Joel Fagin

Catch more of Joel Fagin's thoughts on webcomics, writing and design at his website.

Abandoning Micropayments

By: Joel Fagin
Department: Features
Issue: June 2007 Issue

Joel Fagin follows up his previous article on the selling of webcomics Reinventing Micropayments with another look at how creators could sell digital comics. This time, he further explores the notion of selling comic downloads and examines the initial results of Starline X Hodge's sales of her comic Candi.

Reinventing Micropayments

By: Joel Fagin
Department: Features
Issue: May 2007 Issue

Just as Bitpass bit the dust and Scott McCloud decided the right number for The Right Number was free, Joel Fagin offers another look at how to make micropayments work for webcomics -- by examining iTunes, the most successful micropayments system in history.

Lessons for Webcomics from Short Stories

By: Joel Fagin
Department: Features
Issue: March 2007 Issue

Joel Fagin discusses all of the many lessons webcomics can learn from short stories. Concepts such as effective beginnings, efficient storytelling, and showing not telling. All topped off with an examination of David Willis' reworked beginning to It's Walky. I could tell you more but why don't you click "read more" and I'll show you...

What's Wrong With Serious Webcomics

By: Joel Fagin
Department: Features
Issue: October 2006 Issue

Writing for the web means understanding the rhythms of publishing on the web. If you're posting a page a day or even a page a week don't write as if you're publishing a monthly comic book.

Joel Fagin takes a look at what gag webcomics are doing right and what serious webcomics can learn from them.