So, I’d like to start a webcomic. Is there a website, or forum, or the like, where a prospective webcomic writer, such as myself, can possibly find available webcomic artists?
I just really need to see these ideas given form - and though I continue to try to learn to draw, it’s not happening fast enough.
The writer for this strip
died tragically in a card accident a few years ago.
Cartoonist is looking for a writer to start it up again.
Give it a try.
Kinda had a specific concept in mind - not wanting to do “any old webcomic”.
There are a couple of excellent options out there for finding an artist. The first is:
www.digitalwebbing.com.
If you post in their talent search and mention pay you will recieve on the order of 100 - 200 portfolios. The quality will vary from stick figures to full time professionals. You can also post in their collaborations section, which is traditionally where a writer who can’t pay looks.
Also out there is www.penciljack.com. It is where the artists hang out.
I had no idea cards were so dangerous.
I second the DW recommendation. The quality is all over the map (unfortunately skewed to the complete crap end). There is some decent talent over there though.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, GET A LETTERER. This is especially important for webcomics. Make sure they know what they’re doing with web work. Do not trust your artist to letter unless you see lots of samples.
Ask for sequential work only. It’s ridiculous how many people want to draw comics and have never done even two panels in a row.
Something to look for when you do get your samples: make sure the artist has left 1/3 of the panel open at the top (even if you aren’t doing a newspaper-strip style). Lettering is extremely difficult on webcomics and, unfortunatley, most webcomics are written to require lots and lots of dialogue. Artists working in the typically smaller panels of webcomics tend to forget it. If you see an artist who keeps a lot of space open, really consider them over someone else who isn’t used to composing panels that way.