So I just now posted an announcement for all the people who read my comic a dose of weird, basically it said I was thinking of redoing the whole comic, meaning deleting and restarting. I was wondering if it was a good idea or not. I'll still have the old pages and stuff, it'll still have the same characters and all. Just..different comic.

Also, what is a good way to (C) or (R) my comic or something?

This should probably go in comic discussion.

It's a good idea not to delete the whole thing, but rename it to "The old Dose of Weird" or something and keep it on the site just so that it isn't completely lost and you or someone else can go back and see the original if they so choose, which sounds like it's your plan anyway. I've actually restarted the comic I'm working on multiple times, starting about six or seven years ago. When I go back now and look at my first one, all I can think is "Man, that's horrible." If you think the comic would benefit from a restart and you're really up to the task, I say more power to ya, because it'll come out that much better for it.

As for the copyright/trademark thing, I don't even bother with it really, mainly because... well nothing's legally copyrighted anyhow XD

Moving to Comic Discussion :)


You can't actually rename a comic account, though you could still make a new account for the newer stuff.

As for copyrighting, technically it's fairly protected just by publishing it on the internet like you are doing. If you want official copyright, that's a separate process that involves forms and fees, and not worth it to most people most of the time.

Ahh, yeah, I guess. I just have this weird paranoid idea of people stealing my characters is all. But anyway. I think I will. I'll probably use the same art and stuff of course, just, make it different or better in some way.