How to Make a Graphic Novel
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Monetizing Every Moment of Waking Existence on Instagram (What Could Go Wrong?)
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Monetizing Every Moment of Waking Existence on Instagram (What Could Go Wrong?)

Episode 8 of The Terrible Anvil with Jess Ruliffson and Tom Hart

This week we talked about navigating social media to promote your work and make money as a cartoonist—from networking and building your audience, to avoiding burnout and fielding harsh feedback.

The internet can be a lovely way to connect with friends and family, make new connections, support fellow cartoonists, and publish your comics. There are great benefits to serializing a webcomic or routinely sharing your work.

But social media can also be a source of pressure, discouragement, and creative doubt.

Do you need to move to NYC and gain a million followers on Instagram to be a commercially successful artist? Do you have to work tirelessly on gaming the algorithm to get your work seen? Do you have to monetize your comics at all?

Listen in for answers to questions like these and more!

And join us next week for our episode on TABLING!

You can join the call live by subscribing to the SAW FLOW + PUBLISH member group, where you'll get access to a supportive community and expert guidance on getting your comics published! Sign up here: https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/comics-flow-group

As always, happy making!!

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How to Make a Graphic Novel
The Terrible Anvil
How do you make comics without all the frustration? Without feeling lousy and inadequate all the time? With the Terrible Anvil of daily deadlines! And a community, and mindset shift about what it means to make comics and art. Jess Ruliffson and Tom Hart are working through the whole process, one piece at a time, turning frustration into fun and glee.