Q&A: Not Ready for the Convention?
Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 5:15AM
I need some advice.
About 6 months ago, I started my webcomic. Having been a long time comic-book fan, I structured it in 22 page stories so I could "easily" print it as a comic book. I was on top of the world, the "I did it" attitude was overwhelming.
It was at this point that I signed up for an Artist Alley table at ECCC, and formed a plan to get my first issue printed POD in time for the con. I was well aware that my comic wasn't going to be great, as I had almost zero art experience before starting. And I knew that I was way too early in the process to think about monetizing or exhibiting.
I didn't care. It wasn't about turning a profit. It was fanboy service to myself. I thought attending a con as a comic creator would be a ton of fun, and that was worth losing some money to do.
Well, time has passed, and times have changed. I still haven't gotten my comic book printed. I had all the files at bizarre resolutions and sizes, and had paid no attention to trims and bleeds meaning each page takes a sizeable amount of re-doing before it's ready for print.
Also, looking back at my early work, I see some stuff I'd like to take some time to change.
So now I'm signed up for a Con that is little over a month away, and I'm beginning to panic because I have no product, no plan, no idea what I'm doing...