Anyone can make one! Being a webcomic artist is easy, it doesn’t mean you’re actually good!
Other reasons this argument is invalid:
The supposition that "anyone can" does not translate to "everyone does", or even that anyone "does". It takes time and effort to create anything, and the willingness to expend that time and effort immediately reduces the size of the "anyone" pool significantly. Having the audacity to share the created work filters things down even further; I can't begin to count the number of folks I know whose art (be that graphic, literary, performance, whatever) never gets seen except by a chosen, trusted few. The diligence to stick with a project long enough to truly establish whether or not it may be a success -- we're getting into fairly refined territory here.
Also, this ignores the fact that webcomics need to be written as well as drawn. Someone working with stick-figures who tells a fascinating story may well attract more readers than the most gorgeously illustrated strip which tells utterly lackluster tales. And the same filters apply to the writing as apply to the art, regarding the difference between "can" and "does".
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Date: 2011-07-23 09:48 pm (UTC)Other reasons this argument is invalid:
The supposition that "anyone can" does not translate to "everyone does", or even that anyone "does". It takes time and effort to create anything, and the willingness to expend that time and effort immediately reduces the size of the "anyone" pool significantly. Having the audacity to share the created work filters things down even further; I can't begin to count the number of folks I know whose art (be that graphic, literary, performance, whatever) never gets seen except by a chosen, trusted few. The diligence to stick with a project long enough to truly establish whether or not it may be a success -- we're getting into fairly refined territory here.
Also, this ignores the fact that webcomics need to be written as well as drawn. Someone working with stick-figures who tells a fascinating story may well attract more readers than the most gorgeously illustrated strip which tells utterly lackluster tales. And the same filters apply to the writing as apply to the art, regarding the difference between "can" and "does".