My controversial comics opinions. A thread.
Every issue should contain 30 pages of story, cost $3.99, and be fully returnable.
Publishers need to hire skilled graphic designers that help their books stand out.
Look to Vault. Learn a thing or two.
Look to Vault. Learn a thing or two.
Publishers need to vastly improve their marketing.
MANY publishers (of every size) solely rely on the creative team to market a book, that's lazy bullshit.
MANY publishers (of every size) solely rely on the creative team to market a book, that's lazy bullshit.
The health of the market gets better for everyone if creator owned titles are allowed to run past 1 arc.
Yes, there's a loss involved but stop launching so many new books and support the ones you already have.
Audiences CAN grow if you let them.
Yes, there's a loss involved but stop launching so many new books and support the ones you already have.
Audiences CAN grow if you let them.
Some miniseries would be better served as a single trade. Some stories DON'T benefit from single issues.
This 1000%.
Stop holding our work hostage. https://twitter.com/JamesTheFourth/status/1281308107201818626?s=20
Stop holding our work hostage. https://twitter.com/JamesTheFourth/status/1281308107201818626?s=20
This thread brought to you by this wonderful oral history of Carol Kalish by @McLauchlin. Reading it gave me most of these ideas. https://www.gamesradar.com/an-oral-history-of-carol-kalish-the-most-important-comic-book-figure-youve-never-heard-of/