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One way to help your comic stand apart from others is to use a custom font. There are a wide variety of font creation programs available online, both for free and for purchase.

One of the most popular is FontCreator. Create a font that complements the tone of the writing as well as the visual style. You can also use different fonts for different characters, though too many variations can become distracting.

Add dialogue and speech bubbles in Photoshop. Use the layers tool in Photoshop to create a layer for the text and a layer for the speech bubble.

Both of these layers should be separate from the layer that your drawing is on. Your text layer should be on top, followed by the bubble layer, followed by the original drawing on the bottom.

Open the Blending options on the bubble layer. The Blending option will create an outline of the speech bubble at the end of the process.

This is the text that will go inside the bubble. Use the font you created above or select a font appropriate for your visual style. Comic Sans is a popular font.

Select the bubble layer. Use the Elliptical Marquee tool to create a selection bubble around the text that you wrote. Place the cursor in the center of the text, and hold the Alt key while dragging the mouse in order to create an elliptical selection bubble that is evenly placed over the text.

Select the Polygonal Lasso tool, and hold the Shift key while clicking to create a sharp triangle tail in the selection. Select White as your foreground fill color.

The outline will automatically be created when this happens, and the speech bubble is complete. Color your comic. This is optional, as many successful comics are printed in black and white.

There are a couple of options when coloring comics. You can color directly onto the page, using physical coloring tools, or you can color digitally after scanning the comic into a computer.

More and more comics are being colored through digital means. Programs like Illustrator and Photoshop make the coloring process much less tedious than in the past.

Remember that the reader will see both the entire comic and individual frames at the same time. Try to keep a cohesive color palette throughout your comic to keep frames from being distracting.

Use a color wheel to make sure that the colors you pick work together harmoniously. A color wheel helps when confronted with the millions of colors available on modern computers.

Colors opposite of each other on the color wheel are complementary. These colors are high contrast, and should be used in small amounts to avoid becoming overbearing.

Analogous colors are located next to each other on the color wheel. These are typically very pleasing sets of colors to the eye.

Triadic colors are three colors evenly spaced around the wheel. Typically you would use one color as the dominant color, and use the other two for accents.

Part 4 of Upload to an image host and spread the links. If you just want to share your comic with some friends and family, uploading it to an image host will be the cheapest free and easiest way to do it.

Create an account with a service like PhotoBucket, ImageShack, or imgur and upload your creation. Send the links to whoever you want, post them on your social network feeds, tweet the URL to anyone who will read it.

Find comic enthusiast forums and post your links for people all over the world to see. Create a DeviantArt account. DeviantArt is one of the most popular places online for posting art.

They have an entire section devoted to cartoons and comics. When you post your images, fans can leave comments, giving you a chance to interact with your audience.

Interacting with other artists on DeviantArt can give you new ideas and perspectives on your own creations. Create your own web comic page. If you feel like you have enough content to share with the world, start your own web comic page.

This is the best way to grow an audience for your work without having to go through traditional publishing channels.

It will require more time and dedication than simply using an image hosting service, but the benefits are far greater. Create a website that looks good.

If the website does not function properly and does not match the aesthetic of your comic, you will drive users away. Take some time and look at how successful web comics have integrated the style of the comic into the website design.

Have your website designed professionally. This can be cheaper than you think, especially if you enlist the aid of up-and-coming designers.

Use resources such as DeviantArt to find a like-minded person who will help you design your web comic page. Update often.

The point of a web comic is to keep people coming back. Set a regular update schedule for yourself.

If readers know when to expect the next release, they will often come back even without you advertising it. Interact with your readers.

Beyond simply updating the page with new comics, take some time and write blog entries and respond to reader comments.

This will help advertise you as the creator and form strong bonds between you and your audience.

Send it to a syndicate. If you feel like your strip would be a good fit for newspapers, talk to a syndicate. These are publishing groups that sell their comics to papers around the world.

Syndicates receive thousands of submissions every year, and typically only pick about strips. Send it to a publisher.

If you have a non-newspaper strip or comic, you may want to consider sending it to traditional comic publishers.

The comic publishing industry has expanded significantly over the last few decades, and now includes all manner of graphic novels and comic collections.

Note that DC and Marvel do not take unsolicited submissions. You will need to make a name for yourself elsewhere first. Some major publishers: DC Comics Image Comics Dark Horse Beyond the major publishers, there are numerous independent publishers that are always looking for new submissions.

Self publish your comic. As tools for self publishing become more widespread, the ease of publishing material has greatly increased.

CreateSpace will automatically list your comic on Amazon, and will print copies to match orders. This takes a lot of the manufacturing and distributing work off of your shoulders.

If you're planning on scanning it, no. Crayons can leave some chunky parts in the place you colored, which would look strange in a scanned comic.

Not Helpful 18 Helpful Of course; plenty of artists work almost exclusively on their computers. Not Helpful 19 Helpful Many writers and artists are very nervous about facing the rejection and criticism of their work; it's the equivalent of a singer performing in front of a large audience.

If you don't feel it's ready, set it aside for a month or two and don't look at it; when you pull it back out and review, you'll have a bit of distance from it and mistakes stand out much better.

If you feel that it represents your best efforts, step outside of your comfort zone and submit it.

Know that regardless of how good your work is, there are always going to be people who don't like it; however, your critics will be the most vocal about your weak points, guiding you toward areas you can improve.

In short, though, you undoubtedly created your comic because it's a passion, and the only person whose opinion about it that matters is yours.

Not Helpful 8 Helpful Your comic has to succeed first. Start with one comic, then branch out from there.

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