If you already have a webcomic and looking forward to publishing it on your own site but have little experience in making websites, then Wordpress and Comicpress are the tools for you.

Before discovering Wordpress and Comicpress, I looked at all the other webcomic publishing tools on the internet and a lot of them were too complicated for my taste. I didn’t like the free comic hosts available because I really wanted a website with my own design. I wanted a system that made it easy for me to publish my comics while not having to write a lot of code.

And then came Comicpress. I’ve already been a big fan of Wordpress even before I wanted to use it as a comic publishing tool so when I found out that I can easily publish my comics using Tyler Martin’s theme I immediately wanted to try it out. It wasn’t until last year, though (when I started Draw Write Play), that I actually started using it.
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You only need two things to make a webcomic: a comic to publish, and a site to publish it on.

From the word “webcomic” alone you will agree that it’s basic meaning is that it is a comic page or strip that is published on the web. So if it’s not published on the web, it’s just a “comic”, right? Of course, it will take much more to make the actual comics and the actual site that it will be published on but the main thing to learn here is that if you’re not comfortable making traditional comics then there’s no reason for you to make webcomics.

I believe that the the discipline of making comics and the discipline of making webcomics is just the same. It’s just the medium that is different. The web just gives creators a lot more freedom in presenting their comics and the potential to reach a world wide audience. I won’t dive into discussing the differences between traditional comics and webcomics, you can go to Wikipedia for that. All I want to point out is that webcomics are, in the simplest sense, just comics on the web. Read the rest of this entry »

I recently wrote to the guys at Webcomics Weekly asking whether they, when they first started, had a solid idea of what their comics were going to be about and what direction they would take or if they developed the story and characters as they made the strips. I was delighted that they chose to answer my question on their podcast this week, so if any of you are interested, here is the link to said podcast: Episode 17 - Ratholes.

Since starting Draw. Write. Play., I’ve been studying more and more about the art of making webcomics. It was something I’ve always wanted to do but felt that I needed more guidance in so that I can make my comic the best that it can be. So, I’ve looked over the internet to find articles that could help me become a better writer and comic artist and although I found a lot of articles on making comics, writing, drawing, inking, coloring, and lettering, they were all in different websites. I haven’t found a site that collected all of the useful information that can benefit an aspiring comic creator.I created this blog in order to collect all of those articles and point the aspiring comic creator in the right direction, as well as to share some of the things that I’ve learned from my own experience of creating comics. Although I am certainly not an expert at creating comics myself, I do believe that I can teach others what I’m learning as I’m learning it. Read the rest of this entry »