Screen Tones: A Webcomic Podcast

With the explosion in popularity of video platforms online comes new opportunities to create, promote, and experiment with your webcomic. This week we discuss how video content can help support your webcomic journey and some of the challenges that come with it.

In todays episode, the cast brings their Hottest Take Yet, and its one that's been impossible to ignore if you have been anywhere online these days. It's AI! AHH! We discuss what AI and Generative AI are trying to change about making comics, and why they aren't nearly as helpful (or wanted!) for the webcomic making process.

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Starting a webcomic can be a huge endeavor. Whether it's your first comic or your fifth, the beginning stages of webcomicking can be the best of times and the worst of times. It may surprise you to know (though hopefully not) that we here at Screen Tones have all started webcomics and so, we want to share our favorite tips for getting started. And what better way to do that than with a nice, neat numbered list! Let's dive into the 5 Things We Wish We Knew Before We Started Webcomicking!!

The Intro "DO IT (feat. Shia LaBeouf)", and the Outro "It's Good To See You Again​!​!", both by Adrianwave, have been used and modified in good faith under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Licensed. Edits include: Fade IN/OUT, and a repeat added to the beginning of "It's Good To See You Again!!". For more information on this creative commons use, please reference https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Time for something completely different! This week, we talk about some of the webcomics we read in our spare time and enjoy, so come and take a listen and refill your reading lists!

This episode is not for the faint of heart. We’re talking to the creators that have decided they want to make a webcomic at all costs and are ready to put in the work! Webcomics require so many hats and unless you’re part of a team, you’re wearing all of them. Discipline is what will help you stay organized, push through the less enjoyable parts of webcomicking and ultimately help you bring your idea to fruition.

This week, Delphie, Rae and Phin discuss creative burnout, what it means, ways it can manifest, and give some tips on how to recognize when creative burnout is approaching and how to weather the storm if you're in it.

Special thanks to our sponsor for this week's episode, AdorkaStock!

Screen Tones cast members are not licensed mental health professionals.

In this snack of a Jam episode, the gang discusses what makes up the digital art sandwhich that is your webcomic, and all the tasty layers inside. Man am I Hungry!

Creating a webcomic while dealing with work, family, and life can be a tricky balancing act! Today, we sit down with special guest Chesca of Litterbox Comics to talk about how they and our hosts manage to juggle everything while still creating webcomics.

This week, we have another little jam session with Delphina and Thane, who are here to talk about Banner Ads, their history in the webcomics sphere, and how you can implement them to best suit your webcomic needs.