1. WEBCOMICS Seth Mulhall

2. In the Beginning... Cave drawings Hieroglyphs Chinese Poets Renaissance

3. Comics Newspaper Peanuts Dennis the Menace Garfield etc. Comic Books Marvel

4. And Now... Webcomics!

5. Success The “Formula for Success” (Q1 + Q2)NV=PS Q1: Quality (1 - 10) Q2: Quantity (1-10) NV: Niche Value/Demand (1 - 5) PS: Potential Success (1 - 100)

6. So...? Webcomics are free T-Shirts Games etc. Publishing

7. Newspaper Publishing? Syndication Dave Kellet (Sheldon) Tried it, didn’t work. Backwards Compatible? Rich Stevens (Diesal Sweeties) Changing from the inside out. Scott Kurtz (PvP) Tried to dodge it, failed.

8. So Who’s Made it? Let’s find out!

9. XKCD Randall Munroe Scantron

10. Sluggy Freelance Pete Abrams Bun-Bun

11. Questionable Content Jeph Jacques I Have Been Playing Too Much Soul Calibur 4

12. Penny Arcade Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins Prove Me Wrong

13. OOTS Order of the Stick Rich Burlew I have stuff!

14. Credits “Equation of Webcomic Success, The”, Nov. 11, 2008..http://scienteers.com/blog/the-equation-of-webcomic-success/ “NASA Nerd Quits Job: Becomes Successful Webcomic Artists”, Nov. 11, 2008..http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/10/22/nasa-nerd-quits-job-becomes- successful-webcomic-cartoonist/ “Webcomics Attract Fans, Spit”, Nov. 11, 2008. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2005/07/68240 “Webcomics, Newspapers, and Everything in Between”, Nov. 11, 2008..http://www.webcomicker.com/?cat=7 “Why Some Webcomics (and Some Web Businesses) Are Successful”, Nov. 11, 2008..http://www.ewebmarketing.com.au/seo/167_search_engine_marketing_article.htm

15. Credits (cont.) Abrams, Pete. “Sluggy Freelance”, Dec. 16, 2008..http://www.sluggy.com Burlew, Rich. “Giant in the Playground”, Dec. 16, 2008..http://www.giantitp.com/index.html Krahulik, Mike and Holkins, Jerry. “Penny Arcade”, Dec. 16, 2008..http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/ Jacques, Jeff. “Questionable Content”, Dec. 16, 2008..http://www.questionablecontent.net Munroe, Randall. “xkcd”, Dec. 16, 2008..http://www.xkcd.com