These charts are presented courtesy of Prana: Direct Market Solutions, Manage Comics, and Comic Shop Assistant and are based on data from 80,000+ consumers and 600+ stores in various markets www.comicsbeat.com/sales-charts...
Dark Horse is now the third comics publisher with a union affiliated with the CWA. icv2.com/articles/new...
Persepolis was a milestone, drawing new attention to the medium, and providing a point of comparison for the literary graphic novels that followed. icv2.com/articles/new...
Popverse outlines current comic jobs available at publishers, as well as at distributors, retailers, art agencies, and other places www.thepopverse.com/comics-jobs-...
“It’s clear that for many titles variant covers likely make the difference between profit and loss on a title, and that without them, the new comics business would be a much smaller one.” icv2.com/articles/mar...
Oni Press will publish the sixth and final volume of LySandra Vuong’s Covenant exclusively in print, despite the fact that the series has 738,000 followers and over 29 million reads on the Webtoon platform, where it began. icv2.com/articles/new...
"At the end of all this, I’m reminded of The Big Lie – the idea that making media deals for comics properties is a sound business model for a publishing company. It is not."
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BOOM!, DC, Image, and Marvel writer Stephanie Phillips offers a practical breakdown of how to make a living as a comic book writer. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTBaCR867/
The New York City Department of Education has released Know Your Rights, a comic aimed at informing readers about their rights in case they’re confronted by the likes of DHS and ICE. Respect to Alex Segura and the rest of the team for putting this together. www.comicsbeat.com/nyc-know-you...
"It's kind of an open secret at this point that the company leans upon the passion tax, the idea that you are going to do cool shit, so they’ll pay you less and you’ll just have to take it." icv2.com/articles/col...
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