Why Your WebComic needs to be Mobile friendly

When I first launched the Madman of Magic comic book I received several congratulations for finally launching (I had been hyping it for a month) and people wanted to let me know they loved the webcomic. In one of those emails I received the dreaded, “the comic book looks great, but the site doesn’t work on my phone”.

NOoooooooooo!

I had forgot to make sure the site was mobile friendly before launch. I quickly did some adjustments to the WordPress theme and did a little bit of adjustment on the coding, but I have it to a level where people can now read it on their phones. It isn’t the best mobile friendly user experience but I plan on fixing this sometime in the near future.

Why such a big deal about mobile?

It’s not often you get the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a new trend, but it’s important to realize now that having your WebComic mobile friendly is still new enough to make it a bit of a novelty.

But beyond the novelty factor, it just makes good marketing sense.

Update on Iron Man 3 and Audi team up for a cool contest

I just received an update on the Iron Man 3 – Audi contest.

Audi and Marvel Launch Contest Inviting Fans To Craft Iron Man’s Next Adventure In A Crowd-Sourced Digital Comic Book

A quick Recap

With the webcomic, Audi and Iron Man fans choose Tony Stark’s fate and create a final panel to his adventures at  www.SteerTheStory.com. At the end, participants will have the opportunity to become a Marvel co-creator by creating a final panel.  U.S. residents will have a chance to win an original art board signed by Marvel artists and a trip to Comic Con in San Diego for an art review by a top Marvel editor.

New information

Iron Man 3 and Audi team up for a cool contest

Today’s Friday Find is actually a Promotional strategy for a car. Specifically, the Audi.

According to a Press Release I received “Audi Teams Up with Marvel to Launch Iron Man Crowd-Sourced Digital Comic Book Contest, SteerTheStory.com”

From the website, it looks like they will be having a group choose your own adventure comic. People vote what Iron Man should do, and then they write it into the next part of the webcomic.

At the end (looks like there will be 2 choices made by votes) their will be a contest involving an

Madman of Magic Reviewed by Noah Bell

I wanted to share this review of my comic book by Noah Bell AKA @NoahTheGeek on Twitter.

The 6 elements of a successful WebComic part 2

This post is part 2, you can read part 1 here.

So, far we covered the first half of the 6 elements of a successful WebComic. The first three are: You, the Story & Art, and the Stage. For this article we will talk about Propaganda, the Audience, and Revenue.

Before we jump into these elements I wanted to take this opportunity to mention you can check out my webcomic at www.madmanofmagic.com. If you enjoy it, please share it with your friends and those who might also enjoy reading it.

Thanks!

Now back to the last 3 elements of a successful WebComic.

4: Propaganda

This is what brings an audience to your site. It is technically marketing, but I like the idea of not promoting your webcomic, but instead spreading propaganda. In my mind propaganda has more of a viral feel to it (technically it’s supposed to be on more of a political a political nature, but lets ignore that for this article).

The 6 elements of a successful WebComic part 1

Last week I asked my twitter followers to share with me the webComics they were reading and/or creating. The response was amazing and I still haven’t had a chance to visit them all, but the experience got me thinking about what makes a great webcomic.

A lot of new WebComic Creator thinks that if they make a comic and share it with a couple friends that it’ll get passed around & “TA-DA..!”, everyone will know about it and stardom ensues. Those of you that have been creating art online for a while are thinking, “I wish that’s how it went”, but we all know that there is a lot more involved.

In this article I will share with you the elements needed for you to not only create a successful WebComic, but to make an income from it as well.

Let’s get started….

There are 6 elements that make up a successful, engaging, webComic. They are (from most to least important): You (the creator/s), the story & art, the stage, propaganda, audience, & revenue.

How to Start a webcomic

Of all the things I have covered in this blog about web comics, the one thing that seems to be asked the most is “how to start a webcomic“.

Since I have a blog about learning to be an independent comic book creator and starting a web comic is an important part of the independent comic world, I’ll go ahead give you a simple checklist to get started.

Read then ACT!

Before I jump into the list I want to give you a little heads up on most people reaction to this post.

Many of you will read this and never act on it.