Comments on: The Benefits of Being Part of a Webcomic Collectve

By: Aceo

Aceo — Sun, 17 May 2009 10:12:56 +0000

Smart post. Would you like to provide some content for my site. I will email you.

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By: KEZ

KEZ — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:39:25 +0000

Thanks for the comments, Bengo! It’s very easy to write articles about things in which you have experience. :D You flatter me.

You keep talking about synthasite! I really have to try it sometime. I agree with you about collectives that accept non-webcomic people. Unless a collective is large enough AND established enough to support such variety, it won’t work in the long run. Everyone needs to have the same goals, or else the people that have different goals are just extra (and often unwelcome) weight.

Speaking of Keenspot, they are revamping their group store, and from what I’ve seen about it, it looks like it will be good! Group stores CAN be done. I’m considering bringing this up at SF, perhaps done through printfection since it doesn’t have the extra fees.

Finally, I agree with you about collective leadership. It’s usually always better to have only a business relationship with leaders of collectives, and not a friendship (before the fact), because it WILL get strained, and, as your link shows, it can break.

By: Bengo

Bengo — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:05:53 +0000

I mistyped the link. Click the highlighted text at the end to follow it, or use
http://floatinglightbulb.blogspot.com/2008/10/sean-conchieri-case-study-of-web-bully.html

By: Bengo

Bengo — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:04:23 +0000

Hi!

This is definitely a more balanced article than I have been able to offer and will make a valuable link at PsychedelicTreehouse.com.

I am moved to share some very minor bits:

- A freehost that charges nothing (no ads either) is SynthaSite. I hope to write about them soon, when their CMS upgrade is done.
- This is new for me, but I’ll share it here. I advice people think twice about collectives that include people from outside webcomics. They may be awesome folks, but your goals may conflict. Even your interpretation of the comic landscape may conflict. Hence, we are back on our own.
- I don’t know what to say about KeenSpot. They are a weird mix, more of a showcase than anything, and they appear to break their own rules routinely. If you can build something rocking on your own, you’ll be ten times more proud than being anointed by the invisible deity. But of course, I’ve never been asked to join nor had my concerns explained, so my opinion is kind of ignorant.
- The day I see a collective develop and successfully run their own store for member stuff is going to be memorable.
- Watch out for groups of friends disguised as a collective. Stay away. Friendship is great, but people coming in with old loyalties and bonds means trouble. Last year I reported on the troubles of a collective with a couple of unstable leaders. .

Again, great piece. Essential reading for anyone interested in collectives.