How Not To Make Money In Comics – My Adventures In Self-Publishing Part 5 & 6: 2006 & 2007 (Serious Spin-Off & First Artist Hire)

How Not To Make Money In Comics
My Self-Publishing Adventure
Part 5 & 6: 2006 & 2007 (Serious Spin-Off & First Artist Hire)

      The Webcomic I created (Wesleyan World) was continuing to be a source of enjoyment, even though one would say the art is pretty below average (that’s being nice…to myself). At one point, [...]

How Not To Make Money In Comic Books – My Self-Publishing Adventure Part 4: 2005 (Welseyan World)

How Not To Make Money In Comic Books
My Self-Publishing Adventure
Part 4: 2005 (Wesleyan World)

      In late 2004, I started making comic strips that were 1 page (pretty large) and then I would scan them in with my Lexmark photoscanner and edit them in MS Paint. I would remove splotches of pencil, then increase the [...]

How Not To Make Money In Comic Books – My Self-Publishing Adventure Parts 2 & 3: 2003 & 2004 (I Made No Comics & The WebComic Emerges))

How Not To Make Money In Comic Books
My Self-Publishing Adventure
Parts 2 & 3: 2003 & 2004 (I Made No Comics & The WebComic Emerges)

      The year 2003 (spring of junior year & fall of senior year at West Virginia Welseyan College) I spent most of my time at college doing my Psychology Thesis and Writing [...]

How Not To Make Money In Comic Books – My Self-Publishing Adventure Part 1: 2002 (DownTimeComics & Demon Heir)

How Not To Make Money In Comic Books
My Self-Publishing Adventure
Part 1: 2002 (DownTimeComics & Demon Heir)

      In this Blog series, I will be breaking down my comic book expenses and profits (ha, that’s a good one) by year. My hope is that people will see that putting together a comic book requires [...]

Murphy’s Media Memories – 4th Grade Book: “In The Day Of The Dinosaurs”

I uncovered this long lost book from my distance past; a book full of words and pictures created by Shawn Padraic Murphy, Age 7. What did I write about? Dinosaurs of course. There wasn’t a kid who wasn’t into the dinosaur craze. So, how does my book still hold up?
What you [...]