NEW COMIC BOOK COMPANY. HIRING.

[megrar]

that's not what i'm suggesting. you said you've drawn 9 issues of each already. that's nine months worth of comics. now, many small, struggling publlishers will handle things as mini-series. 6 comics with some sort of resolution so that if the book proves unpopular, they're not too in-the-hole to complete for those few that DO like it.

now, there's no way all 47 of your books will be successful. DC can get away with not advertising things because they are already well-known. their artists and writers often have fans that will buy anything by a particular artist or writer.

considering that for your 47 books, the only writer and artist is YOU, YOU are the sole reason your book will succeed or fail. and if one book is a turn-off, that makes the reader less likely to get one of the other different books you've made. and, considering that most of your books are either superheros or archangels, that means if you make one bad superhero book, most likely all the rest will also be ignored.

you have not diversified. you've thrown this endeavor's success or failure on one thing. and, you've picked the hardest market to try. by doing superheros, you've turned off the manga and indy crowd. you are only appealing to the superheros fans--all of whom already have long-time affection for set and well-known characters, and limited wallets.

now, it's not impossible. i do know of a couple superhero books that have gotten tons of attention and adoration despite being "newcomers" (invincible, for example). but the sheer number of books you have staked on this worries me.

you will need to advertise. and i still want to see your art, because without any kind of advertising at all, you leave the first introduction of your books solely to the strength of your art. people will ignore or pick up your book based on how awesome the cover is.

it's not like you're asking artists to pick up a fresh and untouched script here. i want to see your art, so i can know if there's even a point in taking interest in this. because if your company fails before the 9 months is up, obviously there won't be jobs.

[IronSpike]

Deffiant k-

art WITH the name of said character would breech my own policies...not to mention agreements with said financial backing.(also art WITH costumes, would as well) and as for any information other than the original post, had u just showed me some of your artwork, and applied for said job,i would have directed u to my profile,which has my actual e-mail address.where u could send me an e-mail to inquire about fees,and royalties,and a little more information. anything more than that,would require u to sign confidentiality agreements. and no that still would not require me to say what my copyrights/trademarks are. as for a business plan, the only thing artists need to see is a written legal and binding work agreement, stating how much,and when they will get paid per page. as well as when the artwork will be published,and weather it is nationwide. also what i am planning to pay for signings at conventions,and other appearances. and calling someone a liar,when u know next to nothing about them,constitutes flaming.

What sort of hopeless paranoids are you working with that demand this level of secrecy? You're trying to sell comics, not weapons-grade uranium.

And you've unwittingly highlighted the purpose of copyright law in the first place; to protect intellectual property. If you're so worried about theft of your characters and designs that you won't post promotional or explanatory material prior to publication, I've got bad news for you: Not only will refusing to disclose that material negatively impact your sales, but you're not any safer from intellectual theft AFTER publication than you were BEFORE it. So your "personal policy" isn't just actively harmful, it's pointless.

And I haven't called you a liar, I've been skeptical about your claims. What I know about you is what you're willing to post, and nothing you've posted so far has given me any reason to believe you have any idea of what you're doing.

- You don't mention any elements of your "business" unless prompted (printing, lawyers, distributors, etc.), so you're either shockingly disorganized or bluffing.

- You bristle and threaten when simple inquiries any remotely curious potential employee would make are asked, when it would be one hundred times easier to just post the requested information (if you even have it, and after all this bluster and strutting, I'm beginning to doubt you do).

- You're putting the cart so far ahead of the horse in your planning that the poor animal will need GPS to find the thing. Discussing signings and appearances for artists you don't have, working on books you haven't made, that you have no strategies to sell?

C'mon, get real.

[megrar]

are you serious? you're betting your success on the interest of collectors?

i'm married to a collector. he works at a comic shop, with other collectors. the collecting market sort of popped--the way the housing market and the dot-com markets did. my husband now only snags the books he personally enjoys and knows will be of interest to other people. he recently sold his individual issues, plus the free-comic-book-day issue of the Umbrella Academy on Ebay, to balance out the cost of getting the trade. he did the same with Mouse Guard.

he's given up on collecting for the sake of future profits, because in the past, the future profits have proven to not exist. and he's not the only one.

i'm not touching this thread any further. good luck. you'll need it.

[Ebert_Coredor]

You are seeking to protect your creation from being destroyed or lessened by making sure it never comes to be, wether you realize it or not. Since the lack of confidence you have is equal to your level of self-delusion, not to mention your hostility to concepts like criticism and self-evalutaion, I can only assume your work would be pandering tripe anyway, so I must tip my hat to your craven coward instincts for sparing us from all your other flaws being expressed in comic form.

[Digital War]

Deffiant k-

especially if the company has a chance ta fail,people will rush to buy,what could be the only publications of said company. u read price guides for this sort of thing much??

Hahahahaha. What? People do not rush to buy the sole publication of a company that has gone out of business. Comic book shops put them back in the backroom, use them to pad bird cages, and give them away free a few years later in a grab bin or on FCBD.
And the first appearance of copyrights? What does this even mean?

[Digital War]

Comic book companies do not require confidentiality agreements before they let you illustrate their books! What are they going to do? Run over to Marvel, tap them on the shoulder and go "psst, his character is wear a blue cape. A BLUE CAPE!"

[IronSpike]

Deffiant k-

im doing what my backing has asked. they are the ones that bought the software,and equipment.

Then return your "software and equipment" to the points of sale, refund any investments, and find new "backing."

Because, assuming you've told me nothing but the truth and your investors are more than imaginary rag dolls for you to deflect criticism with, the backing you have now (if you actually DO have any) has no idea how to run a comic book publishing company and will sink you inside a month.

[Ebert_Coredor]

Spawn #1 is not worth a dime.

[Digital War]

Spawn is not worth 16,000 in mint condition. It was the best selling independent comic ever, and the first issue sold 1.7 million copies. It's as common as muck and pretty much worthless as a collector's piece.

[Ebert_Coredor]

Spawn #1 Auction on Amazon

Money in the bank, it's now worth 5$. And Spawn was a character that got popular enough to get his own MOVIE DEAL. What do you think your chances are of breaking that big? And why would a speculator buy "Deffiant K.'s terrible imaginary comic #1" over the thousands of new properties that come out every month? Do you think collectors just buy ANYTHING with a #1 on the cover just in case it's worth money at some point?