Screen Tones: A Webcomic Podcast
Aug 5, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min · 11 segments
Protagonists are the main leading characters of your webcomic who drive the story forward, and this can be through either internal arcs of development, external conflicts with antagonists, or both…
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Hello, and welcome to Screen Tones, where we talk anything and everything webcomics.
Today, we're going to be talking about how to work with the protagonists of your webcomics.
I'm Delphina.
I use she, her pronouns, and I make the webcomic Sambulous.
I'm Claire, also known as Clam.
I use she, her pronouns as well.
I make the webcomic Phantomarine.
I'm Verithane.
I use she, they pronouns, and I make the webcomics Chiralt and Witchwood.
And
I'm Miranda.
I use she, her pronouns, and I make the webcomic Into the Swell.
Cool.
Okay.
So protagonists, they are the main leading characters of your webcomic who drive the story forward.
And this can be either through internal arcs of development, external conflicts with antagonists, or maybe a little of both.
Whether or not a reader has invested in those main characters can make or break your audience's engagement with your story.
So it's worth exploring what makes these characters compelling to follow in a long form webcomic.
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