below to navigate!

🌟 Start at Page One! 🌟

🌟About:  Character, setting, and author bios. (Link for Mobile Users)

📖Library: Links to the entire comic in order! (Link for Mobile Users)

🚀Comic Tag: Find the latest updates! 

🎨Art Tag

💬Asks/Fanmail 

💌 Fanart 

🪐Redbubble Shop 

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face… Hello everyone, I hope you're all doing well this week. I had a great time at SCComicon and now I'm back to the grind and trying to finish up volume 4 of Curse of the Eel. I've also been working on a fun project that I hope to share a bit more soon, but I'm not sure what I can share and what I can't.

Also, I've opened up a Patreon, where you can early looks at pages for Curse of the Eel, as well as for my newest comic, Honor Bound! I update my Patreon weekly with art and pages, including insights to the world of Curse of the Eel and my drawing process. You can check out the tiers here: https://www.patreon.com/jorgesantiagojr

Thank you for reading everyone, please continue to like, comment, and subscribe to Curse of the Eel! And grow the Cult of the Eel by sharing the comic to people who dig horror comics with wholesome monsters and scary people!

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Two experts in the supernatural help ordinary people with their extraordinary problems. Your local Specialists are: Toby Hathaway and Marion Sark. Highly experienced and skilled professionals, experts at handling the uncanny, supernatural and subnatural. Some experience of the natural, but discussion of your exact needs is advisable. Specialities include visitations, disappearances, compulsions, manifestations, transformations and removal of uninvited guests. We can be diplomatic or more persuasive as the situation requires. Not available for speculative seances.

https://sparekeyscomic.com/index.php

This comic is finished. The author can be collowed here on tumblr @lucylyall !

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A Jojo's Bizzare Adventure inspired action-adventure about grief, fate, and being transgender. Based on the Eidolon tabletop game system.

https://eidolonnocosttoogreat.thecomicseries.com/

The artist doesn't seem to keep much social media, but his comicfury profile is here!

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Welcome to Ikon, a supernatural historical fiction about a son and a psychopomp who turn to the world of art smuggling to help their families. Young army veteran Aleksandr Kogan wants to support his parents with his printing business, but he's under the thumb of a "security company".  As a talented counterfeiter, he's managed to satisfy their demands by paying in fake dollar bills.  While the mafia has spared Aleks thus far, someone else is not so fortunate: Azariah, an undead psychopomp who should be aiding those in the grave instead of crawling out of the one they threw him in.  As Aleks looks for ways out from under the mafia, Azariah tries to drill his way right back in so he can find his troubled, adoptive son.

https://ikon.thecomicseries.com/

The artist doesn't post often, but they do have a blog here on tumblr @misselaney !

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Old friends SJ Khan and Matt Carter start a smuggling company in a post apocalyptic Florida where everything is illegal.

Content Warnings:

indentured servitude (includes children. major element)

ableism

police (major element)

predatory prison structure

zombies (caused by parasitic worms) (associated eye trauma, not graphic)

religious cults / doomsday teachings

abuse (emotional with religious aspects) https://cargo.thecomicseries.com/

Not sure the artist has a personal tumblr, but they do link to a dedicated art blog that posts extra Stuff for the series, @piratecomic

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Key to the Future’s Fate is an all-ages solarpunk comedy adventure comic. It follows an arrogant teenager who gets brought to the future by two groups he will eventually create. They’re seeking a mysterious key he lost in his time… but they’re pretty tight-lipped about why they want it…

https://keytothefuturesfate.com/

This comic posts updates here on tumblr @keytothefuturesfate and the artist is here too, @catcomixzstudios !

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This is the story of a girl named Emily who befriends Death. Together, they grow and learn and are forced to challenge everything they think they know.

https://www.thebrightsidecomic.com/

The artist can be found here on tumblr @frankenfossil !

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The daily exploits of those in the business of being space temps – any and every job the universe’s Craigslists have to offer are their domain. Follow the adventures of the Bon Petit Déjeuner’s crew in their attempts to retain a modicum of dignity doing the worst work a Freelancer can get.

https://hyperdrivencomic.com/