Hype buddies, Lend me your knowledge

[Matt Mortem]

I'm working on a comic book and its my first time. I've written dozens of short stories and the like, but never a comic book and for that matter I've never made one that will be (hopefully) marketed and sold. Does anybody out there have any tips?

 

[Silk Spectre]

Find a publisher, and be prepared to make many drafts and revisions.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Find a publisher, and be prepared to make many drafts and revisions.

Thanks, I appreciate that. I'm thinkin of peddling it to Image maybe.

 

[Hobgoblin]

Be ready for rejection. An author can be rejected by dozens of publishers before he or she gets an offer to publish the book. At comic con this year, I talked with a guy that just now got his concept bought (by Marvel I think). Anyway, it took him over ten years from idea to actual publication.

I dont want to discourage you, but just being honest.

 

[Ziggyman]

Yeah...Rejection is huge...Gotta always be ready to bounce back and accept and listen to criticism...Don't get down and out first try!

 

[Matt Mortem]

Those are all really good pointers, thanks. I'm thinking of setting up a website and kinda distributing from the net and see how that works for now