Category: The Creator-Owned Zone

Prioritize Your Creative Time

Tyler James and the ComixTribe offer suggests for prioritizing your creative time.

A “Rotten Tomatoes” for Comics?

Tyler talks to Ken Marden, creator of Kubla Comics, a new comic book review aggregation site.

Comixology Submit: A Game Changer?

Is Comixology Submit a “game changer” for independent and small press publishers? Or is this much ado about nothing?

Everything You Need to Know About Small Press Distribution

Tyler James takes a no-nonsense look at ALL of the distribution channels available to small-press creators.

Who’s Going to Review My Independent Comic Book?

Need help finding people to review your book? Tyler James breaks it down in this week’s Comix Counsel.

B&N Week 130: Approaching Via Email

We’re back with another Tuesday! It’s feeling like one of those lazy days, where you just want to take your time and do things. No need to move too fast. That’ll only wear you out faster. This week, I want to talk about how you approach people. It takes a lot of courage to approach [...]

B&N Week 129: More Protips!

And the Tuesday’s just keep on trucking! We’ve got triple digits here in Tucson, and it’s going to stay that way for the foreseeable future. So, if I start complaining about the heat too much, just remind me that I asked for it. This week, we have more protips! Let’s dive right in, shall we? [...]

B&N Week 128: What Are You Building?

It’s another hot Tuesday! That’s all I’ve got for an intro. It’s hot. I look out the window, and I see the heat. It’s taunting me, like a bully. And I’m the skinny kid, too afraid to go out in the yard and play. Because it’s hot. Air conditioning is a must in Tucson. I [...]

B&N Week 127: Mistakes

We’ve got another lovely Tuesday here! The temps keep climbing, and while most of the country is experiencing spring, I’ve got summer scorching right outside my door. A few weeks ago, I was talking with an artist friend of mine [Hi, DJ!], and he made a remark about the two of us. He said that [...]

B&N Week 126: Excuses? Not If You Can Help It

It’s another glorious Tuesday! It’s hot, it’s dry, it’s sunny…it’s Tucson! It would only be better if it were San Diego [and if San Diego were a bit cheaper to live in]. But enough, let’s dive right into some Bolts & Nuts, shall we? This week, I wanted to talk about something that we can [...]