FLIGHT FORUMS

If you haven't seen it yet, this recent news is probably going to quash a lot of self-publishers' hopes of ever being distributed by Diamond. I know it has mine. It was already pretty unlikely I could have met the old quota, now that they've nearly doubled it there's no chance.

If publishing independently, would it be better to go through a place like Ka-blam and comiXpress, or through some other printing press? Personally, I am too much of a control freak to hand over so much of the process to someone else. I would rather do a print run with a printer, keep the books in ...

I think if there was a newspaper that was just a large comic section that was published, it'd bring something back. The advent of internet news is what I think is killing a lot of the newspaper comics but there are days when I'm outside and I just want to pick up and read nothing but a comics secti...

Djaxx wrote:I see one of Amy's characters shopping in the market place.... hehe

Woah! I totally missed that.

Personally I would stay far, far away from using song lyrics without permission. I don't have any personal experience to refer to, but from what I've heard music-types are the most litigious of all copyright holders. I remember reading a Neil Gaiman novel that, in the end credits, he took some time ...

dark77778 wrote:The [rhetorical] question then is, what will they do to follow this up?

Something not nearly as good, probably. That's usually how these things work.

*cynical man is cynical*

*UPDATE* Hey. I just wanted to say that my Yellow Scarves comic has now been printed, along with comics from a bunch of friends of mine, in a book we're calling "Historyonics: Stories Drawn from the Past." We also managed to rope Steve Lecuilliard into contributing a Much the Miller's Son story, plu...

1. Use it to get an agent in an attempt to get a publishing deal. Sure, but there's no reason to do this instead of pursuing a publisher. Why not do both at the same time and see how it pans out? 2. Use it to get a publishing deal from a well-known creator-rights-owned comics publisher with whom I ...

I have a BFA and a BEd and a post-grad certificate in illustration and I don't qualify either.

Of course I'm also not any kind of professional illustrator, so that's a bit of a blow against me too.

I am always, always impressed by comics done in watercolour. Doubly so if they're really well done.

I am!

...Only you already knew that, since my Yellow Scarves comic is also in that same anthology and we'll be sitting practically right next to each other.

I'll also have minis of Lords of Death and Life and A Mad Tea-Party, and a brand new mini I'm still assembling and hope to have done in time.

Hey Lorenzo- I've seen you post around these parts for years, but I only just figured out that you are one of the Etheringtons behind Monkey Nuts! Congrats! The DFC is an awesome book and you help make it awesomer! Keep it up!

Joey wrote:Indie Spinner Rackand Inkstudsare two great comics podcasts, focusing on small press and indie comics. They each have their own individual feeling and flavor, but they both book some great guests.

Oh Inkstuds is cool. I've been on Inkstuds!

I believe we already have a thread on this.

I got to see some of the original pages recently. They were done in non-sepia-toned graphite and were pretty awesome.

I missed it at the convention, but this is pretty good. It could use some work in the anatomy department, but the cinematography (I think that's the right word?) is very good. Hope it leads to big things.