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• Human Trafficking: 27 million slaves, and counting!
  on Jan 12, 2010
  There are currently 27 million enslaved people worldwide today. That’s more than double the number of enslaved Africans during the years of trans-Atlantic slave trade. UNICEF estimates that 1.2 million children every year are sold into slavery, mos...
• Organize It
  on Jan 5, 2010 in Blurb Posts advice blogger blogspot tutorial wordpress
  Written and Contributed by Guest Guru: Bo Lumpkin. Here we are just getting into the year 2010. When it comes to organization I am like the man who jumped on the horse and rode off in all directions. I have been posting on the internet for about 18...
• Making the Most of Your Archives.
  on Dec 24, 2009 in Blurb Posts advice archive blogger blogspot tutorial wordpress
  In the internet world, the bigger your archive, the better your street.. er.. web cred. But what else can you do with an archive? Other than letting it sit there for viewer info, of course. Here are 5 simple ways to get the most out of your archive...
• Starting a Webcomic? Create a bold new Plotline!
  on Dec 22, 2009 in Blurb Posts advice tutorial writing
  If you want to start a webcomic, it’s likely you’ve already decided what it will be about. Here’s to hoping that either you’ve thought of a brand new subject never before depicted or you are about to redo a classic plot line...
• Gag Writing: What you want to know
  on Dec 10, 2009 in Blurb Posts advice tutorial
  For some, an important element of cartooning is the gag writer. If you have a flair for comedy, but aren’t particularly artistic or a great showman, then consider becoming a gag writer. To be a gag writer you must be able to create short, concise...
• 4 Simple Tips about Drawing Well
  on Dec 8, 2009 in Blurb Posts advice drawing tutorial
  The great thing about drawing is that really there is no right or wrong way to do it. Still, people seem to have strong opinions about what is well drawn and what is not, don’t they? Knowing that, I have four basic bits of advice about drawing that...
• Comics, Webcomics, Animation and Cartooning Resource on Reddit
  on Dec 5, 2009 in Blurb Posts advice Reddit tutorials
  Hey All, We’ve started a subbreddit called Makecomics The full title is: Animation, Webcomics, Comics and Cartooning Resource: tutorials and advice. News, views and how-to’s for the modern animator and cartoonist. We hope to make it a...
• Cartooning Tips: Ending your webcomic
  on Nov 26, 2009 in Blurb Posts comic finale how to end a webcomic promotion
  We’ve talked a lot about what to do when you are just beginning your webcomic, but what happens when you want to end it? Not a lot has been written about how to end a webcomic and while the basic rule of ending anything is pretty much to make a cle...
• The two simple rules of designing a webcomic site
  on Nov 24, 2009 in Blurb Posts Brad Guigar design webcomics website
  Thankfully, when it comes to viewing webcomic sites, most webcomic readers are very easy to please. Their expectations consist of a webcomic site being; one, User-Friendly, and two, Attractive. Making Your Site User-Friendly. Firstly, webcomic reade...
• Tricks for Getting Page Views: View Trapping
  on Nov 19, 2009 in Blurb Posts hunting links page views promotion Reddit website
  Online, there are many techniques to encourage people to visit your website, page or blog, one of which is the very popular practice of page view ‘Trapping’. Trapping, as the name implies, consists of inconspicuously presenting links to your site...
• Tricks for Getting Page Views: View Trapping (aka: LinkJacking)
  on Nov 19, 2009 in Blurb Posts hunting links page views promotion Reddit website
  Online, there are many techniques to encourage people to visit your website, page or blog, one of which is the very popular practice of page view ‘Trapping’. Trapping, as the name implies, consists of inconspicuously presenting links to your site...
• Promoting your content on Twitter
  on Nov 17, 2009 in Blurb Posts promotion Twitter webcomic
  Many, many, many cartoonists and webcomics (among others) use Twitter as marketing device to promote readership of their comics. The most significant problem with Twitter is that despite its use of several real world rules of interpersonal engagement...
• '7th Son Descent' and the 150,000 banner views
  on Nov 14, 2009 in J.C. Hutchins promotion advertising webcomic Warvember book
  "The president of the United States is dead. He was murdered in the morning sunlight by a four-year-old boy…"So begins 7th Son: Descent, the technothriller novel by J.C. Hutchins.As America reels from the bizarre presidential assassination committe...
• Cartooning Tips: Shades and Shadows
  on Nov 12, 2009
  One of things most cartoon artists agree on is the importance of adding shades and shadows to their pictures.Not only does adding shade and shadow details to your drawing give it a more realistic look, but it also demonstrates that you have higher le...
• Cartooning Tips: Shades and Shadows
  on Nov 12, 2009 in Blurb Posts adding shades Art artist cartooning drawing shading
  One of things most cartoon artists agree on is the importance of adding shades and shadows to their pictures. Not only does adding shade and shadow details to your drawing give it a more realistic look, but it also demonstrates that you have higher...
• Advice for someone doing their first comic con?
  on Nov 10, 2009 in Blurb Posts bengo conventions facebook kez lil nyet myspace Twitter ustream war of winds webcomic
  The other night on Ustream, I had the pleasure of viewing Tom Brazelton as he arranged, colored, shaded and worded one of his Theater Hopper strips. As you know, audience participation is a big part of engendering relationships with your fan base whe...
• I’m not dead!
  on Nov 8, 2009
  Yet! I’m relieved to report that the death announcement for November 9th Memorial in Minnesota is not referring to me. My condolences however, go to the family of my name sake; MISTER Tracy Brady, who leaves behind is a loving wife and other grie...
• Friday Night Romeo
  on Nov 6, 2009 in comics bar bartender Beer blonde club crowd flirt friday glass man people pick-up lines pub romance sexy tgif wine woman
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• Cartooning Tips: Writing For Kids
  on Nov 5, 2009 in comics cartoons kids all ages artist drawing illustration children writing
  Writing or illustrating for children can be a rewarding use of one’s creative powers.Apart from being undemanding of complicated plot twists and intricate drawing skills, children are simple souls who, even in the worst circumstances, glow at the s...
• Cartooning Tips: Writing For Kids
  on Nov 5, 2009 in Blurb Posts all ages Art cartoons children comics drawing illustration kids writing
  Writing or illustrating for children can be a rewarding use of one’s creative powers. Apart from being undemanding of complicated plot twists and intricate drawing skills, children are simple souls who, even in the worst circumstances, glow at the...