For the first day of webcomic presentations, I learned that a lot of artists uses the tenet of “Creating an Audience.” I think this tenet is very valuable and very powerful because without an audience or subculture, artists would not be motivated to continue with creating their webcomic.

I was very interested in Taylor’s presentation and her webcomic, “A Guard’s story” because it was not a webcomic genre I have ever seen. It was also a personal narrative webcomic which I found could also set a precedent to future comics. The art of the comic was also very unique and complicated.  The artists, Nick Olle and Sam Wallman, utilized web affordances very well.

After listening to all the presentations, it was interesting to compare what different artists like to focus on. The most talked about tenets were “creating an audience”, “cheapness”, and “how each comic were released on a schedule.” Although, I feel like these tenets are ‘given’ when it comes to art being published online, it was cool to compare it alongside my personal webcomic, “Chees in the Trap.”

Unlike most of the webcomics that were represented, my comic’s main focus and tenet is the globalization and influence it has on artists locally and worldwide. Additionally, the complexity of the art of all the different webcomics was really intriguing. Webcomics such as “Poorly Drawn Lines” and “xkcd” use simple images and/or stick figures to layout their comic, however, other artists like Sam Wallman’s are very complex. I wonder why that is when they are depicting their message in the comic.