Chris Lackey Lecture

A lecture at University was taken by Chris Lackey, a man of many talents. Animator, Illustrator, Writer to name but three.
He gave a great look at crowd funding, using his experience from his graphic novel, Transreality. He also told us about freelancing, working for free and building a fan base (the last two being my questions). He agreed about parodies being a great way to bring attention to yourself and that you need to be careful when working for free. Basically, money and contacts are the keys.
If you read this, Chris, thanks for the lecture and tips!

Link to Chris Lackey's Youtube

Meeting Tomska

Yesterday was a Youtube Meet & Greet with Tomska. Taking place in Leeds City Centre about 50-odd people turned out for the event. A bunch of questions were asked and answered, some fanboy/girl, others ACTUAL questions.
I got the chance to ask him about building fan bases as large as those you find for animators, comedians and film makers that you find on Youtube. He simply told me to make some parodies and get them on Youtube. People will connect with the properties that they enjoy and you can begin to build fans from there.
He also said that in an upcoming video he will be making a video covering questions like this.

LINK TO TOMSKA'S YOUTUBE