Selling comics
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:56 pm
So for the last year and a half, I wrote, drew and painted a comic book. I am now working on a sequel. You can see some excerpts on my site:
http://nicoharrimanart.com
Anyways I worked for months at customer services jobs, saved up money and printed multiple copies to sell at wondercon. The convention was very unsuccessful and I should have waited for the alternative press expo in san francisco because it seemed at wondercon comics are not really the focus. People only were there for the movie premieres, and useless crap. People spent $20 on these dumb mindcraft cardboard box heads. That cardboard probably cost about 20 cents. The blue ranger from power rangers was there signing autographs and getting a lot more business than my booth (the small press tables were in the way back away from everything and I did not get much foot traffic. Can't believe how much I paid for such a shitty spot.). Most people don't even glance through your work. I sold only about 5 copies of my graphic novel and 12 copies of my short comic. It was really depressing.
Long story short I am trying to figure out what is the best way to go and I thought I would ask this forum because I know a lot of people here are artsy and have done things like this. Plus despite, all the sarcastic and snide comments, I oddly trust peoples judgement on this forum.
Anyways should I try to submit my comics to publishers, or keep going to conventions and try to get discovered that way?
I was also of thinking of starting a web comic but the only problem with that is I'm worried about the artwork losing its value and it while it could get more exposure the comics won't sell as much either. Also, call me old fashioned but I think comics just feel better on paper instead of reading them on a screen.
People also keep telling me that I need to make a facebook because it can help me get a fan base but I don't want to spend my time working on than and I hate facebook more than anything.
So yeah, if anybody has any prior knowledge or has been in a similar situation please feel free to give me some advice. Thanks in advance.
http://nicoharrimanart.com
Anyways I worked for months at customer services jobs, saved up money and printed multiple copies to sell at wondercon. The convention was very unsuccessful and I should have waited for the alternative press expo in san francisco because it seemed at wondercon comics are not really the focus. People only were there for the movie premieres, and useless crap. People spent $20 on these dumb mindcraft cardboard box heads. That cardboard probably cost about 20 cents. The blue ranger from power rangers was there signing autographs and getting a lot more business than my booth (the small press tables were in the way back away from everything and I did not get much foot traffic. Can't believe how much I paid for such a shitty spot.). Most people don't even glance through your work. I sold only about 5 copies of my graphic novel and 12 copies of my short comic. It was really depressing.
Long story short I am trying to figure out what is the best way to go and I thought I would ask this forum because I know a lot of people here are artsy and have done things like this. Plus despite, all the sarcastic and snide comments, I oddly trust peoples judgement on this forum.
Anyways should I try to submit my comics to publishers, or keep going to conventions and try to get discovered that way?
I was also of thinking of starting a web comic but the only problem with that is I'm worried about the artwork losing its value and it while it could get more exposure the comics won't sell as much either. Also, call me old fashioned but I think comics just feel better on paper instead of reading them on a screen.
People also keep telling me that I need to make a facebook because it can help me get a fan base but I don't want to spend my time working on than and I hate facebook more than anything.
So yeah, if anybody has any prior knowledge or has been in a similar situation please feel free to give me some advice. Thanks in advance.