Archive for August, 2006

  • SEQUENTIAL SMARTS post-mortem

    Thursday, August 10th, 2006

    If you didn’t catch it Tuesday, the tenth and “final” weekly installment of my column at Newsarama.com went live yesterday. I went out with a bang, offering one free copy of LACKLUSTER WORLD #1 to the first 100 people that signed up. 2 hours and 34 minutes after the column went live, all [...]

  • SEQUENTIAL SMARTS #10: The Big Picture

    Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

    Here’s the BIG FINALE. Better hurry if you want to be one of those 100 people. At the time of this posting, it’s been 30 minutes MAX since the column went up and 25 of them are already gone.

    Congratulations. You’ve graduated.
    Yes, this is the final installment of my initial ten-week run on Sequential [...]

  • SEQUENTIAL SMARTS #9: Getting Viral

    Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

    With this post, I’m can safely say I’m caught up. Good thing too as the tenth and final installment of SEQUENTIAL SMARTS goes live on Newsarama.com today.
    Keep your eyes open for it…

    I want to give you my comic-cooties.
    Really, I do. If I can infect you with the goodness that is my comics, then you [...]

  • SEQUENTIAL SMARTS #8: Pressing The Flesh

    Monday, August 7th, 2006

    One year ago, I returned from Wizard World Chicago with the largest profit I’ve ever made at any convention. Feeling jazzed-up about that whole thing, I was inspired to write about why and how my recent success came to be. The result was an article here on Newsarama.com and it was more than an answer [...]

  • SEQUENTIAL SMARTS #7: Branding

    Monday, August 7th, 2006

    Still catching up…

    You’re an ugly, fat-assed comic book reading loser.
    Being stereotyped sucks. Comic fans aren’t the only ones getting it - Self-publishers get the “Oh, you’re… self… publishing” treatment too. Manga creators are often being treated as if they aren’t creating “real” comics. Even big name creators like Joe Quesada and Warren Ellis get the [...]

  • SEQUENTIAL SMARTS #6: Marketing Online & Building a Web Presence

    Monday, August 7th, 2006

    I’m really behind on all my posting. Here’s Sequential Smarts #6. It went up several weeks ago, but it needs archiving here so….
    Posts for SS7, SS8, and SS9 to follow. Eeeek…

    Every comic creator needs a web presence.
    Note that I didn’t say website. I said web presence. Using the Internet to effectively promote your comics [...]

  • Wizard World Chicago

    Friday, August 4th, 2006

    I’m here in Chicago right now, killing a little time before I head over to the con and setup. If you are going to be at the show, please walk past my table, point at me and laugh.