Intermission – April 21 — Evolution Success

Build-a-Baddie Returns (And It’s Bigger, Badder, and More Chaotic)

The last Build-a-Baddie Poll was such a hit, it spun off not one but two projects — a microfic and a 1,500-word short story!

So naturally… we’re doing it again.

Welcome back to Build-a-Baddie — the crowd-sourced character experiment where you decide:

  • The creature

  • The personality

  • The situation they’re caught in

I take your winning combo and turn it into a brand-new illustration.

There’s also a Wildcard section if you want to whisper your weirdest ideas into the void. No promises… but I will read them.

Voting opens this week on Patreon. Bring your best (and worst) ideas.


Transcript — Evolution Success Stories

A single-panel cartoon shows two bug-like creatures standing on a forest floor surrounded by large green leaves. Both have tall, thin, purple bodies with spindly limbs and antennae. The bug on the right has colorful, symmetrical butterfly wings with orange, black, and white patterns and looks relatively normal — an evolution success story The bug on the left has a strange, mismatched set of wings that resemble bold, graphic signage instead of natural wings. The wings are black with bright orange arrows and large words pointing in different directions, including “TASTY,” “HERE,” and “YUM!” with arrows directing attention toward the bug’s own body. The malformed-wing bug looks uneasy, while the butterfly-wing bug looks on. Beneath the comic, a caption reads: “All I’m saying is… it’s easy to be a fan of evolution if all you hear about are the success stories…”

To the right of the panel is a blue box that reads: “Intermission — The Evil Inc storyline will continue next week.”

How To Make Webcomics — PREORDERS

At last! You can get the How To Make Webcomics book that you’ve heard us talk about on the Webcomics Weekly Podcast!

NEWS FLASH: As of this writing, this book now ranks Number One on a couple of Amazon lists! And nobody has even seen the thing yet!

And, if you haven’t seen it yet, check out this cool CBR interview with Kellett, Straub, Kurtz and me about the book. I can’t tell you how unbelievably proud I am of this book. Needless to say, we all make more money when you buy directly from us, so if you’re planning on buying this book, but it here or from Dave, Kris or Scott. They’re all offering pre-orders and Artist Editions, too!

HOW TO MAKE WEBCOMICS
The go-to guide for a new generation of cartoonists!

For years, cartoonists of all stripes have dreamed about making a living from their comics. But until recently their only avenue of success was through a syndicate or publisher. Now, more and more cartoonists are doing it on their own and self-publishing their comic strips on the Web. This 200-page book from Image Comics takes you through everything you’ll need to take your idea from concept to strip…from strip to hobby…and from hobby to full-time job.

Written by four pros who know the ins and outs of the Web — Dave Kellet (Sheldon), Scott Kurtz (PvP), Brad Guigar (Evil Inc.) and Kris Straub (Starslip Crisis) — “How To Make Webcomics” takes you on a step-by-step tour of everything you need to know to make, post and profit from your online comics.

[NOTE: Your pre-order of “How To Make Webcomics” will be shipping in the first week of March. We’re doing pre-orders because we need to let the publisher, Image Comics, know how many books you henchpeople want!]

US/Canada
$13 + $4.00 shipping

International
$13 + $6.00 shipping


HOW TO MAKE WEBCOMICS: ARTISTS EDITION

This is the limited-number, special Artist’s Edition of “How To Make Webcomics.”

It is stamped, hand-numbered, autographed by Brad “Wigwam” Guigar, and features an awesome “Evil Inc” sketch inside your cover. After this limited run of 250 Artist’s Editions are sold, no copies of the book sold in the Evil Inc Company Store will contain a Guigar sketch. (Special sketch requests and name dedications are not possible.)

[NOTE: Your pre-order of “How To Make Webcomics” will be shipping in the first week of March. We’re doing pre-orders because we need to let the publisher, Image Comics, know how many books you henchpersons want!]
US/Canada
$23 + $4.00 shipping
International
$23 + $6.00 shipping