Experienced webcomics editor, currently seeking full-time work and working on strange and interesting new things...
It's come to my attention that there's a certain amount of misunderstanding about Clickwheel contracts.
Here's the skinny:
Before Clickwheel launched, a number of cartoonists were offered a contract which included an advance to put their work (and keep their work, and add new work) onto the service. The advance was an extra incentive for them to get this service started on the right foot.
If your work is in the top 50 downloads for a particular month, Clickwheel will also offer you a contract. The pay rates involved are $100 for top ten strips and $30 for all other strips in the top fifty.
Right now, I'm busy rounding up the contracts from people who are entitled to an advance, yet haven't gotten the contracts in yet. If this is you, send a signed contract to my e-mail address as an image file and we'll go from there.