These Webcomics have CHANGED! Five great comics already using Jason Brubaker’s approach

It is the end of the world (as we know it) for webcomics.

Over the past few years, the Digital Strips podcast has highlighted time and again how the way we interact with, discover, and read webcomics has changed. And now, it seems others are listening as well! Jason Brubaker’s (reMIND, Sithrahrecent YouTube manifesto on the changes and challenges to webcomics has been making the rounds, so we’ve gathered here five of the best webcomics (and their creators) that have already embraced the five elements of change Brubaker highlights in his video. Continue reading

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I’m Game Episode 5: The Halcyon Patreon Dungeon

Bi-curious comic from EatThatToast.com

(Image accompanying this post above provided by Eat That Toast, a comic you should totally check out!)

What’ll it take to make Jason pay for a Patreon? A cool Irish name. What’ll it take for Steve to get excited to go to space? A spike-covered dark god who needs killing. What’ll it take for Jason to brave the darkest of all possible dungeons? Putting it on his Vita. What’ll it take for Steve to finally appreciate his family? Turning on permadeath.

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Digital Strips Episode 453: Wink Wink

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy DetectiveWe’re solving mysteries, gumshoes! Like, what happens when DS Alumnus Brigid Alverson interviews John Allison? Will Steve and Jason finally contribute to a Patreon thanks to Adam Huber’s Sunday comics plans? Will Steve cry about the ending of Let’s Speak English? And will anyone else care about Jason’s gripes concerning Binwin’s Minions? The answers are here, find them if you dare!

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Digital Strips Episode 452: Known Dudes In Word Clouds

The Love Toilet as seen on Saturday Night LiveEver wanted to know whether or not you should finally set up that Patreon account for your comic? We’ll convince you otherwise! Steve also brought a couple of funny comics in Our Super Adventure and Cheer Up, Emo Kid. Add ’em to your feed and enjoy the laughs!

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Digital Strips Episode 451: Fish Gotta Fly, Birds Gotta Swim

Conan O'Brien doing his nerd impressionYou want webcomics? You GOT webcomics. And nothing but! Okay, there’s a stray comment about other subjects here and there, but the focus is on the news and thoughts about our founding principle: how awesome are webcomics?

To prove it, we’ve got news about the team-up between LINE Webtoons and Patreon, KC Green’s well-deserved domination of the news cycle, Wonderella’s regular schedule ending soon, and Spacetrawler’s triumphant return (the former two bits brought to us by the fine folks at Fleen). We also look at Barbarous and Rosianna Rabbit in this, the newest episode of Digital Strips: The (First, and Best) Webcomics Podcast!

The music in this episode is provided, as always, by I Fight Dragons. It’s the song “No One Likes Superman Anymore” off their album, Cool Is Just a Number.

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