How many here belong to webcomic collectives (or groups, or whatever you call 'em)?

Me, I belong to two: Interact , which also includes webtoonists. (Plus, they also host me. woo yay)

totallyilladvised
The last couple of days I've thought about putting a collective together.

Just wondering what people would want in a collective. I have a couple ideas. But I'm curious.

Truth, justice, a supportive and engaging community, and comics with authors who participate & update.

I'm extremely interested in being a part of a webcomic group. If anything, it'll put more pressure on me to create more comics, which I need. It's just that those little communities always seemed like some kind of exclusive club that only the cool kids could get into.

Y'know, I've nevery gotten into a webcomic group I applied for, now that I think about it...

I'm in the NC Comics Clatch. Started by Sinister Bedfellows creator Larry Holderfeld, it mostly exists to be supportive and talk shop. Knowing that people you like and respect are going to get on your case also helps you keep updating.

We're nowhere near as evolved as the Dumbrella or Dayfree folks, though. Those guys have networked each other into a force to be reckoned with.

I've always been turned down from them. I've applied to all of them that I find. Only two sites ever accepted me. Here and Gutterfly.

Well, aside from being a part of Drunk Duck, I was a part of another collective whose name escapes me at the moment...

I know that this comic here was also involved in it though...what was it called...

marine
I've always been turned down from them. I've applied to all of them that I find. Only two sites ever accepted me. Here and Gutterfly.

oddly enough, I actually never thought of this place as a collective. I guess it does function as one.

One of my old comics was in... um... damn, I can't remember the name. :( And it doesn't look like it's around anymore, either, so I can't look up the name. Anyway it was the one from a few years ago with Catharsis, Carzorthade, one about chemistry nerds, Grand Blue Door, and Count Your Sheep was in it for a while. (My comic was WILT). It was kind of a collective for family-friendly comics.

I think what most people expect of a webcomic collective is some kind of cohesiveness or theme - like Blank Label are humor strips, Dayfree is humor, Dumbrella are humor also... there have been ones for G-rated comics though, and action/adventure, and serious comics. Also, people like to know that if they are in the collective, there's something in it for them. That usually means that the comics help one another out somehow. Most of them do it with cross-advertising, but some of them exchange guest comics or art with one another, etc. A lot of people forget though that it's nice when you have a lot of people to do something for you if you need it, that means you have to do things for them too. I think that's why a lot of them end up falling apart- many startups aren't much more than a group of loosely-related comics that just list each other on their page. They end up sharing some readers but the group as a whole isn't very good at bringing anyone new in or offering anything distinct to readers.