Andy Schmidt Great question! It’s because Young Adult and Middle Grade comics and graphic novels is the fastest growing segment of the comic book market! More books in these two categories are getting read and making new fans than in any other segment, and it’s not even close! That’s why we’re offering a brand new course on … Read more
This week, for the first time, we’re offering a course specifically on what I call “The Intangibles” or working in comics. You can check out the course offering for yourself. It’s called “Professional Best Practices: The Art of Being a Working Comic Creator” and it’s on sale this week for 30% off.
There are signs of comics struggling in the direct market. A lot of shops have been closing in the last couple of years and recent months. Fewer buyers of comics, means fewer fans getting comics, and lower sales for publishers, making it more difficult to create profitable comics. But if only there were some other market that could help a publisher succeed. Well, it turns out that there is. There are a couple of other markets actually, including Manga which has exploded and the one I’m going to talk about now – YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVELS.
Two weeks ago, I talked about how Tom Brevoort was a mentor of mine. This week we’re going to talk about another one–Chris Sotomayor. And I’m so pleased that Soto and I met in 2002 and are still working together to this day.
In 2002, I was hired into the office of Tom Brevoort, then senior editor and now Vice President of Publishing. I worked directly for Tom from 2002 until I left his office in 2005. And those were certainly my most formative years in comics. I can’t begin to list all of the useful and life-altering things I learned from Tom in a single post. In fact, I could probably make everything I learned from him an ongoing column week after week.
In the last few years, we’ve seen a lot of new publishers launch or at least get announced. And just last month we got another new one. Now let me start off by saying I’m all for new publishers and new tactics and new business models. Love the competition and love the innovation! With that out of the way, let’s talk about what readers and creators should likely be looking for in these announcements.
Every X-Men fan has been wondering, when will Marvel’s merry mutants make their way from their own cinematic universe over at Fox Studios on over to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)? There are numerous factors that are going into the decision, not the least of which have to do with big business moves and decisions … Read more
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