Strip Search: The Perfect Storm
In Strip Search, Jennifer M. Babcock reviews and recommends comic strips available in print and on the web.
Although this topic has been covered by many before, I would like to give my personal opinion about the dont’s and no no’s in making a web comic. More importantly, I want to share my ideas about what makes a bad webcomic (because we all know that there are tons out there on the interweb). You can take this in however you want: for your amusement or for your own edification. You, of course, can choose to disregard what I say since I’m just another random person spouting my ideas from my digital soap box but as a relatively successful creator and as someone who prides herself as knowing a thing or two about webcomics, I hope you take the time to carefully consider the points I will make.
Before I get into it though, I just want to mention that my presence on this blog will be spotty from now until January. Currently I’m studying for my PhD oral examination, which requires studying six days a week for 6-10 hours a day. I’ll try to contribute when I can but I’ll most likely need my free time to rest and draw my own comic, C’est la Vie.
Anyway, here’s a basic rundown of what I think makes a crappy webcomic and also how to prevent yourself from making one: