I’m not really familiar with any of the above. I was browsing a few comic books on offering on the IndyPlanet website, today, something that I rarely ever do, anymore, and your Ragdoll Issue #9 is one that I browsed.
For the very reason that Ragdoll #9 doesn’t really tell me much, and shows me even less, is what prompted me to look you up by name in an Internet search. That, in turn, led me here to your website, where I ended up reading this article by you.
Art, by its very nature, is truly a subjective thing – and we don’t all like the same thing. Your art isn’t terrible, but using Ragdoll #9 as an example, there’s not exactly a lot of your art on display. You provided zero sample pages of your comic book’s interior pages to try and visually tempt people with. Having no sample pages on display, aside from your comic book’s front cover, is one of the most surefire way to miss out on making extra sales. In fact, it’s typically the primary reason why I will click off of comic books on online sites that sell them, whether I like the cover art or not.
In a nutshell, you can’t visually tempt people with nothing, and if all that you choose to bother providing those who are looking for new comic books to read is only the front cover, then good luck with that approach. You simply can’t maximize sales of your comic books that way. That’s equally true of any other indie comic book creator, and isn’t something unique to just yourself.
You’re certainly free to try and market your comic books pretty much any way that you want to. That can come at a price, though, in both sales and attention (awareness).
That aside, your article above doesn’t exactly showcase confidence on your part. Abstract things such as passion and self-confidence can help drive interest, awareness, sales, and profits.
Best of luck you to as you go forward with your art and your comic books!
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. I’m curious to know where exactly you were looking that you didn’t see any sample pages? I submitted sample pages to IndyPlanet to display, and it was my understanding that they had displayed them. Also, issues 1 through 9 are available to read for free in their entirety right here on this website. Please let me know if you were having trouble navigating the site. That may be one of the problems I’m having with readership. Also, I have censored sample pages available on all of the major webcomic communities. I’d love to find a community platform where I could post my uncensored pages, but I haven’t found one yet.
You’re correct in that I don’t sound very confident in my art. I’m not. Not yet anyway. And the reason why is pretty complex, so I won’t get into it, but the lack of engagement from an audience for so many years was a contributing factor. I’m actually quite shocked that someone replied to this, or even took the time to read it. I thank you for your insight, and again, if my website sucks and is hard to navigate, please let me know! All of the pages are right here for you to read.
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Charles Mosteller
I’m not really familiar with any of the above. I was browsing a few comic books on offering on the IndyPlanet website, today, something that I rarely ever do, anymore, and your Ragdoll Issue #9 is one that I browsed.
For the very reason that Ragdoll #9 doesn’t really tell me much, and shows me even less, is what prompted me to look you up by name in an Internet search. That, in turn, led me here to your website, where I ended up reading this article by you.
Art, by its very nature, is truly a subjective thing – and we don’t all like the same thing. Your art isn’t terrible, but using Ragdoll #9 as an example, there’s not exactly a lot of your art on display. You provided zero sample pages of your comic book’s interior pages to try and visually tempt people with. Having no sample pages on display, aside from your comic book’s front cover, is one of the most surefire way to miss out on making extra sales. In fact, it’s typically the primary reason why I will click off of comic books on online sites that sell them, whether I like the cover art or not.
In a nutshell, you can’t visually tempt people with nothing, and if all that you choose to bother providing those who are looking for new comic books to read is only the front cover, then good luck with that approach. You simply can’t maximize sales of your comic books that way. That’s equally true of any other indie comic book creator, and isn’t something unique to just yourself.
You’re certainly free to try and market your comic books pretty much any way that you want to. That can come at a price, though, in both sales and attention (awareness).
That aside, your article above doesn’t exactly showcase confidence on your part. Abstract things such as passion and self-confidence can help drive interest, awareness, sales, and profits.
Best of luck you to as you go forward with your art and your comic books!
Melody
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. I’m curious to know where exactly you were looking that you didn’t see any sample pages? I submitted sample pages to IndyPlanet to display, and it was my understanding that they had displayed them. Also, issues 1 through 9 are available to read for free in their entirety right here on this website. Please let me know if you were having trouble navigating the site. That may be one of the problems I’m having with readership. Also, I have censored sample pages available on all of the major webcomic communities. I’d love to find a community platform where I could post my uncensored pages, but I haven’t found one yet.
You’re correct in that I don’t sound very confident in my art. I’m not. Not yet anyway. And the reason why is pretty complex, so I won’t get into it, but the lack of engagement from an audience for so many years was a contributing factor. I’m actually quite shocked that someone replied to this, or even took the time to read it. I thank you for your insight, and again, if my website sucks and is hard to navigate, please let me know! All of the pages are right here for you to read.
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