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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B&N Week 176: Are You Doing Your Part For Comics?
It’s another Tuesday! We’ve actually got a cooling trend here in Tucson, and I’m happy for it. It’s going to get in the triple digits soon enough. Let the cooler weather prevail for a while. Anyway, let’s get into some Bolts & Nuts! This week’s question holds up a mirror: are you doing your part […]
What Free Comic Book Day Means to a Small Publisher
Tyler James shares some thoughts on the value of FCBD to a small publisher.
TPG Week 175: Inciting Incident Needed
Welcome back, one and all, to The Proving Grounds! This week, we’ve got a Brave One who is no stranger to these parts: novelist Ronnie Massie! We have something we don’t often see around here: a resubmission! We’ve also got Samantha LeBas in purposeful purple, I’m wearing the rarin’ red, and let’s see how Ronnie […]
B&N Week 175: Do You Really Want To Be In The Public Eye?
We’ve got another spectacular Tuesday! I won’t bore you with talk about sunshine—there’s a lot of it here in Tucson. You can literally count the number of times its overcast all day here, or how often the daytime temperature dips below 65. I love this place. Anyway, this week’s question is, like all of them, […]
TPG Week 174: When Pacing Is The Only Thing Wrong
Welcome back to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in Michael Mourounas! Let me also introduce a man who needs no introduction, as he was my first helper here at The Proving Grounds: Yannick Morin! Steve Colle is still on sabbatical, and will be for the near […]
B&N Week 174: Is Continuing Education Important In Comics?
It’s another Tuesday! Arizona doesn’t do Daylight Savings Time [thankfully], so the days are extremely noticeably longer. I can drive in to work and the sun is coming up, and I can drive home from work twelve hours later and the sun is still hanging in the sky. I like it. [And yes, I work […]
TPG Week 173: Ending Up Worse Than Where You Started
Welcome back, one and all, to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a Brave One who is no stranger here: Talisha Harrison. We’ve got in indomitable Samantha LeBas in the punishing purple, I’m in the raging red, and together, we’ll all see how Talisha handles Related Posts:TPG Week 225: When Even The Flawless […]
B&N Week 173: Critical or Commercial Acclaim–Which Do You Prefer?
It’s another Tuesday! Summer’s coming, and with it, the summer movies. While technically not a summer movie, we’ve already had the Captain America sequel [which I consider to be the opening salvo to the summer tentpoles], and on the horizon are the Spider-Man and X-Men sequels, Guardians of the Galaxy, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja […]
Look Good While You Kickstarter: 7 Design Tips for Your Project Image
Your Kickstarter project image is the most important visual of your entire campaign. Here are some tips for getting it right.
TPG Week 172: Work On Other Projects First
Welcome back, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in Curt Achberger. And while this was supposed to be Steve Colle’s week, he’s taking a sabbatical, and will be back when he can. In the meantime, the beautiful, talented, and ice cold Samantha LeBas […]
B&N Week 172: What Are The Hidden Steps In Creating Comics?
It’s another Tuesday, and I’m happy to be here! Let’s just get into this week’s question, shall we? What are the hidden steps to creating comics? Related Posts:TPG Week 279: Choose Your Own LoD!TPG: The EndTPG Week 273: Missed Opportunities On GeorwellTPG Week 268: It’s A Race!TPG Week 267: Gumption, But No Story
TPG Week 171: Prosaic Thinking Is Not Your Friend
Welcome, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week, we have another new Brave One in Cody Stewart. We also have the ravishing Sam LeBas in purple, I’m in the ravaging red, and let’s see how Cody swims in the Related Posts:TPG Week 250: Complete Rewrite NeededTPG Week 229: Jabs […]
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