How to Sell Your Small-press Book to Retailers Part 3 – 21 Tips from Actual Comic Book Retailers
21 tips on selling your small press books to retailers… from the mouths of retailers themselves!
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You Will Be Judged
As a creator, you will be judged. This is why we put things out in the world: so they can be judged (and hopefully liked). Related Posts:The Choice Is YoursThe Back-UpPractice Makes Perfect?Dead No (Yawn) MoreA Simple Email Tip
TPG Week 265: Don’t Turn The Reader Off
Welcome back, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week we have a new Brave One in the form of Riccardo Martino. I’m going to be by myself this week when it comes to editing. There was a surprise that had been lined up for all of you, but it fell […]
Lessons In “North Bend”
It’s been a while since we’ve had an entry here in the Trenches. This time around, we’ve got Ryan Ellsworth talking about his project North Bend, and the lessons learned with it. Related Posts:Flatting, With Herve St-LouisA “Super” KickstarterTPG Week 281: The End Of An EraTPG Week 279: Choose Your Own LoD!TPG: The End
Success
We all measure what we think of as success differently, and that’s great. But whatever you think success is, you should move those goalposts when you feel you’ve achieved it. This will keep you always moving forward and striving for something better. Go forth. Be successful. Measure it. Then be more successful. You can only […]
Your Visibility
Your visibility is a very important thing. You can’t continue to get work without it. That being said, you should always ask the question: How is the project going to be published? This is the only question that really matters. Yes, you can ask questions about ownership and money and printing and terms and limits […]
What’s Your Plan?
What’s your after-comics plan? Reality-check: the overwhelming bulk of us will not be able to make a living off of creating comics, and as healthcare gets better, we’re living longer than ever. The likelihood of you as an individual being relevant to comics in 5 years is slim—if you’re ever there at all. So you […]
Buck Up
There are times when you just need to hear this. Related Posts:The Choice Is YoursThe Back-UpPractice Makes Perfect?Dead No (Yawn) MoreA Simple Email Tip
TPG Week 264: Give A Damn
Welcome back, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week, we have Gene Patrick as our Brave One. We also have Liam Hayes back in blue, Ryan Kroboth with his sharp pencils, and I’m the dullard in red. Related Posts:TPG Week 256: Same Problems, Different ScriptTPG Week 222: Writing Challenge […]
Your Time
Time. Time management, to be more precise. Time management is about prioritizing what is and isn’t important to you—what has to be done right now versus what can wait a bit. Related Posts:The Choice Is YoursThe Back-UpPractice Makes Perfect?Dead No (Yawn) MoreA Simple Email Tip
Challenge Yourself
How often do you challenge yourself in your work? I mean, really push your limit? There’s an annual challenge called 24 Hour Comic Day. The goal is to create a 24 page comic in 24 hours. Related Posts:The Choice Is YoursThe Back-UpPractice Makes Perfect?Dead No (Yawn) MoreA Simple Email Tip
Vacation’s Over
We’re practically at the end of the second week of the year. It’s now time to get off our collective asses and start to do something about the stuff we didn’t do during the holidays. Stopped working out? Time to get back on the horse. Stopped creating? Time to get back on it. The […]
TPG Week 263: Evolution Underway
Welcome back, one and all, to The Proving Grounds! This week’s Brave One is no stranger here: we have Schuyler Van Gunten! It’s just going to be me this week in red, and we have Ryan Kroboth with the pencil assists. Now we’re all going to see how far Schuyler has come and see if […]
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