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RE: Genesis of a self-published graphic-novel | The Techno-Templar
Ah this is amazing indeed. Curie just knows what I need. Lol. I guess. I should start doing comics again but I just don't have enough inspiration yet.
And yeah anatomy and doing more or less realistic art if you're not into doing it initially is really a challenge.
Did you consign your books to big bookstores or just the ones who aren't majorly known? The big bookstores here require one to have business permits and such in order to conduct business with them or have books sold at their stores so I haven't even thought of doing it the way you did yet.
But fairs/bazaars and comic cons would definitely help to get exposure and hopefully a publisher too if one is looking for a publisher.
Thank you for passing by and commenting @artgirl!
Without inspiration it can be difficult indeed, tough there are tricks to trick the imagination. Maybe if you find a story that is free of rights and that really pleases you, it can be a good start to adapt it the way you like.
Anatomy is quite important in comics. You might see some with unrealistic characters but there's a way to integrate them so that it doesn't deranges. Humans are egocentred creature, most of us will focus on the visage, the eyes, mouth, hands and feet. The rest might have slight flawy, it's likely it will less be noticed :D
At the moment I don't work with major bookstores, mostly because my amount of copies is too low to get into that extremelly competitive business. This is where the D.I.Y. reaches its limits. The logistic it involves is overwhelming for an artist alone. This is where you need to delegate. The ideal would be a smaller, more human, confiance-based, network of "small" retailer and distributors, which I don't have nor I don't know if it even exists. Or simply a sort of "agent" taking care of it, with a commission. But again, I think I'd then need a higher run of copies.
The events, fairs, cons etc... is also a debate. It might be important to at least be present, imposing yourself in that landscape, hopefully getting commissions, jobs or even a contract with a decent publisher. But... they can cost you a lot of money, time and can be very stressfull and frustrating if they don't work good enough, which you can never predict. Again a question of equilibrium between time, money invested and a "palpable" return. Difficult!