Q&A for How to Make a Webcomic

In Line Webtoon, the user interface is such that you have to have completed strips/chapters in order to create comics. Once you're done with individual chapters, you can simply upload the files in the website and then wait for feedback.

You can earn a profit through ad revenue. If you can, put ads on your comic pages. You could also use funding sites like Patreon.

It depends on the subject matter. If you're going for a serious or dramatic story, it's best to use realistic art. If going with a fantasy story, maybe a more cartoonish style. If you're doing humor, this lends itself to a cartoony style.

There are different ways you can draw the comic. You can do everything by hand, then scan it to your computer (taking a picture is not ideal). You can just draw, scan to your computer, and add the coloring and/or text using a photo editing program. Or you can create the entire thing in a computer program. How to Make a Comic has more detailed guidelines on this.

Yeah, that's perfectly fine. Just make sure to give proper credit where credit is due.

There are two main locations. If you have a good friend that can draw, then ask them. If you want to find a professional, then artist communities are a good start. Just be ready to pay them.

Start with free programs such as Paint or FireAlpaca. If you are serious, consider investing in a drawing tablet such as the Wacom. Practice will improve your drawing ability, but so will online tutorials. You can hone your skills by copying comics before moving on to creating your own.

PaintTool SAI or Photoshop is best.

Come up with a story or idea and write an outline. Use the outline to draw the comic, then put it online.

Ask around communities, or look up on YouTube for remix and cover artists. If you know someone, then ask them.

The Wacom Bamboo, I believe, is about $100 (US). Other tablets like the Cyntiq series are extremely expensive for a beginner who's not ready to invest a lot of money into his art.

The best photo editing app that is called Pixlr.

Having scheduled updates can be convenient, but if you are starting off, it might be stressful. Try to make a schedule for when you want to update, and if it's too much stress you can either stop and update whenever you have time or give yourself more time in between each update.

It depends on the direction your comic reads and what style you want to do. Spacing is part of pacing so if something is fast paced, your panels should be closer. Slow pace calls for further spacing.

Your scanner/printer usually comes with software to guide you along the way, and most modern printers will include a scanner. If you don't have a scanner, you can go to your local library to scan it. There are also some apps that you can download onto a smartphone to scan documents and pictures.

Sure! If you want to, then go for it!

In a superhero comic, for example, some heroes or villains might decide to work together as a group. This group would then form an affiliation. An affiliation category will not be be necessary for all comics.

Well, one option is the free app Artflow, which is good for drawing in general. The interface is easy to use, though one flaw is that you have to design your own panels. The app isn't precisely tailored to comics, but with just a little creativity, I'm making it work.

If you're only going to be making one short comic, you should upload it to a site where you post other art as well, like DeviantArt or Instagram. Longer, story-based webcomics are better suited for their own websites.

If you have a printer that can do this, then you can scan the picture onto a memory stick and upload it from there. If not, then just take a clear photo and crop out the edges.

Your webcomic can be about anything you want. If you want it to be a photo comic, then make it a photo comic.