THE COMIC ELECTRIC: A DIGITAL COMICS SYMPOSIUM. Liz Downthrwrite

Before going onto the the syposium its self it should be the best to explain as it was throug the key notes as well as through some quick research to remind myself,

The Electricomic is a free app that will allow readers to interat as well as create digital comics to share with others, this project has been going for the past few years, along with this the app allows for the uploading, sharing and creation of orginal content and the hopeful creation of new creatives in the comics world.

A lovely showcase of the app, how it can be used and the future possibltys of this app that can come with funding.

The Speakers where: Liz Dowthwaite , Vitor Blotta & Bruno Conrado, Zak Waipara, Pablo Defendini, Dave Crane, Marcus Pullen & Dr. Blair Dickinson, Miju Yoh, Jayms Nichols,Matt Finch,Fredrik Rysjedal,Brad Yarhouse, James Abbott,  Craig Smith.

Pannel 1: Audiences and Transmedia

Liz Dowthwaite: Meaninful interactions between webcomic creators and Readers

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This talk by Liz Dowthwaite was about web comic creators and the interactions with there fans and how these can be both a very positive force for them as well as a negative force.

Looking at crowd funding at a whole and what it can bring to a webcomic creator and how much of a positive reaction that can come with this, along with the other ways of gaining income such as; selling T-shirts, adverts, books, commissions ETC, along with these things being rewards for Kickstarter and Patreon.

Of course with popularity on the internet comes with people sharing it and then some people who wish to take credit and will just do that by taking down the watermarks and cutting them out of the picture. effectively stealing without punishment. Though the punishment is in fact inflicted by the fan bases around most artists. So is there really much chance for a smaller artist? Maybe on some places the people who steal work are outed by the users of the website and punished by the community instead of any real legal action for this breach of copy right.

This whole thing being a support of crowd funding and how great it is for both smaller and bigger fans alike.

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