Tag: self-publishing
REVIEW: Allie Trigoso employs absurdity to make dark subjects easier to swallow
Allie Trigoso's recent riso comics showcase the difference between laughing AT someone and laughing WITH someone
Matt Chats: Writer and Occasional Self-Publisher Jeremy Holt on ‘Skipping to the End’ and...
Jeremy Holt has yet to receive his “big break” with a book at a Top 5 publisher, but he’s continued plugging away at various comics projects, focusing on art over commerce. Recently his grunge...
Anders Nilsen new book Tongues looks spectacular
Anders Nilsen has been a mainstay of the indie comics world for a while, gaining huge acclaim with Big Questions, a massive rumination on the meaning of life seen via a flock of birds. The books...
Pages, Sunny Singh and The Kickstarter Underdog: How I plan to fund my first...
Who am I? Nobody important. Well, as far as the Independent Comic Book scene is concerned. Go ahead. Google Sunny Singh. You won't see a thing about Comics. Maybe some banging Punjabi music. But that's as far as your search for me goes.
How To Make Crowdfunding Sustainable For Comics
A little while back, Brian Hibbs wrote a piece involving the place of Kickstarters in the comics world that still seems to be making the rounds online. It comes at it from the retailer...
HeroesCon Interview with Michel Fiffe Part 2: The Possibility of Digital, Comparisons to Cerebus,...
Continuing on from our first entry this past Friday, here is the second part of my HeroesCon interview with Michel Fiffe, creator of the self-published and much lauded action-adventure comic, COPRA.
It's funny, the way...
HeroesCon Interview with Michel Fiffe Part 1: The Challenges/Merits of Self-Publishing and the Appeal...
For me, COPRA is the one of the few superhero comics that really matter.
A few years ago, I was at a point where I had basically given up on everything produced within the arena of the...
Andy Runton’s Owly Books is going self published
When IDW acquired Top Shelf a few weeks ago, there was much talk about creators like Alan Moore staying around, but Top Shelf's Chris Staros made it clear that he had discussed the move in advance with his top creators.
One much liked book that Top Shelf published for about a decade is Andy Runton's Owly series, a steady seller that helped establish kids content in the indy world long before it was fashionable. However, as noted by Johanna Draper Carlson, Runton tweeted that he would be self-publishing Owly going forward.
Big Interview: L Nichols- ‘Autobiography is terrifying’
I first came across L Nichols work via her comic for Retrofit: Flocks. To date, Flocks is one of the most powerful works I've read, and one which, to be perfectly honest, I'd most likely...
Show the love: Third Annual Mini-Comics Day
I'm a HUGE mini-comics fan; I think they encapsulate the potential and diversity of the medium perfectly in the way in which they combine storytelling, art, and innovation with accessibility and a do-it-yourself attitude. Its currently...
Veni, Vidi, Vici: 3 great comics you need to read
Ok, so the title's a bit dubious, but I thought it'd be nice to have a feature where we look at 3 comics, the criteria being that these are either older books I've missed, or...
Becky Cloonan Reveals New Mini-Comic, ‘Demeter’
Becky Cloonan, she of making universally acclaimed mini-comics when not drawing Batman, Swamp Thing, Northlanders and Demo fame, has just announced that this year she'll be publishing her third mini-comic. This will follow the previous success...