thecokers

My comics are saved at 300dpi in .tiff format, as the plan is to print them someday. However, when uploading to Tapas, I resize them down to 72dpi. Hope this helps!

Jul 20, '16

Post Formatting Options

Thanks mate, that's pretty helpful

Jul 20, '16

Post Formatting Options

I should have been more specific, I meant when artists/creators publish posts on Tapastic itself, not the forums. The kind of posts that readers get notified about, for instance.

Jul 20, '16

Post Formatting Options

So I've noticed that when some artists publish a post, they're able to include hyperlinks. I was wondering: how this is done. Is it BBcode, HTML, something else? are there options for bolding, italicizing and underlining? I'm also curious about whether anyone knows if there are plans to bring e…

May 24, '15

Nudity. Casual or otherwise

I think you should do what you feel is right, and what makes you happy with your story. One of the great things about publishing an independent comic is that you're not beholden to anyone, even your audience.

May 24, '15

How did you come up with your comic name?

Cool idea for a topic! Neat to see how other folks go about deciding on a name. Outcasts of Jupiter was named as such because it focuses on a group of outcasts from what has become recognized as the civilized center of our solar system; Jupiter. Under a Jovian Sun is named as such because it's a…

May 24, '15

Views or Subscribers?

For me, it's subscribers. They represent the base that's most interested in what we're producing, and re more likely to share and tell friends. On a related note, I wish we were able to email/message subscribers directly en masse. I understand it's a feature open to abuse, but it would definitely …

May 22, '15

What do you all do about creative block?

This is what I do as well. However, I'm lucky that up till now, I haven't had deadline pressure on anything I've been creating. Since we're gearing up to launch a new series with somewhat regular updates, that's about to change though. Typically I step away, go do something else and then bam, I …

May 21, '15

Cool stuff! That's not a bad haul for a month

May 21, '15

What was your inspiration before you make your comic?

Hello everyone, my name's Shobo, I'm one half of Coker CoOp (the writing half!) My brother and I created Outcasts of Jupiter, and we're getting ready to start publishing a spin-off called Under a Jovian Sun, next month. Our inspiration for the former was stuff like: Conan Asterix and Obelix F…

May 21, '15

Webcomic Shop Talk

What are the best sites to use for selling products My brother and I created a comic called Outcasts of Jupiter, that was Kickstarted by almost 500 folks. We've got a bunch of stuff leftover that we'd like to sell, and the platform we chose is Gumroad. It seemed simple, cheap and easy. They don't…

May 21, '15

I'm curious about whether anyone who has a popular comic is willing to share numbers/earnings? I'd do that, but our new comic hasn't quite launched yet so we don't have very many views at this time.

May 20, '15

Can I tune out some authors when I get too many notifications from them?

Off Topic

Creating a new mini comic isn't a bad idea, but it's a workaround, and we'd also want to include a decent amount of text in each update. Regarding blog-like functionality, I meant the ability to include more than one image in each notification post, use hyperlinks, more sophisticated formatting…

May 20, '15

Can I tune out some authors when I get too many notifications from them?

Off Topic

Been thinking about this a lot lately. My brother and I would love to post regular updates showing sketches, layouts etc, but of course not everyone's going to be interested in that sort of content. I worry that we could end up bleeding users. How often is too often? Is twice a week acceptable? On…

May 20, '15

Print on demand options?

I'm not sure if they'd be classified as POD, but we used Print Ninja for the Outcasts of Jupiter physical books we sent to Kickstarter backers. They do offset printing for orders above 500, I think... might be 1,000. They've got great customer service, lots of paper options and are pretty accommo…

May 20, '15

Exposition in Comics

Lots of really great discussion here. I'll add my two cents. Having just seen Fury Road over the weekend, I was surprised at how willing George Miller was to just dive straight into the deep end and let viewers figure out social structure, classes and Wasteland culture on their own. It was refreshin…

May 16, '15

So you just strike a deal with this publisher about your comics

Yeah, one thing I'll say is that I gained a new respect for the role of the editor. You kinda have to be a slave to story, understand structure, pacing, motivation. As a writer, you can get lost in characters, beats, interchanges. The editor looks at things and can decide that scene you love? Stor…

May 13, '15

So you just strike a deal with this publisher about your comics

I think it depends on the editor, and your valuation of their abilities. If they come out and say "well this isn't marketable enough," then why are they interested in your book in the first place? The few editors I've come across in the professional comics industry have been razor sharp when it co…

May 10, '15

Is the Tapastic YouTube channel still active? It says the last video was uploaded over a year ago.

Apr 29, '15

Awesome, that's fantastic! Shof and I have gone ahead and signed up for the Thunderclap push. We're planning to launch our new comic next month, so this is pretty exciting. Looking forward to the ad sign up details

Oct 10, '14

How Did You Discover Tapastic Comics Website?

Last month my brother and I were looking for places to publish our comic, Outcasts of Jupiter, he remembered coming across Tapastic a while back and we thought "why not", didn't realize at the time it was also such an awesome community of creators and readers. Really happy we found this place!

Oct 9, '14

Comic pacing in webcomic

Well, it also depends on the comic, my comic is structured very much like a regular print comic, so it can be a little dense. There are a lot of other comics on Tapastic that are long, but they were also designed for the web and breathe better visually. I had a look at Silversong (which is quite p…

Oct 9, '14

Comic pacing in webcomic

Lots of helpful and reassuring comments here. I'm "serializing" my comic here on Tapastic. It was originally never intended as a webcomic, but rather a comic that could be published on the web. The intent was that the reader consume it in one or two sittings. Initially, I put all 44 pages up at once…

Oct 8, '14

Print on demand options?

Hey, thanks for the link. Early on when my brother and I started working on our comic we looked at PoD places, Ka-blam seemed to be the best option, but we weren't really pleased with the quality, so we ended up printing 1,500 copies at Print Ninja. Comix Well Spring might be an option for the futur…

Oct 8, '14

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