There are two options to publish your comic book: through a
company or by yourself. There are pros and cons to both choices. Traditional
publishing provides your comic more exposure, gets you credibility, and a wider
distribution. Some cons are they have power over how your art and title will
look like, give you low royalty rates, are very hard to break into because you
are competing with many others, and you may lose some rights of your comic book.
[1] Here is a list of comic book publishing companies:
Self publishing allows you to work on your own pace, you control
the price and cover, can easily make changes, great royalty rates, and every
decision is yours. But you will have to do all the work: “establish a
publishing company, purchase an ISBN, get the cover created, lay out the text,
get listed with distributors…” so you will need a lawyer or a publishing assistant.
[2]
Another option is publishing your comic book online using
e-books with Amazon’s Kindle.
You can also publish your comic books
through online comic sites like DigitalManga or ComiXology. Some on
demand publishers, like Kablam,
have their own website for self-publishers to promote their comics. Since
people are buying online more often in these times, it will be a good idea to
have your comic book in a digital format and sell those through your own
website.
Sources:
[1] Klems, Brian A.
(2012, June 11). The Pros and Cons of
Self Publishing (& Traditional Publishing). Writersdigest. Retrieved
from http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/the-pros-and-cons-of-self-publishing-traditional-publishing.
[2] Chandler, Stephanie. (2011, October 19). The Pros and Cons of Traditional vs. Self
Publishing. Retrieved from http://authoritypublishing.com/book-publishing/the-pros-and-cons-of-traditional-vs-self-publishing/.
Salutations! The world of comic book authoring/publishing has always appealed to me in a fashion, being an artist of sorts. Regarding the concept of individual publishing, I think that the recent development of crowd-sourcing services (most prominently Kickstarter, for example) has put greater ability to publish in the hands of comic-authoring hopefuls. Such services can give them a large amount of funding, more audience attention, and the ability to communicate with and receive feedback from a group of opting-in buyers. Makes one wonder what the further development of such services may be able to offer to artists/authors.
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