Eric (Exiern) joins Fes to discuss ComicPress’ new build, ComicPress Premium. We also end up discussing the “It’s time to pay” model in webcomicking these days. Also a touch of writing vs art. This is an impromptu episode, so this is a bonus for everyone!

Cover Art by: Emily Ragozzino (Tom Boy Tara)

I will say that one should decide for themselves what form of WordPress publishing works best for them. Wait for the final details of the “ComicPress Premium” before deciding, since the site is incomplete. ComicPress 2.x will still be supported, as I’m told.

Quillian

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Break song was DIY by A Band Called Quinn, WordPress, ComicPress, ComicPress Premium, Webcomic (plugin), Inkblot (theme), Wamp, Hidden Disguises, Between Failures, Webcomics.com, Things Wrong With Me, Chester 5000 XYV, The Intrepid Girlbot, stripShow, manga+press, WP-Comic, Garfield Minus Garfield, Drunk Duck,

Lemmo and Aric (Blank it) joins Fes and Mark to discuss their webcomic and their iPhone Webcomic Reader Application.

For more information on the Webcomic Reader or to find out how you can use the reader for your own webcomic, contact the creator (work for hire) at:  blankitreader@gmail.com

Milestones: The Bad Chemicals (100), Elderly Apple (600), Eben07 (2 yrs), Walkyverse (12 yrs) [includes Short Packed and Joyce and Walky], Commissioned (5 yrs), Anders Loves Maria (3 yrs), Scary Go-Round – Ended after 7.5 years.

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Thanks to George for the Beacon Newsflash and Show Notes:
This Week in Webcomics, Blank It Comic-Form interview, Lethal Doses, Ashfield, MCBA Fallcon, Insert Comic Here, The Webcomic List Awards, Webcomic Readers Choice Awards, Mr. Blackwell, Rampage Network Forums, Out at Home, Gigcast, 24 Hours Comic Day, TGT Webcomics (Webcomic Planet’s podcast), Tweetdeck

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The Online Internet Webcomic Show!

Cover by Jack of Gothy

C.J. (Steal This Comic) joins Fes, Tanya, and Mark to discuss Ads, links, and other ways to promote your webcomic.

Milestones: Capes n babes (200 strips), The Ord (100 strips), PSI (300 strips), Tally Road (200 strips), Meiosis (200 strips). This week we  give our Impressions on: The artiste Manquee, Lowly Dregs, and  The Ord!

This episode is brought to you by: Hole, Yosh!, and Funny Ass Tees!

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Thanks to George for recording the sites mentioned on the show:

Webcomic Wallpaper, Project Wonderful, Questionable Content, Devils Panties, Boxcar Astronaut, Rocket Lama, Sword & Sarcasm, White Noise, Juathuur Gatecrash, Crow Feathers, Lords of Death and life, UStream, Galaxion, Eyeskream webcomic Creators Group, Rampage Network, Webcomic Z, Webcomic asylum, Gothy.

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Fes, Tanya, and Aaron are joined by Tanya Higgins and Scary Voice Mr. Christopher Solace of A Better Way Merchandising Service (Launching Aug 12th). They also demonstrate how we use the show for shameless self promotion. But we do talk a good deal about merchandising for a webcomic and we glaze over putting up a store.

This week we set our Beacon Searchlight on Hexagon Death Squad! Don’t forget the Strip Fight.org Weekly Ringside Update! Milestones reported this week: Rooster Teeth Comics (300), Amazoness (100), Questionable Content (5-Years).

Also, don’t forget to vote for the Jenny Everywhere “Draw” to Win contest! Right here on The Webcomic Beacon, brought to you by The Shifter Archive and WAGON Webcomic Battle! Voting Ends Saturday night!

(voting completed on older site)

Sites mentioned this week: Sweet Baby Ribs, Swag Junkies, Cafe Press, Lulu, The T-Shirt Warehouse, Shirt Supplier, Odd Child Underground, Ka-Blam, Exciern, The GigCast,

Special Guest Host this week! We have Jerzy Drozd of Sugary Serials and the Art and Story podcast! We talk about printing webcomics in issues and anthologies. Plugging a number of sites in the process. We miss having Diana and Brett this week, but Fes goes ahead and reviews Marry Me. Also we still have Aarin Edwards giving his Impressions of Split Shift and Poly+Morfs.

Sites mentioned this week: Sugary Serials, 01 Comics, IndyPlanet, KA-BLAM Digital Pritning, LuLu; and webcomics: Nemu Nemu, Dial K for Komics, Jenny Everywhere. Also enter contests at Strip Fight.org.