NOTE: This blog presumes you have a webcomic site already functioning somewhere on the web with interesting content (remember there is no substitute for great content - no amount of promotion will help a crappy webcomic.) DO NOT SACRIFICE YOUR WEBCOMIC CREATIVE TIME FOR PROMOTION TIME - BALANCE HERE IS KEY!



Want to increase the readership and / or maximize the money you make off your webcomic for FREE with just a little hard work? Heck, who doesn't! I will share with you (in several parts) the methods (this blog is one of them) I have used to promote my webcomic, BLOOP. Some people look down their nose at some of these methods and call them 'pimping'. These people are ________ (fill in the blank with your favorite disparagement.) There is absolutely nothing illegal, immoral or wrong about legitimately promoting your webcomic! The bottom line is, you can have the best webcomic in the world but it won't matter if nobody sees it. And getting people to see your webcomic is presumably why you posted it on the web in the first place.

Want to increase the readership and / or maximize the money you make off your webcomic for FREE with just a little hard work? Heck, who doesn't! I will share with you (in several parts) the methods (this blog is one of them - but more on that topic in another part of this series) I have used to promote my webcomic, BLOOP. Some people look down their nose at some of these methods and call them 'pimping'. These people are ________ (fill in the blank with your favorite disparagement). There is absolutely nothing illegal, immoral or wrong about legitimately promoting your webcomic! The bottom line is you can have the best webcomic in the world but it won't matter if nobody sees it. And getting people to see your webcomic is presumably why you posted it on the web in the first place. So anyway on to the good stuff . . .

NOTE: This blog presumes you have a webcomic site already functioning somewhere on the web with interesting content (No amount of promotion will help a crappy webcomic!) There are numerous articles and blogs on how to create content / set up your webcomic. Just do a Google search to bring them up.

CONTEST FOR SEPTEMBER 2006

The BLOOP September Contest is being announced early! Here's the deal: Simply come up with a way cool name for the succubus in the BLOOP webcomic above and e-mail to me at blooptoon@aol.com by September 30, 2006. As usual, the winner gets a FREE year subscription to the BLOOP website and in addition, a Limited Edition Print of the above strip! Check out BLOOP at: www.webcomicsnation.com/blooptoon

Here's a funny review I received form someone at Transplant Comics:

"Yeah, the wepsite layout choices are really really really agressively unwelcoming, not to mention a real stab in the eye. And the cartoon seems to be a well-executed old-style newspaper-funnies type comic that is trying to hack its way into the webcomic market. With a spade. Ànd a bit too many spelling mistakes."

Here's the deal: Submit a breif written description and a sketch of a new character to me at blooptoon@aol.com by August 30, 2006. The winner will have his / her character appear in an upcoming episode of BOOP, a by line next to mine a a contributing artist and a FREE subscription to the BLOOP website at www.webcomicsnation.com/blooptoon. All submissions will be posted on my Fan Art pag, so even if you don't win you'll still get some publicity!