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23 Ways for a Comic Artist to Survive and Thrive in any Economy

This was originally a to do list that I wrote for myself. I was trying to think of as many things that I could do as an artist to expand my reach and get the word out there. Some were stupid so I immediately omitted them and tried to chisel this list down to only the good stuff.

This isn’t meant to distract you from your goal of becoming an uber successful comic book artist. I understand that you need to dedicate the bulk of your time to your craft and comic pages take long enough to finish as it is. Believe me, I sometimes wish there were 100 hours to a day.
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Is Kickstarter the #3 U.S. Indie Graphic Novel Publisher?

You’ve probably heard of Kickstarter, the website where people post pitches for creative projects and invite the public to contribute money to fund those projects. You’ve probably heard that comics material is a popular category on Kickstarter. If someone told you that Kickstarter funded roughly the same amount of comics material as DC Comics’ Vertigo Imprint, you’d look at them like they were crazy.
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GENERICON XXVI IS MARCH 1-3, 2013! This year’s theme is “Post-Apocalypse.”

Genericon is a weekend-long, general convention run by the students of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. Our events run the gamut of geeky hobbies, including science fiction, gaming of all forms, and anime. Our events include panels by guest speakers and fan presenters, video gaming tournaments, role-playing games of both the pen-and-paper and live-action variety, and 24 hour science fiction and anime showings, spanning old classics and new favorites. The convention runs for an uninterrupted 48 hours, starting at 5 PM on Friday, March 1, 2013 and ending the following Sunday, March 3 at 5 PM.

http://genericon.union.rpi.edu/wordpress/

Mike Raicht, of Marcellus, finds success in comic book industry with 'Stuff of Legend'

A slumped-over plush teddy bear caught Mike Raicht's eye one night as he was putting his son in his crib. The bear eventually became the inspiration for "The Stuff of Legend," the second volume of which has been published this summer after the first was compiled into a graphic novel and made the New York Times best sellers list.
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An opportunity to be creative or be distracted from the task at hand.

If you are interested in creating comics or memes and don't know where to begin, list contains a bunch of online tools to get you started. From comic strips to your own custom Marvel comic, you'll find something to spark your creative juices. Or you will spend time you should be working on a much more important project making a spiderman say goofy things.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-web-comics-memes-free-tools/

Our first poster, still a work in progress