Webcomic Tips with Scott Johnson of ExtraLife

[underoath94geminis]

25 people are silly persons

[imfreakingoriginal]

its freaking awesome i know this dude hes hILARIOUS!.... his families freaking funny too... word of advice though, dont go puking on scotts porch... unless you wanna make his son 5$ HAHA good times good times....

[TheYakatar]

wow scott sounds soooo different from his podcasts

[tsuki774]

smileymanga.webs.com/

[Adalore]

Cough Cough... Should have mentioned... KEEP A SOLID POSTING SCHEDULE. Everyone here understands how ones attention drops off like a rock, and if one cannot go and see a comic that actually updates they may outright forget about it.

Even if it's once a week, three times a week, daily whatever, just keep it constant, people like that over EXTREME ARTISTIC ABILITY, passable or better PLUS constant updates is far more effective.

[MrMrWake]

Gotta love Scott!

[mathew101281]

Drunk Duck is also a good place to host a web comic. It's easy to use and has a rather large built in community of fellow creators who can help you out if you have any problems. I use it for my webcomic.

[NoPuns]

I want to start my own webcomic. Ive been doing the strips for a while and emailing them to friends but want to put it out there. Is there any software template I can download for free to work on the website design?

[Roundfull]

i have a irony awkwardness based comic : Spiked Cereals just type it in google... i would apreciate some constructive criticism...

[xXNHMXx]

dwdawdadawd

[PurpleTexting]

You lucky gerbil, I only have the Wacom Bamboo :( But I loves it and I'm new to digital sketching

[longdongriver]

I have my own webcomic called "Hippy Jonny in the bannality of life", its about Hippy Jonny and the adventures of his two stoner slacker friends, and what they get up to after Hippy Jonny gets fired. I have the first chapter available as a free pdf download in order to try and promote this comic.

If you enjoy it please send it to friends, the more attention the better

type into "rsdcomic" into google it will be the first result that comes up, sorry but youtube dosent allow urls to be posted.

[MrDigitalcomics]

Great:)

[BradyDale]

The downside of starting on LJ or Blogger or whatever is that if you get popular and you want your own URL, you have to MOVE your readership, which is next to impossible.

I'm about to start and have a little web experience, so I'm going straight to my own URL. It doesn't cost that much and if I do get some fan base I am not going to have to worry about moving them later. 

[a009omdu]

Wooooo! I know Scott Johnson! He lives up the street from me :D

[fishdirt]

Still no clue why Stan Lee is so respected. It's pretty obvious Jack made all those characters. Look at the original art for margin notes from Jack. That and Stan Lee on his own makes quite a bit of forgettable characters.

[DrShaym]

1:30, I have that same tablet.

[DemonicWoofy]

Hey, I was wondering if anyone knew/had an experience with the website Smack Jeeves?

[NeoCybermario]

you silly person! stan lee owned her xD

[xXJOEVXx]

scott has awsome voice

-Frogpants Studios fan

[brawlmaster94]

Scott has a very good radio voice

[jasiothemity]

THAT'S SCOTT JOHNSON?

[Smaugren]

@jasiothemity no

[conewells]

Know what? Mr. Marvel didn't have to be such a smart-ass with Veronica. She was only doing her job.

[NineTailsDemonFox]

Sakura-Con here in seattle is still awaiting Scott Johnson in person to show us his epic cartooning skills and podcasting skills. BTW "The Instance Podcast" is friggin epic.

[Origamimaster321]

appslappy is awesome

[oladitan]

screw All that. I upload straigh to youtube

[WinterFuknMute665]

For software you can use free open source software such as Gimp and Inkscape. And starting a comic all you need is a good story and some skills in drawing. Don't fill you head full of bull sh*t about that I can't do this because I don't have $3,000's, sounds to is what you don't have are balls and your use the software as an excuse for not doing anything.

If you really wanted the software you could also download the 30 day free download from the site. Then use either a keygen, patch, serial.

[delayedmuffin]

Oh Scott Johnson's voice.

[brittrox234]

all you need is a great mind a good arm and 3,000 dollars in you r pocket

[TheWarlordofthesea]

would you mind doing a sequal video kind of explaining the copyright issues that might come up?

[HystericalWoman]

Here's my webcomic tip: don't.

[ThePwnCraft]

I LOVE YOU SCOTT

[MatthewTheShortKid]

RIP BILLY MAYS

[PistachioMuffins]

"Anybody with a lil' bit o' art talent and a lil' sumin t'say can get their stuff out there ..."

Yeah. And about $3,000 to burn on software and equipment, not to mention a couple thousand friends on the internet.

[FrostyKonijo]

You could get the programs pirated

Not everyone uses expensive machines to put up their webcomics. Obsidian of Commisioned Comic does his comic with an ancient computer, so having spectacular tech is not needed. Can't help you with the friends issue though.

[SillyFlippyKitty]

Sadly, this is the case with most situations, however I have seen several webcomics that are drawn on paper with pen that find great readership (and are hilarious, too).

It's sort of a no-brainer that the least you need for your own webcomic is: a computer with internet, a scanner, art skills, a storyline (or theme), and a pen + paper. I agree, though, that it doesn't really encourage anyone when he has to go and show off his fancy Cintiq... ;__;

[PistachioMuffins]

I know, the internet is a fickle place. Aside from the tech and skills needed to produce a comic, it's also hard to know what people on the web are going to like to begin with. Just getting attention is hard enough.

But I do believe there are really, REALLY good artists on the web who don't need the latest tech to capture an audience. But for the rest of us...well, I'll just pretend my little Bamboo is as good as his fancy Cintiq...

[saukefreak117]

thx =]

[ilikemyskin]

Who's the old geezer?

[NorseRonin]

stan lee you silly person!

[AllaStoccata]

I just started throwing some money aside for a Wacom Cintiq. They look really fun to work with plus I could finally get my money's worth out of Photoshop CS3. P.S. - All of Scott's podcasts are great and World of Warcrack shirt is awesome.

[Etherian1977]

Scott is awesome thats all I got to say !

[operationkilled]

FTW!?

999!

[lildsax]

i thought he was gonna say well regular comics are printed on paper u stupid bitch

[Freddetyp]

haha, spot on :D

[pureandhiddentruth]

I could use help on my photocomic!

[BIackJade]

awesome!!!

[zetsumei98]

... A thousand dollars...??... o.O*

[Thebutler2125]

You silly person? What a turd. I mean, I respect the man for his comics, and the amazing effect he has had on them, but he doesn't have to be a turd. I am of course reffering to Stan Lee, and not Scott....scott is awesome.

[nasreal]

Come on he's like 78 years old, he was joking around. Besides, he's like one of the kings of geekdom. there are people who would die happy if stan lee called them "a silly person" lol.

[Skip0hsa]

lol scott hahaha im a huge fan of the instance and ELR

[caropixarfan]

great

[rpglover101]

Scott doesn't do it every day... Obsidian does though.

commissionedcomic[dot]com

[jactherip]

we're you drunk posting this? o.O

[stonevalo]

WorldOfWarcrack not warcraft****

[Dawg9000]

Lol he is wearing a *World of Warcraft* shirt!! WOOT!!

[lucidreaper]

no it say world of warcrack XD

[Dustfingerr]

it says world of warCRACK

[comicguy12]

wish i was rich so i could buy that thing

[St0rmNoir]

Same.

I also wish I remembered how to draw...I think I was pretty good as a kid..

[BboyZeal]

Marry me, Veronica!

...what?

[dasApfel]

you silly person. lol.

[man1of1steel]

lol

[euinseann]

This is so obviously fake.

[turbocharged06]

how is it fake? this is real

[Kazumaster]

What? Why would anyone bother to fake this? What could they possibly gain from it? Oh come on, you can't possibly be that paranoid :P

[willobeen]

wtf?

[CiaoMileyBella]

i luv watchin nerds brag about new stuff

[palomatic]

Hey Veronica let me tell ya "virtually" you are cute buuut retarted (and stupid).

MMorpgs & Wow ftw

[isaksays]

Eh, you're the one who's retarded.

[berserkerman]

extralife!! HOW BOUT YOU GET A LIFE!!! BWAHAHAHAHA!!! shnarf

[xnagamestudio]

Hey Rebbica, single?

will you marry me?!!

[gooncomic]

Do you need to get trademarks or copywrites for your Webcomics???

[Chichotiguere]

where can i buy one of those worl of warcrack t-shirt

[anjelgiofu]

Scott fails.

[whyteboy5159]

not into comics but thanks for the tip on the device you used to draw with the photoshop... can you get thoose at bestbuy or where? im wanting to do a cartoon and that would be an exelent tool to have...

[hpSctcH]

Yeah you can get one of those things called tablets at bestbuy, compusa, or almost any place that sells stuff for computers.

[khanzah]

watch?v=tLJsYe1d35E it talks about tec stuff and everything plz go i got loads of hounors from youtube aswell

[vitorbal]

hahaha, world of warcrack ftw!

[steventong1216]

shitty

[himegoto123]

Dammit, i need a tablet... very badly...

[Marbles471]

0:59---hey, you can see "Opus" in that funnies section. There's Binkley talking to some lady--you can spot that nutty hair and those big ol'googly eyes a mile away.

[Jshaw71]

thanks for the how to, good idea, good video

i have a comic book series idea, but no art talent, talk about a rock and a hard place, oh well...

[organalical]

i am a artist and i also make comics i have one comming out

[Meganispoppin]

ghreh

[xXWeezerXx]

world of warcrack/warcraft w00t. corepaxx shaman i am

[yeahiamsuperman]

Newest webcomic preview from the creators of Penny Aracade.

/watch?v=bXYRveHT-0E

[samorgan05]

thats really cool.

[zonianoss]

good vid

[xoho]

Good video I really have to admit that printed comics or anything printed takes so much effort and people just don't buy it, web is working so much better.

[CuatroFb]

WoW shirt

[BeechSundowner]

Good video!

[NpjbEnterprise]

Thats right up my alley at 1:00. Boy, I have a couple of ideas in my head, that I need to put on web paper.

[hahaurafagx103]

"you silly person"

haha old people

the rest of the movie sucks

[Kingduck21]

HEY GUYS, check out my animations, they are on par with the greats

[Kingduck21]

HEY GUYS, check out my animations, they are on par with the greats

[ninjadude9]

LOL you could tell stan lee was gonna call her a stupid bitch...but he hesitated.

STAN LEE FTW..or should i say EXCELSIOR!

[zhuweili]

Pfft! They should have used that god Tim B^Uckly instead!

[SteelePaustraro]

waste of time. wat a fruit.

[BloodyGoodTimes]

Search BloodyGoodTimes and watch as my friend is killed

[TSXboy26]

of course i read dumbass. I love books. Comics are so stupid though.

[sploogersmoof]

why is that? a comic is the same thing as a book except with pictures...which sounds dumb but is actually very hard to pull off effectivley.

[Funasenbaer]

does the dude really get money? btw nice tshirt indeed

[TSXboy26]

comics are so boring...

[Marbles471]

I have the distinct suspicion that by "comics" you mean "superhero comics".

If so, saying "comics are boring" is like not caring for, say, romantic comedies, and saying "movies are boring."

There are even more kinds of comics in the world than there are movies. Go explore that very wide, diverse, and multilayered world before tossing off a blanket statement like "comics are boring."

[amsterstorm]

world of war crack  says his shirt

[igorkoek]

dont belive this shit.. this dude got a World of Warcraft shirt on

[Appledude500]

SHUT UP!!!! i have a hangover...

[rampakampa]

why did you watched this then? :)

[skab1up]

stan lee is a little cocky.

[skab1up]

stan lee is a little cocky.

[gnamp]

never mind the size of his weiner, he was plain rude

[oneme63]

He was kind of a dick.

[oppositronic]

damn, you can draw quickly. is that a turbo glove?

[gnamp]

stan lee was a complete wanker in that interview

[deceit4200]

She asked a dumb question and I think stans response was funny.

[gnamp]

it wasn't a dumb question at all. There are indeed plenty more significant differences between web comics and traditional comics than the 'obvious' matter of format. She clearly wasn't asking that. He was being unnecessarily officious.

[Redflametrow]

megatokyo is a great web comic

[UberNoobHack]

so post the comics on Friday and get money on Monday! Got it!

[booboosbaba]

Great!God bless you! Can you do me a favor and check out my little guy's video too? I could use some help getting the word out about him and another guy. Do you think you could help?

[panag3]

Scott Johnson rocks! go cheack out his podcast on Itunes. best show evar!

[sidcart42]

I am genuinely trying to expand the scope of what we regard as a web-comic.

Check out my "Chromachinima Comic" in my video response.

It's new, but I hope you dig it.

[Simbullet]

awesome

[legendy2j]

if u are interested in getting real views and suscribers make some videos.

[88939901]

Your red glove is just like mine, except that mine is black and it's called the SmudgeGuard glove. Pretty cool.

[IceflowStudios]

I love that Warcrack shirt Scott is wearing. I've GOT to get one!

[Ronaldsan]

If I got some money I would buy a centec (?) I am currently trying to write a complete sorry to turn into a webcomic later...and I did (bad) webcomics before.

Comicgenesis is a nice easy host for webcomics...so is Drunk Duck.

[ty99999returns]

veronica belmont is hot!