Today I share a crisis I’ve been struggling with in whether or not I should take on a new creative project as a promotional vehicle for my teaching work. Witness the creative mind evaluating the pros and cons of doing free promo work!
I mentioned the video of my How to Lead a Comics Workshop during this ep.
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Thunder Punch Daily 90 – It’s Gotta Be Fun Read More »
It’s a return to talking about Mailing Lists! This time I share my experiences in setting up an account with Mad Mimi, and some surprises I found when I tested out the service. There’s more to setting up an email list service than I thought.
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Thunder Punch Daily 89 – I’ve Got Mail! Read More »
Today I share some more of my journey into creating ad campaigns for Art & Story, this time highlighting the difference between Project Wonderful and StumbleUpon ads. As we might expect, each has their own benefits and disadvantages.
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Thunder Punch Daily 83 – Advertising Campaign, Pt 2 Read More »
I’ve officially jumped into the first Art & Story advertising campaign on Project Wonderful, and I share some thoughts on how I plan to use landing pages, target audiences, and ad design to find more listeners.
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Thunder Punch Daily 79 – Advertising Campaign, Pt 1 Read More »
Today I share some thoughts I’ve been kicking around in regards to using mailing lists in your promotional engine. I can honestly say that until now, I never saw the value in them. But after a recent episode of the Spark podcast, as well as a few other news sources, I’m beginning to see how they could be useful to a freelance illustrator, comics creator, or teaching artist. I also share a few thoughts on how providing content with useful information seems to me the only way to use an email campaign.
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Thunder Punch Daily 78 – Mailing Lists Read More »
Today I try out something new. Instead of covering a mini-topic for 10-15 minutes, I handle this episode more like a journal microcast, highlighting several micro topics that have been kicking around in my brain this week. I go from self-promotion thoughts to the role of negative space when tabling at a convention.
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Thunder Punch Daily 54 – Journalin’ It Read More »
Inspired by a recent post in the forum, I throw around a few thoughts that have been percolating in my mind about naming comics projects. Should we fire from the hip on this, or are there other concerns we should consider when naming a comics project? And what’s all this got to do with comics in libraries?
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Thunder Punch Daily 47 – Naming Your Comic Read More »
Today I leap on some thoughts that occur to me as I head in to Kids Read Comics 2010 and the ongoing convention season. A convention is a great place to meet cartoonists you respect and admire as well as a place to do some healthy self-promotion. I highlight a few unhealthy ways people approach these subjects and share a few reasons why I feel that way.
I did a rantier version on the former topic in an old Art & Story Extreme!!
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Thunder Punch Daily 38 – Celebrity and Self-Promotion Read More »
Today I share some thoughts about what keeps us going while working in obscurity and how it relates to the old joke where a spouse says to the other “If you don’t know, I’m not going to tell you!”
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Thunder Punch Daily 31 – If You Don’t Know, I’m Not Going To Tell You! Read More »
Today I share some thoughts on a topic I’ve been struggling with a lot lately, namely, whether or not we should engage in “political” strategies (you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours, etc) in the marketing of our works. With the help of friends Ryan Estrada and Jono, along with this article on quality and credibility I found via Tim Street, I’ve come to a conclusion on the subject.
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Thunder Punch Daily 28 – Politics Read More »