Vault101 said:
Snotnarok said:
I'm an online comic artist who loves science, sci-fi, technology and video games.
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do you host your comic on its own site? what adivce would you give somone wanting to enter the webcomic game?
I do host it on my own site! Which if you're just starting out, may be hard to recommend as it will cost you even if it does offer it's own advantages. Check out the site: http://www.antarescomplex.com
What do I recommend? Sort your story first, get a goal in mind before you start- it sounds obvious but sometimes something simple is overlooked and you're backtracking to fix it. Figure out a system that will work for you and stick with it, as in get comics made in a timely mannor and get updates on time on a schedule you make. I've read the worst thing to do is have irregular updates.
In terms of what to do for hosting? Maybe start with a community like ComicFury.com I host my comic there as well and they let you customize your site quite a bit and it's easy to work with. Plus, you have a community which makes it much easier to get word around...which brings me to social stuff, get a twitter and facebook and get ready to use it...
Making and hosting your own site means there's really no downtime if there is a problem, something goes wrong? Reupload your site or tell your hosting provider to sort out the issue if it's on their end. But it does cost a chunk of change. Reccomended site for this: Siteground.com cheap hosting, nice servers that don't slow down easy and offer faster servers if you're doing something more extreme like a store.
Another thing is do not get discouraged by reader counts, it's often a decent time before you see frequent readers. Keep posting and you will be found by people and you'll get readers happy to check your stuff out.
For more advice from more creators try http://webcomicunderdogs.com/ they're a community of comic artists who try to help out one another.
I hope that helps