A note on writing comics

Writing comics is a lot of friggin' fun. If you've got an idea for a comic, web or otherwise, my advice is: do it, do it now.

Yes, there's a lot of complicated processes involved in setting up comics for web or print, but you'll pick up the necessary skills as you go (it just involves reading a lot of FAQs). But I assure you, making comics is a brickload of giggles, even during the more technical steps.

When I started doodling comics back in 2008, I didn't know jack about html. I had to steal a basic webcomic page design from another site and adjust it. I had no idea how to draw (still don't) and could barely write a punchline (getting better at that). I was getting maybe 50-200 hits per day with 40ish comics posted.

Every comic has humble beginnings, and most webcomic artists had no clue what they were doing until they jumped into it. I want to write a few advice pages on starting a webcomic (or similar blog or website). If you have specific topics you'd like me to write about, you can hunt me down with a request at peter (ATAT) rockpapercynic.com.

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COMIC NOTES AND NEWS

Why Taking an Eye for an Eye is Actually a Great Way to Live

Posted 2012-05-17 in RPC Comics:
http://www.rockpapercynic.com/index.php?date=2012-05-14

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye, and then it's PIRATE TIME!

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RPC Now on Tumblr

April 22nd, 2012

That's right, I've joined the Tumblrverse with a RPC Tumblr where, if you like, you can follow comic updates and news as they come out.

New Merch in the Store

April 21st, 2012

We have these new awesome huge magnets and a new mug in the Rock, Paper, Cynic store!

Thanks to Everyone for Everything

April 17th, 2012

I just wanted to thank you guys for sticking by and sharing the comic all these years. Because of you guys and your support, my stupid jokes were shared by George Takei, Nathan Fillion, Tor.com, and Pajiba, all within a 12 hour period.

This webcomic would be nothing without you guys to make something of it. Thank you, thank you, thank you for hanging around and helping out. I sincerely appreciate it!

Help George Takei Save Sean Bean!

April 16th, 2012

I'm so thankful George Takei shared the #SaveSeanBean comic, but the version he found was incomplete and his fans can't find their way to the original.

It'd be SO AWESOME if anyone who has time could share the full comic and its source.

http://www.rockpapercynic.com/index.php?date=2012-04-13

on George Takei's original Facebook posting.

You can also tweet @GeorgeTakei!

Thanks so much, guys!

This webcomic is a labour of love, and it could really, really, help the website if an awesome social icon like George was able to point some new readers to the comics I've been working on for the last three and a half years.

I love Mr. Takei's work on Star Trek, his generous presence in the geek community, and his continued social efforts to make the world a better place. I've been keeping an eye on his Facebook posts for a long time, so this is basically a dream come true.

Gonna Be at Toronto Comic Con 2012

March 21st, 2012

I'm going to be in the Artist's Alley at Toronto's Wizard World Comic Con on April 14th-15th! Come hang out with me and we'll trade high-fives!

Also there will be cool people like Jay Paulin (Ink'd Well Comics), as well as Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col (Kill Shakespeare)!

You Are All Awesome and I'm Just Trying to Catch Up (Website Makeover)

March 13th, 2012

First off, holy crap, thank you everyone for sharing the Walking Dead comic so widely and thank you to all the new readers who came to read it and stuck around despite my website was crashing under the weight of this new awesome traffic. Having too many visitors to your website is, as someone awesome pointed out to me on twitter, #agoodproblem.

But I don't want to inflict slow page-loads on you anymore, so alas, I've stripped some of the slower-loading elements of the site while I work on simplifying the site design to accommodate these awesome newcomers.

This means that the old (AWESOME) pirate theme is going to be taken down for a less image-heavy layout. I feel bad taking down what I thought was a pretty unique and quirky theme, but I guess it's more important that the site be readable (and navigable) than charming. I hope to finish the new design soon, and I hope it's just as awesome!

Thanks to everyone for hanging around and reading. It's super-duper awesome of you!

This comic was posted in RPC Comics: a miscellany of Rock, Paper, Cynic comics