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Getting Small Press (Comics) To The Masses

Posted by Hemos on from the true-across-the-board dept.

Comicguy456 writes "At the recent Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo, a panel was held to discuss how to get the masses to check out indy comics. In this transcript, experts including Sean McKeever (The Waiting Place) and Max Ink (Amoeba Adventures) talk extensively about creating, selling, and marketing such books, as well as the small press industry in general. Manga is covered as well. " In many ways, the same advice here applies to people trying to get word about out bands/books/games etc etc.

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  1. wasn't this the whole point of E-books? by lingqi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    availability, portability, ease of distribution, (add a few more benefits that we'll never see because of the crippling restrictions placed on e-books by adobe and a slew of others).

    Heh, considering a large percentage of newspaper people thinks that there will only be electronic news a few years down the line (see previous /. story), - well, I guess everyone can infer their own conclusions.

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  2. Old line comics by ch-chuck · · Score: 5, Informative

    All my old favorites are here.
    Katzenjammer Kids are still running after over 100 years.

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