Comments on: Frustrating Things About the Comic Industry #33 http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/05/24/frustrating-things-about-the-comic-industry-33/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:11:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Faustina http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/05/24/frustrating-things-about-the-comic-industry-33/comment-page-1/#comment-776181 Faustina Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:50:27 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32115#comment-776181 Hey that Cat and Girl strip is really quite cevelr. I think I'm hooked onto something new now. I'll have to go see what I can find on it thanks for introducing me to it Hey that Cat and Girl strip is really quite cevelr. I think I’m hooked onto something new now. I’ll have to go see what I can find on it thanks for introducing me to it

]]> By: bottleHeD http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/05/24/frustrating-things-about-the-comic-industry-33/comment-page-1/#comment-739690 bottleHeD Fri, 25 May 2012 08:36:00 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32115#comment-739690 Why don't they self-publish it? Why don’t they self-publish it?

]]> By: Sean R-B http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/05/24/frustrating-things-about-the-comic-industry-33/comment-page-1/#comment-739576 Sean R-B Thu, 24 May 2012 19:35:31 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32115#comment-739576 I meant short-sighted, of course. That last sentence just got away from me. I meant short-sighted, of course. That last sentence just got away from me.

]]> By: Sean R-B http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/05/24/frustrating-things-about-the-comic-industry-33/comment-page-1/#comment-739575 Sean R-B Thu, 24 May 2012 19:34:53 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32115#comment-739575 I'm really kind of shocked about this. Rucka (who is actually talking in the above quote, not Bendis) is a proven writer of graphic fiction. He as a more than decent track record. If he can't get 30K as an advance on work, the there's something wrong in the industry. Can you imagine this happening in the prose book publishing world? I mean, seriously... let's say that Nora Roberts walks into Putnam's or Little Brown's offices and says she wants to do a history of America told from the viewpoint of the women in a family of soldiers, but she needs 30K to get started on the research. Do they say, have a nice day? Heck no, they likely say it sounds like a best seller and wouldn't 80K be better to get started and we'll look forward to publishing it in two years. Is it just that the comics business is so broke it can't do these kinds of things or just so short sited? I’m really kind of shocked about this. Rucka (who is actually talking in the above quote, not Bendis) is a proven writer of graphic fiction. He as a more than decent track record. If he can’t get 30K as an advance on work, the there’s something wrong in the industry. Can you imagine this happening in the prose book publishing world? I mean, seriously… let’s say that Nora Roberts walks into Putnam’s or Little Brown’s offices and says she wants to do a history of America told from the viewpoint of the women in a family of soldiers, but she needs 30K to get started on the research. Do they say, have a nice day? Heck no, they likely say it sounds like a best seller and wouldn’t 80K be better to get started and we’ll look forward to publishing it in two years.

Is it just that the comics business is so broke it can’t do these kinds of things or just so short sited?

]]> By: Dave Smith http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/05/24/frustrating-things-about-the-comic-industry-33/comment-page-1/#comment-739567 Dave Smith Thu, 24 May 2012 18:04:41 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32115#comment-739567 Surely Bendis must have the ability to get $30 grand together the amount of stuff he writes? If he has so little faith in his own work that he doesnt want to stump up the cash why does he expect others to invest? Surely Bendis must have the ability to get $30 grand together the amount of stuff he writes?

If he has so little faith in his own work that he doesnt want to stump up the cash why does he expect others to invest?

]]> By: Aaron Poehler http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/05/24/frustrating-things-about-the-comic-industry-33/comment-page-1/#comment-739554 Aaron Poehler Thu, 24 May 2012 15:06:06 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32115#comment-739554 Uh yeah, Kickstarter model is the first thing that popped to mind. If Bendis hasn't considered that option he clearly hasn't been thinking about it very hard, or he's way too locked in to traditional publishing mindset. Money doesn't just drop out of the sky for uncommercial projects in times like these--or ever, really. Uh yeah, Kickstarter model is the first thing that popped to mind. If Bendis hasn’t considered that option he clearly hasn’t been thinking about it very hard, or he’s way too locked in to traditional publishing mindset. Money doesn’t just drop out of the sky for uncommercial projects in times like these–or ever, really.

]]> By: Steve P http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/05/24/frustrating-things-about-the-comic-industry-33/comment-page-1/#comment-739546 Steve P Thu, 24 May 2012 14:04:22 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=32115#comment-739546 This sounds like a job for Kickstarter, doesn't it? This sounds like a job for Kickstarter, doesn’t it?

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