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Epitaphs from the Abyss #5 by Matt Kindt, Joanne Starer, Matthew Rosenberg, Kano, Alex Tefenkgi and more. Cover by Lee Bermejo. Variant covers by (2) Naomi Franq and (3) Jay Stephens. Out in November.

"GIVE YOURSELF OVER TO EC'S SMASH-HIT TALES OF TORMENT AND TENSION—NOW A MONTHLY SERIES! Welcome back to the Grave-Digger's cemetery on the edge of the endless, black ABYSS that awaits us all... some sooner than others, heh heh! Inscribing this month's moribund epitaphs in so much funerary stone, we welcome scribes Matt Kindt (BRZRKR), Matthew Rosenberg (DC vs. Vampires) and Joanne Starer (Sirens of the City) to write our rites of terror as arists Kano (Gotham Central), Alexandre Tefengki (The Good Asian) and more surprise guests rain down torrents of red ink in true and timeless EC Comics fashion!"

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Out this week: Monster High Halloween Special #1 (IDW, $4.99): 

Keryl Brown Ahmed and Naomi Franq show us what the spooks at Monster High are getting up to this Halloween, as Headmaster Frankenstein and Draculaura decide to throw a carnival at the school.

See what other new comics and graphic novels are arriving at your local comic book store this week.

[naomifranq]

My Patreon page is back and it's live!

I closed it temporarily back in 2019 as I was getting the hang of freelance life and schedules, but now I'm bringing it back more casual than ever. It's a Patreon, it's a sketch blog, it's a glimpse behind the ol' curtain, it's "Naomi draws her OCs too much and only ever ends up sharing them on Discord servers."

All this to say: I have a tendency to hoard sketches and warm-ups in what I call "sketch piles," which are just large canvases with a bunch of layers of sketches I crank out in between work. Most of the time it's my and my friends' OCs from D&D and RP, a lot of times it's studies and warm-ups. A few times it's some NSFW content I probably can't post on Tumblr.

Ultimately, it will all eventually find its way online in some form or another (either belayed snippets on socials, or collected into another sketchbook of the past few years). Why wait for that, though?? Get your early access now through your choice of three different, low-budget options!

No worries, though. If you can't swing a monthly patron fee, but would still like to show your support when you can, my Ko-Fi page is still up and running for tips.

No matter what you decide—even if it's just reblogging and sharing the news and my art—I appreciate and value your support. Love is love!

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Preview: Monster High Halloween Special

Monster High Halloween Special preview. Halloween may be a boring normie howliday, but you never know what, or who, might be lurking around the coroner! #comics #comicbooks #monsterhigh

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Ranger Academy #12 Review

Ranger Academy #12 Review #rangeracademy #powerrangers #mightymorphinpowerrangers #IDW #IDWComics #reviews #previews #NCBD #comics #comicbooks #art #news #comicreviews

Writer: Maria Ingrande Mora Artist: Jo Mi-Gyeong Colorist: Joana Lafuente Letterer: Ed Dukeshire Designer: Madison Goyette Editors: Kenzie Rzonca, Allyson Gronowitz & Matt Gagnon Special Thanks: Dafna Pleban, Tayla Reo, Linda Lee & Ed Lane Cover Artists: Miguel Mercado, Jo Mi-Gyeong & Naomi Franq Publisher: Boom! Studios Price: $3.99 Release Date: November 6, 2024 Like Zordon, the Headmaster of…

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You’re A Sunflower

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some commissions for my collection of vinta qir doing shadow magics... first one is by naomi franq as a kickstarter reward, and the second is by red (overly sarcastic productions/aurora webcomic) as a patreon reward!!

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Hey there! What ways of advertising works best for a webcomic in your opinion?

Well, two people asked me that question this weekend, but the other guy was on anon whereas you did it from the official tumblr of your webcomic so that people can click your name and see your stuff. So that’s a good first step. 

My opinion is that advertising is generally cost-ineffective for webcomics, though that’s based on me trying it a few times on Project Wonderful (RIP, PW was great) and Facebook and Twitter and Google Adwords for some reason but not Instagram which I’ve heard would be better. I found that I got a big boost in traffic that lasted until I stopped paying for it. My experiences are not universal, though. 

Most of my comic traffic comes from this very blog (protip: Get a blog and shill your comic on it), and the best advertising I’ve gotten is that little bar on the top of all SpiderForest sites. It only gets me 3 or 4 clicks a day, but it’s free and those clicks can add up. I’d recommend everyone join SF if you can :P 

But here’s a sad little stat. ReTale launched last week, and it got a big push from everyone involved, which is a lot of word of mouth on a five-person team when the five people also have some presence in their own right. 

Nate, the writer, has no real social media presence to speak of, with about 100 twitter followers. This is his first big project. I, the site design guy, have about 211 twitter followers, and 3000 tumblr followers.  Naomi Franquiz, the letterer and concept artist, has 7000 twitter followers. Colorist Katy Ho has 16,000. Artist Sofia Davila has 17000. All of us announced the comic when it launched, which means an “ad” for Retale was put on the timeline of 40,000 twitter users and 3000 tumblr users and anywhere else it was posted. A twitter ad for 40k impressions would be like $200, though obviously not everyone who follows Naomi Franq on twitter saw her post.

On it’s first day, ReTale had 250 visitors in Google Analytics. That’s good for a launch day of a webcomic. It’s real good! But man, if you paid $200 and you got 250 pageviews for that day and then you’d have to pay another $200 for the next day....ugh, you’d feel pretty bad, right?. 

Sadly, there’s no realistic way to buy your webcomic a readership. If there was, I’d have done it. You just gotta get out there and shill shill shill and try to pick up one new reader every day that likes your work and who you can keep. 

So take advantage of the get rich slow method. Post your comic on reddit. Apply to SpiderForest or other such places, try to make friends with other webcomic artists and shill each other’s work sometimes. Go to a con and whenever you buy something give the artist your business card. Be irritating about it. Read my webcomic, Saffron and Sage. Give me money on Patreon, which I think I need to relaunch as per-page actually. You can also buy me a Kofi, though. 

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When it comes time to actually start penciling this page, I’m going to be the saddest drawing over this face because I don’t think I can improve the douchebaggery.

How can you improve upon perfection? -Admin J

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I did the meme thing last night. I can kinda see it? Maybe?? Idk.

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Is your gator baby misbehavin'? Need a certified gator sitter?  Call 1-800-SIT-GATOR today and get your gator actin' right! 

 A fun little concept I whipped up for further exploration of Florida wildlife! Watercolor and ink on coldpress Strathmore watercolor paper.

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Warm-up figure study sketches. Today was a slow start, but it’s gonna be a long night.

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Giving into the flow, cuz drawing all those leaves was strangely cathartic.