Okay, here's what's up - the very important thread we've all seen by now is for general ideas, this thread is for contributions, constructive suggestions and collaboration.
Here's the catch.
The new webcomic shouldn't be a one-person show. Most webcomic forums were webcomics first and the forum grew up around it (which is exactly what happened here, then the webcomic died), this time we're going to be doing this in reverse - the webcomic is growing from the forum, and the forum deserves - as a whole - to be involved. This means it needs to be a collaborative project from the ground up - no one writer or artist should have creative control over the project. This isn't going to be "Logos' webcomic" or "Kon's webcomic" or "Kailan's webcomic" or anything of the sort, this is going to be "TFS' webcomic", something we work together to create as an internet community.
The reason for this is threefold.
Reason the first. It prevents what happened with the old web comic from happening again. If someone loses interest, or gets attacked by real life, or is set up the bomb, the comic can go on. The part contributes to the whole, but isn't essential to the whole. Nobody should have to single handedly shoulder the responsibility of providing new content for this kind of creative project. This will ensure that we don't end up like so many webcomics that die for years, or altogether, or have erratic update schedules.
Reason the second. A lot of people complain about petty factionalism in TFS' forums, I am - for myself - particularly disturbed by it, especially since we're trying to build a strong and creative internet community. Making the webcomic something that everyone can contribute to will - or at least should - foster a sense of community. It doesn't set any one person as being "more important" to TFS than any other - no one gets all of the spotlight, and everyone gets to bask in the glory of contributing to what will - it is hoped - be an awesome webcomic and a contribution to the Exalted fan community as a whole. This will avoid the second major pitfall of many popular webcomics - the problem of one individual contributor trying to muscle the other contibutors out (see: Megatokyo). Just as no one contributor should have to shoulder the responsibility, so too should no one contributor receive all the praise.
Reason the Third. Let's face it, the rest of the Exalted community looks down their noses at us to a greater or lesser degree because we have a reputation. We're the brothel in the slums of the city that is the Exalted fandom, at least as far as they see it. What I see is a group of people that are extremely creative - a trait that's a lot less common in the role-playing community in general than a lot of hobbyists would like to believe. It's my personal opinion, though one I think is shared by many, that we can - as a group - produce something really awesome that one individual might not be able to produce on their own.
Now, we've already had some ideas on how to organize this, and I'm going to bullet point the one's I've already seen here.
* DPM suggested a dedicated staff. This has the issue of poitentially putting too much responsibility and control in the hands of a small clique within the larger forum, which could end up creating problems down the road. It also raises the issue of ego clashes between "staff members". On the plus side, though, it would probably be ideal for working with a webcomic that has continuing story arcs and forward moving plot.
* Several people have suggested a rotation, based on a list of artists and writers who want to contribute. This has the problem of finding and organizing enough people to actually fill out the rota. It also all but requires the webcomic to be episodic in nature - which can be a good or a bad thing depending on how we want to spin it. Its benefit is the ability to use the rota to mix and match art and writing styles, find interesting fusions and have a wider variety of tone and style. It's sort of a shotgun approach, a lot of it might be crap, but a lot of it will probably be pretty good, especially after the writers and artists get used to working with each other.
* ObsidianOverlord suggested that rather than do one webcomic with multiple writers and artists, we opt to become a "webcomic site", with multiple comic projects operating simultaneously. This has some technical issues, as we don't know how much server space we'd end up needing, and also brings up the spectre of petty factionalism in the fandoms of individual comics, but has a number of very good points as well - it creates redundancy, even if one comic fails we'll have more to replace it. It gives the community a chance to participate on their own terms - let artists and writers who are inspired by the same project find one another, give them equal space to their fellows and let them go wild with their own visions of Exalted.
Personally, I endorse the third option. Despite its flaws, it seems like the idea that will provide us with the greatest amount of unrestrained creativity, while giving us a broad range of "product" that will let us draw and retain new members. It doesn't hurt that it can dovetail nicely into our fanfic writing projects and fan rules projects to create an entire tableau of fanworks endeavors for us to work on and enjoy.
That said, I'd like to hear your opinions on the subject and see if we can reach some sort of consensus on what we're going to do to get this baby started.