Digital vs. Print

Often times, webcomic creators will publish print versions of their work as a source of revenue, however, print is a fundamentally different medium from digital. This forces creators to decide how they can create a print version of their digital work while preserving the nature of the content itself. This is more challenging for some comics than others. For example, Homestuck has many animated strips in its digital form, but Hark! A Vagrant completely lacks any use of digital affordances, making it much easier to print. This collection seeks to analyze the differences between publishing comics in print form vs. digital form through popular comics like Alison Bechdel’s print-native Dykes To Watch Out For from the mid 1980s all the way to Andrew Hussie’s Homestuck, with it’s heavy use of digital affordances.