[matango]

Hi folks

I'm experimenting a download site to sell my comic:

http://www.lulu.com/content/multimedia/slimy-thief-cis---prologue/6863645

cover:




Here a preview:






and here is some samples that I think you could already new.(not related to the comic above -just the main character)

[Algebra]

 As an author's work - it's good. Good style, good characters, good imaging, character choice etc. But unfortunately it's not sufficient to have any commercial success. You should create at least 5-7 complete cool comic-books / comic-stories like this to make people interested.

[matango]

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Algebra said:
 As an author's work - it's good. Good style, good characters, good imaging, character choice etc. But unfortunately it's not sufficient to have any commercial success. You should create at least 5-7 complete cool comic-books / comic-stories like this to make people interested.

I'll reach that number sooner or later. Thanks for the incentive!

[BluePeep]

Having worked in a comic book store before, heres my advice.

1. Have free copies of the comic avaliable to get people hooked.
2. Once they're hooked, post that you're going to start charging, or my best advice. Don't charge. Sell merchandise from the comic. Its a great way to make money.

[matango]

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BluePeep said:
Having worked in a comic book store before, heres my advice.

1. Have free copies of the comic avaliable to get people hooked.
2. Once they're hooked, post that you're going to start charging, or my best advice. Don't charge. Sell merchandise from the comic. Its a great way to make money.

Thank for the advices, certainly they are the best way to sell comics in the traditional medium

My plan here is to open an internet business, like those paysites. Internet comic readers tend to be more casual and less collectors than the traditional medium adepts. They just want easy fun.

What merchandise are you taking about? Who would produce this merchandise for me? I'm supposing you are thinking about Licensing, but how long it would take to get famous enough for that. Long hard road huh?

[BluePeep]

Depends on the time. The media constantly spits out new crap for us to want to buy. If you hit the market at the right time then you have a good chance. If not, ride the free stuff until you see an opening.

Merchandise question: Shirts, hats, wallpapers for pcs, temporary tatoos, coffee cups ect.

[matango]

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BluePeep said:
Depends on the time. The media constantly spits out new crap for us to want to buy. If you hit the market at the right time then you have a good chance. If not, ride the free stuff until you see an opening.

Merchandise question: Shirts, hats, wallpapers for pcs, temporary tatoos, coffee cups ect.

Man this the long hard path that every independent creator dreams about reach its end. Its not very realistic for me. We see  hundreds of free comics around the internet for years none of then reached a Licensing level... 1 in 1000.

Now what I have here is that in less than 24 hours my comic have covered 1/6 of production expenses with so little exposition.

I really willing to do the sequels asap. Thanks to all of you who downloaded my comic.