Screen Tones: A Webcomic Podcast

Conventions in 2026

We’re recording this in 2026. We’ve all had convention experience. There’s a lot of things that are shifting in the conventional convention wisdom, maybe things we took f

Jam Session! What Makes a Webcomic

What makes a webcomic?? If you've supported us on Patreon, then you already know the answer, but today we're letting the secret out into the world! Join our hosts as they

Extras and Bonus Content

We all know that making the webcomic pages themselves is the main course of our webcomic offering, but there’s lots of reasons you might make extra side content, too! Whe

Protagonists

Protagonists are the main leading characters of your webcomic who drive the story forward, and this can be through either internal arcs of development, external conflicts

Networking

Networking is a buzzword that can feel a little weird to use in webcomics, but what we’re talking about here is basically the concept of connecting with other creators. T

SFX

Sound effects are a classic in comics for a reason: we have a flat noiseless page and sometimes we want to give it a noise or two! There are all kinds of approaches to in

Getting Back on the Horse

So you got hit with Life™ and haven’t worked on your comic in a while, and now you’re trying to get back to it, but are having troubles getting things going again.  It ma

That One Blorbo

All of us here may or may not have one or more characters that we favor in our webcomics, that we rotate in our minds slightly more than the other characters. We’ll borro

Webcomic Platforms

SCREEN TONES WILL BE AT TCAF (TORONTO COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL) 2026. STOP BY OUR TABLE FOR ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING WEBCOMICS. Depending on the scope and needs of your webcom

Workspace Organization

We spend a good chunk of time in one spot, drawing and writing our webcomics, so it makes a lot of sense to think about where that physically happens. Having a good space

Community and Comics

❓What do you look for when you join a community? A lot of webcomic creators think about maintaining a place for our readers to connect with each other, and enjoy our com

Receiving and Processing Critique

❓Tell us about an experience you had receiving Critique! Would you change anything about how you processed it?⭐️Support us on Patreon for monthly bonus episodes and bloop

The Truth About Art School

❓Have you come across a creator with a style that astounds you and wished you could bottle it up for yourself? Join us in the comments of today's video and let us know wh

Characters as Tools

We all love creating characters, and we want to make them feel like they could be real people. But at the end of the day, characters aren’t real people - they act as tool

Commissions and Contract Work

Contract work is specifically entering into some kind of agreement, where someone is paying you for your comic-related skills. It can be a simple illustration commission

Same Face Syndrome

So here’s our scenario: you’re making your webcomic, your readers are following to the best of their ability, but you’re hearing the feedback that they can’t tell some of

Starting with the Big Idea

If you’re like… well… everyone on this podcast, you’ve had some pretty epic webcomic ideas. They’re really cool and exciting, maybe you’ve even been developing them for y

Comedy

 There are a lot of approaches to comedy in comics, and I wanted to get an episode together about that. Humor is OFTEN rooted in all kinds of cultural trends: current eve

Buffers

We’re not here to tell you how to live your life. If you want to post every comic page as soon as you’re done with it, that’s valid. But! A buffer of comic pages can help

Beginnings

The beginning hooks of your webcomic are what’s going to inspire a reader to keep reading, and there are lots of approaches to starting out, depending on the story you’re