Re:Now Can We All Agree That The "High Quality Web Content" ...
by idle_processor on Sunday August 28, 2011 @04:07PM
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Zach Weiner of SMBC-Comics.com did an AMA on reddit and said that he makes a living off of, "Mostly ads, though t-shirts sales are a decent percentage as well" [1]. He lists the ad networks he uses in the AMA.
You could try asking him for more specifics; he seems pretty friendly and open.
The percentage breakdown varies, by comic. Something Positive was apparently making 35% of its income from ads [2]. Dominic Deegan's artist "makes most of his income selling self-published compilations of his webcomic at anime and comic conventions" [2]. I've also read of other artists—can't remember which, sorry—saying they make little through ads, and that most of their income came from merchandise sales.
You could try asking him for more specifics; he seems pretty friendly and open.
The percentage breakdown varies, by comic. Something Positive was apparently making 35% of its income from ads [2]. Dominic Deegan's artist "makes most of his income selling self-published compilations of his webcomic at anime and comic conventions" [2]. I've also read of other artists—can't remember which, sorry—saying they make little through ads, and that most of their income came from merchandise sales.
[1] http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9zaf3/i_draw_saturday_...
[2] http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2011/08/02/the_new_...