#comic supplies

[contact-guy]

Hey Arthur Conan Doy--I mean MOLLY. Quick question: after this round of Watson's Sketchbook is over, will it be years until you revive Holmes? Will The Empty House occur in the year 2030???? Just curious

signed Anxious and Wrapped in Blankets

I will NOT be taking a hiatus in between THE FINAL PROBLEM and THE EMPTY HOUSE don't worry!!! that would be just as sad for me as it would be for anyone else.

[autochops]

Strahm.

[nin-nyan-ve]

बारा.

Nihilism and Absurdism

one/?

[bruciemilf]

The Batmobile but it’s a suburban white mom mini van

[cancan-jpg]

"But I'm not a girl. I'm a shark!"

go watch and read Nimona! a movie and comic that is so Gender

[colbycheeseslice]

Coffee doodle!

[sleepsucks]

[metamatronic]

my phone dude design is making me cackle

[lonestardust]

"126 for ten more seconds" "mateo shut up" ajdlfkjasdfsjksh MATEO CHAVEZ I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. this is their dynamic forever!!!! owen always telling mateo he's so valued and makes a difference and it's not some placebo affirmation, he really meant it every time. mateo does make this little ride or die mismatched rag-tag exactly what it is.

[carassiusvigorous]

six fanarts requested by telegram followers, done with various drawing supplies

[helsensm]

an infinite dance of inspiration and apathy 🔁

[autochops]

Leigh.

[stars-n-spice]

Another One:

Couldn't resist after seeing this banger by @here-comes-the-moose

[frogaroundandfindout]

As a child, Dick liked to tease Bruce by dropping his voice as low as it would go and mimicking the Batman voice.

As an adult, Dick stares at the tattered cowl clutched tight in hands crusted with his fathers blood and thinks of how much it used to hurt his throat.

Why does it always have to hurt with Bruce?

[vexglitch]

i am so late but heres my Merry Christmas drawing! so proud of it(　＾∀＾)

[thephooka]

I've been dreaming of making a webcomic for nearly half of my life, and I've just started actually working on that, but... do you think it's worth it for me to start even with the decline of the scene? White noise is quite possibly my favorite piece of media, period, and it's in a format I love, so I figure you're a good person to ask the thoughts of.

(In reference to this post, I am guessing.)

ABSOLUTELY! 100%! MAKE YOUR WEBCOMIC!! Please don't let the whinging of us old heads deter you from making a project that you're passionate about.

I think it's important to ask yourself what would make it 'worth it' in your mind. What do you want out of making a webcomic? Is it that you want to experience the act of creation? Do you have a story you need to get out? Is your goal to get a book printed? To have a large audience? To improve your artistic and storytelling skills? To make a living on your artwork? To make merch? Some of these are way harder to do today, but some of these are goals that you will reach simply by making your webcomic.

If it helps at all, I had to do a lot of this kind of talk to myself when I was starting in 2011 (less because of the scene and more because I was low in self-confidence.) The only way I could get myself to start posting WN on Smackjeeves was to remind myself that I was doing this for myself only, and maybe no one would read it, and that would be ok, because if nothing else I would be making something I love and I would learn a lot doing it. 13 years later and I'd consider my goals met, even if I stopped WN before I'm truly done with it.

(Which speaking of, I feel very strongly that unfinished or abandoned webcomics are not a waste of time for either the reader OR the creator. Just because a story doesn't get an ending--or gets an ending you don't like--doesn't mean it's without worth!!)

The webcomic scene is not going to fully disappear anytime soon--it's just suffering the same corporatization that has gripped almost every art scene at some point in some way, and I think that problem has been compounded by the consolidation of the internet into a few social media platforms. But those platforms will crumble, and the corporations will bail once they can't squeeze any more money out of webcomics. The scene won't ever been the same as it was in the 2010s, but that's how time works, and that doesn't mean it won't ever get better than it is or that there's not gems to be found now. The only way it gets better is if more people make and read webcomics!