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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Review: The Holy Terror #1
Comics and pro wrestling go well together. I was a big fan of both when I was younger, and though in recent years my enthusiasm has shifted much towards the comic book realm and away from the stagnant wrestling scene, I’ve still long harboured the notion that combining the two could make for a […]
Review: Ghost Lines #1
Having greatly enjoyed writer Mark Bertolini’s work in supervillain series Breakneck, I was excited to read Ghost Lines, the Creator’s Edge Press series he is writing in collaboration with artist Carl Yonder. This is a very different comic to Breakneck, in terms of both content and tone, but what remains consistent is the quality […]
Review: Caffeinated Toothpaste
I myself have never been the biggest follower of webcomics. I followed Shortpacked daily for the best part of a year at one point, but drifted away from it. And I love Tears of the Dragon by ComixTribe’s Tyler James, but I’ll admit I’m often lax about checking updates every week, more often […]
Review – Abyss: Family Issues #1
A lot of comics readers rag on superheroes. They’re bland and unoriginal. They’re just for kids. Every story has already been told. I’ve heard all the criticisms, and some of them may have a degree of merit. But still, I personally love the genre, and can’t get enough of it. […]
The Standard #1: On Sale Now!
The Standard #1 is now on sale! The Standard is a 6-issue comic book miniseries, each chapter 28 pages long. This first issue is written by John Lees, pencilled and inked by Jonathan Rector, colored by Ray Dillon and Mo James, lettered by Kel Nuttall, and edited by Steven Forbes. The comic is […]
Review – 8: A Steampunk Anthology
The illopond Creative Collective is a stable of independent artists who put a focus on the creation and distribution of their own original work, and 8: A Steampunk Anthology is their latest collaboration, a follow-up to 8: A Kid’s Book Anthology. Given the focus illopond puts on the creative autonomy of the artist, every […]
Review: Vic Boone #1
It’s been a real pleasure seeing 215 Ink grow over the past few months. I’ve been excited about their ever-growing lineup of quality comics, and it seems more people are starting to recognise that. Vic Boone in particular is a series that has had quite a bit of buzz around it, perhaps the […]
Review: Good Samaritan – Unto Dust #1
Mike Luoma, the chief creative force behind Glow-in-the-Dark Radio, is best known for his work as a radio DJ. But he has also put out quite an impressive library of indy comics in recent years. Panthea Obscura, the Vatican Assassin trilogy and, perhaps best known, Holy Shit all deal with the theme of […]
Review: Nothingface #1
I first became aware of Kel Nuttall as an incredibly talented letterer, with no idea of any inclination he might have had towards writing comics. So, what first attracted my attention to Nothingface was curiosity over how well Kel made the leap from one discipline to another. But upon reading Nothingface #1, I […]
Review: Extinct #1
Werewolves get a bum deal. It’s a cool concept for a monster, and can be visually stunning. But while vampires and zombies thrive, the poor werewolf seems to hobble along at a distant third, all too often reduced these days to playing a scantily-clad supporting role in vampire stories. And even when […]
Review: Buck #1
Another recent addition to the impressive roster of projects by comics publisher 215 Ink, Buck caught my interest in that it is the latest project by writer Stephen Lindsay. Lindsay is a writer that seems to specialise in bringing to life crazy high concepts, first with the title-says-it-all Jesus Hates Zombies, then taking it […]
Review: Nosferatu
The subject of today’s review is an interesting comic curio: a modern-day retelling of F.W. Murnau’s classic 1922 silent horror film Nosferatu, by writer Christopher Howard Wolf and artist Justin Wayne. The graphic novel from Viper Comics is unusual in that it’s essentially a reimagining of a reimagining. The original film Nosferatu was a […]
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