I agree. There could have been more hoopla about this on Amazon's front page. I only saw promotions coming from Universal in an ad above my comic subscription of Lio and on the gocomics.com front page.
I don't think I made it unless I deleted this email by accident. I hope they send an email letting people know they didn't advance. Back to the drawing board I guess. I'll find my niche someday.
The only comic that I remember coming from syndication and doing a subscription was "The Norm" by Michael Jantze. I know he wouldn't start it until he had at least 1000 subscribers. This was after he could not reach an agreement with his syndicate t…
I am constantly thinking about how I can make my comics a viable business. Right now I am just at the beginning of putting the work out there. I have been developing the work for a couple of years and finally feel good about seeing if it can swim or…
So, Lee, are you saying that a newly syndicated cartoonist will probably have to sign a boilerplate contract anyway - you might as well get some good exposure and try submitting through this contest on Amazon. If that is the way it is then I guess I…
I guess that is true, Mike. But when I read, "not negotiable" and "as is," I have a hard time believing that it will be negotiable after I sign it. They have all the cards in their hand for sure.
I read the small print. Looks like if you are selected to the 10 finalists, you have 3 days to sign 4 different contracts with Andrews McMeel Publishing, enter into a developmental contract of $300 a month ($15 a comic) for up to 2 years, sign a "fu…
I write in my sketchbook constantly and periodically I'll got back through with a highlighter and grab interesting ideas or at least words or phrases that I want to develop. I don't know the percentage the way I work
It does feel like drawing on ice. You might try putting a piece of paper over it. This gives you the feel of drawing on paper and the wacom tablet still recognizes your movement and pressure. I guess I like slipping around on ice as I don't use the…