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rasawymae · 2 months

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i don’t use tumblr a whole lot, but here’s my mostly-finished dainix!! @comicaurora

#the second picture is from before i realized i’d forgotten the eyepatch so just pretend it’s like.#mirrored or something #featuring my dubious tripod of a yogurt container on top of a trash can on top of a box on top of a set of drawers #comicaurora #comic aurora #aurora webcomic #dainix #comicaurora cosplay

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kailysander · 8 months

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#satan #Lucifer #featuring the Adam/Eve conglomerate being #golden hour comic #artists on tumblr #mythology #webtoon #horror #webcomic #tapas comic #demon #angel #priest #Eden

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pdalicedraws · 2 months

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Touchy, touchy.

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Side note, my hand pain has been really flaring up lately. I’m going to try to keep to schedule, but if I post some sketches or something instead of a page one of these Tuesdays or Saturdays… forgive me, and you’ve been warned.

#nimona #nimona movie #nimona comic #nimona film #nimona webcomic #nimona netflix #nimona graphic novel #nimona crossover #nimonaverse #pd alice draws #ambrosius goldenloin #nimona nimona #nethe schneider #SHIT I FORGOT MY IMAGE DESCRIPTION editing it in now sjdfgshlif #bluesky has a feature you can turn on where it won’t let you post an image until you’ve written a description #I’m not very active on there yet but I love that shit

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genericpuff · 7 months

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on the closure of MochaJump, and why we're our own worst enemies in this industry.

"MochaJump? What was that?" is probably your first question, and I'm gonna simply respond with, "Exactly."

MochaJump was a small startup platform made by /u/nunojay2 and a second site engineer (whose name I am not informed of) on reddit. It wasn't anything extraordinary, just a startup site that aimed to offer a more viable alternative to Webtoons and Tapas, with a focus on offering equal visibility to creators, focused recommendation algorithms, loosened restrictions on NSFW content, and bigger cuts for creators on their generated revenue.

Of course, such promises are a tall order, but the creator did their best to host regular discussions with creators in art and webtoon communities to get feedback on what creators really wanted out of their platforms, and they researched what they would need to make in order to keep the site afloat (it came out pretty low at $2 per user per month). Hopes were high and the site launched with a small but eager userbase.

It stayed small. The site shut down in November 2022, just 6 months after launching in May 2022.

Now, I'm not gonna sit here on some soapbox and blame anyone for the site closing down. I unfortunately didn't get much chance to use the site myself so there's surely more I could have done on my own part to help it gain traction. But this is a regular occurrence for start-ups like this, especially in an industry that's as notoriously unprofitable as webcomics. We've seen titans such as SmackJeeves and Inkblazers fall, and MochaJump was merely an infant by comparison.

But it makes me think of how we view and treat these startups as a whole. How we as readers and creators alike have become so trained to exclusively use corporate platforms like Webtoons and Tapas on the promise of "bigger gains". Unlike these bigger companies, platforms like MochaJump depend on building a strong userbase as quickly as possible, and need to find ways to generate revenue to keep things running, otherwise it's only a matter of time before they close down. They don't have a massive conglomerate like Naver or Kakao to pad their pockets through their failures. They don't have the money or reach to inject themselves into society through bus terminal ads and convention sponsorships. They don't have the investors to sink money into their platform until it becomes profitable in return.

So we don't use them. Readers don't use them because we don't see the point in using a platform that has no content... and thus creators don't use them because we don't see the point in publishing our content on a platform with no userbase. Creators seek a place that's "tight knit" and "easy to get seen", but will only post to places that come pre-loaded with massive audiences; because it's not enough anymore to have a couple hundred followers, we're in 2023 now, in the year of consumer bloat, where we expect to now pull in thousands if not millions to be considered a "success". And readers seek a place that offers high-quality high-amount content at the tip of their fingertips, but don't want to pay for the access to these works, and in the case of apps like WT, have given up in trying to support these creators through the platforms themselves because they know that those artists they want to support will likely never see a dime.

The fact of this problem is simple, yet many people seem to ignore it - we cannot expect to have a platform that is tight knit, profitable, and sustainable. These places do not exist, not so long as we continue to raise the bar on what makes a "successful" subscriber count, not so long as we continue to patronize platforms that exploit their artists and writers, and not so long as we keep chasing the dragon of "what these websites used to be". These platforms never used to 'be' anything, they merely existed in one point of time that is now long gone, when owning a smartphone was a luxury and not a need, when online video content wasn't being tethered together by ads, and when the Internet wasn't owned and entirely managed by the same three corporations, the likes of which we haven't seen since cable TV.

Platforms like Tapas and Webtoons are - besides unsustainable - unable to exist and profit in the way they do without undercutting someone along the way. Whether it's underpaying their creators, undercutting their communities, or underexposing the works that have been buried, someone will get the shit hand in the deal and that someone is usually ALWAYS someone who will rarely ever stand to gain anything in the long run from using these platforms despite their issues. The 1% got theirs, and the 10% are barely getting by, while the remaining 89% are pushing onwards, because they have faith in the systemic online enshittification that demands conformity to a single formula for "success".

We are our own worst enemies in this industry. Webcomics are one of the few online mediums that still truly belong to the people - anyone can make them, anyone can find joy in them, but we're letting platforms like Webtoons and Tapas and all the other massive corporate apps rob us of that joy and accessibility in the pursuit of "success" and profiting. Webtoons was never the sole way to profit off this medium and yet I still see people every day who underestimate the existence of legitimate publishing houses and self-publishing, who think that publishing on Webtoons and landing an Originals deal is the only way to find success in this industry. This is meant to be the era of creators, of self-starting and self-actualization, and yet we're still handing all of that control over to corporations that only seek to exploit our art, bodies, and labor, while convincing ourselves that this will somehow all be worth it. We stick with Webtoons, despite the numerous controversies it's been involved in and the lack of support it's given even its own hired creators. We stick with Tapas, despite the undercutting of its most core components such as its community and the outlier genres it used to be known for hosting. We find new ways to justify using platforms that are steadily going downhill - Patreon, Twitter/X, Youtube, Instagram, Facebook - because we've been convinced that these are the routes to success, so if we acknowledge their failures, then "success" can no longer exist.

Because we need to pay rent. Because we need to eat. Because we need to survive. Because it's a lot more complicated than just "stepping away". Because the startups just don't have any of the surface level potential for us to immediately identify and get on board with, so we don't give them a chance.

I realize this post got very existential and depressing. I've been creating comics for well over a decade now, largely unnoticed, and I've fallen victim to these same limiting mindsets that we have to stick to one way, one "formula" for success - a formula that changes with the wind and only works for those who get in on the ground floor. It's been slowly killing me from the very beginning, robbing me of my joy to create, of my reason to even do this in the first place - to tell and share stories with others, to express myself creatively, to live my life surrounded by art and stories and creations made by and for others. It's made me tired and miserable, and I can tell it's done the same to those who have shared that boat with me.

But there's one silver lining I can always be sure of, and it's one I was reminded of after realizing I was still in the MochaJump Discord, with one announcement post that I hadn't yet read.

Webcomics are one of the few online mediums that still truly belong to the people. Corporations are trying their hardest to take that power away. Let's not continue to let them.

If you want to help sustain, patronize, and contribute to the growth of sites that are still being operated by small teams (or even one man armies), please, consider checking out the following websites, some of which serve as platforms or publishers, others which operate as link directories for independent sites run by creators.

ComicFury GlobalComix TopWebcomics The Webcomic List The Webcomic Library Hiveworks SpiderForest SmackJeeves Archive Inkblot.art And whoever wants to use the GitHub source code used for MochaJump (RIP)

Let's do our part to decentralize webcomics again. We may not be able to leave the platforms that weakly sustain us, but we can still support those that strengthen and support us.

#also bonus: if you're willing to pay like $10/year for the domain name you can get free hosting on comicfury #essay post #decentralize the internet #decentralize webcomics #fuck webtoons #support small platforms #don't be a coward #use the sites that only net you 20 readers #it costs you literally nothing but a little extra time #i guarantee most of these sites come with more features and more supportive userbases than webtoons #webtoons doesn't even have a fucking TAGGING SYSTEM #why did we allow ourselves to be convinced that webtoons is setting some industry standard ?? they're PISS #WT is literally persephone #riding off daddy warbucks' money while being a big stinking failure of an entity who no one likes but still calls a hero #no wonder WT loves LO so much it's literally an autobiography at this point

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dogstomp · 8 months

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Dogstomp #2932 - January 10th Patreon / Discord Server / Itaku / Bluesky

#comic diary #daily comic #comic journal #autobio comics #comics #webcomics #january 10 2023 #comic 2932 #I have no problem with ads that debut a product and explain its features #I have a burning hate for ads that are like “Here's a funny animal lol here's a joke and a catchy song! Buy our insurance!”#So much modern advertising is just about drilling their name into your head until it's the first thing that comes to mind.#That manipulative bullshit can go die #ads

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datmcomic · 11 months

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I hate drawing skeletons im getting a new webcomic with no skeletons

#new webcomic features only blobs and flowers

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galaxywarp · 2 months

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the Homestuck reread is so imminent.

#mutual friend teethcritter recommended the Homestuck app and I downloaded it #it’s super cool it’s the webcomic but like in its own little GUI with hd music and features and stuff

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maevesweirdart · 2 years

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⚠️ attention all tumblr users!!! ⚠️

very important announcement:

he go nyooooom :]

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ybcthecomic · 1 year

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Happy Webcomic Day! If you know me, you know I'm never the type to pass up an opportunity to plug my webcomic.

The Youngblood Chronicles: The Comic is a fanmade, free comic adaptation of the Fall Out Boy music video series of the same name. With 2+ years of work and over 200 pages and counting, you can expect the following:

an overabundance of easter eggs, winks, and nods to all things pertaining to American rock band Fall Out Boy!

an overly deep expansion of concepts, characters, and themes initially laid out in a music video series from ten years ago!

blood! guts! gore! violence! action! nightmares!

traumatized dudes running around while covered in blood and just having the worst possible time!

and MORE!

If any of this piques your interest, please consider giving it a read, and mind the content warnings!

TUMBLR | COMICFURY | START HERE!

#ybc the comic #fall out boy #fob #youngblood chronicles #*promo #webcomic day #webcomicday #i put this together VERY hastily after work lol #featuring a couple pages i'm proudest of and a very quick banner #i love putting these guys through a lot so i hope people love seeing it lmao OKAY THATS IT THATS ALL

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eaglebow09 · 5 months

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I ran an audition for my next chapter of my Revali webcomic for some Rito OC cameos from the community. I am so happy to feature two amazing designs:

Zephyr by: @enterstellervagabond AutumnSakuraJayy on Deviantart

And

Krystalla by: @silvergrovezelda Silvergrovedragon on DeviantArt

This will be the third chapter and it is underway in the inking stage. I will need to throw it into photoshop (trying some new stuff) but hopefully it will be out closer to Christmas.

I will be holding auditions as I need them in the future for OC cameos as our story progresses. It so cool to bring a community together and feature it as a whole! Check out these artists work too and bring da love! ❤️

#botw #comic #fanart #art #botw fanart #breath of the wild #fanfic #webcomic #rito #legend of zelda #zelda #rito original characters #rito oc botw #oc #anthro #not my character #oc cameo #featured

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lifewithdedee · 5 months

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#life with dedee #Perfume #catnip #She's very thorough about how she applies it.#Featuring guest cats Ghost who is a friend of the comic #and Chase from Chase-ing Life! See more of Chase-ing Life here: https://andistraubeart.com/chase-ing-life/#Chase-ing life #cats #funny cats #webcomic #comic #humor #comedy #funny

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memohcomics · 3 months

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It’s been a minute, but GUESS WHAT?! Dominion is a @webtooncanvas Staff Pick this week! YES IM STILL SCREAMING - so go check it out on your app Home Screen, or at the link below! https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/dominion/list?title_no=787865

#im not crying you are #dominionwebtoon #dominion #webtoon canvas #WEBTOON staff pick #webtoon #WEBTOON featured #AHHHHHHHHHHHH #illustration #digital art #pasha #webcomic #webcomics #myart #art

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heres-to-all-that-is-mine · 11 months

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Often find myself feeling like a clown! Figured I’d make it official /silly

#purples art!#my art!#mine!#me!#eyestrain #side note. if you want to read a good webcomic featuring #crimes!#clowns!#crime fighting!#and some great character designs and concepts!#I recommend Clown Corps.#very fun

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kayvsworld · 6 months

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i want 2 make comics, comics my beloved but i'm still dragging myself bodily towards the truth of "sometimes you may need to draw cars. sometimes backgrounds are real" and crying

#if your webcomic idea features travel. you may need to draw A Location. UH OH #a CAR???? impossible </3 #kayvswords

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oddmemesout · 11 months

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Gift Powerstars! 🦋