How To Publish Your Comic! Making Comics 101 #20

[@danoropallo3666]

Terrific information! Your videos have been absolutely helping me keep my sanity lately!

[@ScottSerkland]

That's nice to hear Dan, Always happy to help people from loosing their minds.

[@eroane84]

❤❤❤❤YAY!! Thank you soooo much for this video as I am currently working on my mini comic about my life growing up with autism as well as my life as an adoptee and artistic too❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ScottSerkland]

That is a story that will resonate with a lot of people. You should totally tell it!

[@redcardinalkitchen]

Thank you, information for my grandson who is writing a comic book

[@ScottSerkland]

Glad it was helpful! Good luck to him!

[@RandyLindsaytheStoryman]

SUPER helpful. Thank you so much for posting it.

[@ScottSerkland]

Absolutely! Thanks for watching!

[@TowDow3]

watching you toss around those classic comics made me nervous LOL. especialy xmen vol2 #1 hahahaha

[@ScottSerkland]

Haha, yeah everyone could wallpaper their houses and wrap all their Christmas presents with copies of X-Men Vol2 #1 and it still wouldn't increase the demand for that book.

[@ROARSHACKSTUDIO2011]

Bro❣️ I'm not sure if you’re the guy from Nickelodeon or not, but this was the beat video/tutorial I've seen yet! TYSM! Very helpful. 🙏

[@ScottSerkland]

I've never been on Nickelodeon but I appreciate the complement. I'm happy to hear the video was helpful!

[@melodic21]

Great information. Thank you. I’m diggin the newsprint

[@ScottSerkland]

Thanks! Me too!

[@BoardGameCoffee]

As I guy getting into comics for the first time (as a creator I mean) I’ve found your videos very helpful so thanks.

[@ScottSerkland]

Awesome to hear it! Thanks!

[@jahguide1122]

Great video with excellent information, thank you. I'm still confused with how I should proceed though, since I've never done professional (published) work. I've been slaving over a book with four black and white horror-ish (real life folk tales) stories of about 20 pages each, sort of an homage to the old E.C. comics in a way. I have no idea what to do once I have the final art ready, I was thinking of sending it out to a few mags and publishers like maybe even Fantagraphics but watching this video makes me wonder what the right path for someone like me should be. I have very little to invest other than the work itself and I live in a rural area in South America where there's no printers, scanners, computers, etc, so my only hope is to basically e-mail samples once they're done with the hope of maybe being published. Am I crazy? Thanks for the video, glad to get any advice.

[@ScottSerkland]

You can certainly send digital samples out to any companies who are accepting submissions. Another options would be to look into Amazon KDP. If your books are large enough, it sounds like they are if there are four stories and each of them is 20 pages. If KDP is available in your area, you can upload your digital files. Amazon will print and ship the books when someone places and order, You can also order low quantities your self and have them shipped to yourself.

[@clydesdale1775]

Wow good luck, that sounds amazing! What is the title?

[@jahguide1122]

@@ScottSerkland thank you so much for your prompt reply and for all the work that you do! Your videos are very helpful and insightful. I can{t believe I didn{t reply for a month. Jeez. It's this dang story I'm working on that's got me all- well, you know all too well. Again, I really appreciate your advice and will follow up on it as well as look into the Tales from the Dispatch contest you mentioned the other day. I'd like to see if it would be possible to maybe send you a page of some work for critique? I'm aware it's full of problems and shortcomings, but that hasn't stopped me from trying to finish this project. Could I reach out through facebook or insta? Anyhow, thanks again man, really appreciate you and sorry for the lateness!

[@jahguide1122]

@@clydesdale1775 Thanks! Oddly enough I guess, no title yet, maybe until the end.

[@junky802]

Amazing info. Particularly on the newsprint. I'll be doing that for sure. I have 2 single issue comics I have in mind. Focusing on one now. After looking up the website I probly wouldn't mind publishing with them

[@ScottSerkland]

I'm not sure if they are still doing the Printer Partnership Program but I hope the bring it back.

[@leespiderpod]

I’ve heard Alterna have a bad reputation but I can’t testify to this myself

[@mdofilms]

awesome video. you really dserve more subscribers.

[@ScottSerkland]

I appreciate that!

[@auriannahoward5943]

Done with part one of the Alex Spinner comic. Another character is added in part 2 named Bullet

[@ScottSerkland]

You've been super productive! Keep at it!

[@IGRETRO]

It would be nice to know how to publish a comic through the company. With Image, for example

[@ScottSerkland]

I'll have to talk to some folks I know that have been published through Image, I've only done cover art for them not a series.

[@TheVeyZ]

So...to start off, it's best (& cheaper) to upload your comic digitally, build up an audience, then try to print it? Id like to sell physical copies at my comic con someday. But after doing research on printing, it seems very expensive & intimidating to a greenhorn like myself. It's a bit overwhelming. 😵‍💫

[@ScottSerkland]

That is definitely a path worth taking. Fortunately Print on demand is making it far less expensive to get started printing books than it used to be.

[@JR-ju3kj]

@@ScottSerkland Interesting. As someone who has never do a professionally published comic before but who wants to start making independent comic books, that's an option that I'll have to consider. Upload the comic digitally, THEN build up an audience and THEN try to print it and then that built-in audience and fan-base is already there and it's much less of a roll of the dice. That might be a good option for me because even though I had my heart set on doing physically published comics( and hopefully that can still happen someday), just like @TheVeyZ said, after doing research on printing, it does seem very expensive and intimidating to a greenhorn like me, too! Maybe in the digital era, doing a web comic to build up and establish the readership first would be the better idea!

[@KurtisAllison]

could always print them as home, then sow the binding :) (look up book binding too)

[@benlines2987]

I like your work. Great job. Im not sure how to get in touch with other comic artists. I can’t get in touch with anyone. Their either too busy or don’t answer. Not sure hey.

[@ScottSerkland]

Thanks! Some good places to get in touch with other artists are facebook groups, discord s or even connecting with artists in the comment section of comic artists videos. There are many great comic artists communities out there.

[@matchstickcity]

Great video! Exactly what I needed to know! I’m about to release a comic book on gardening, I’ll send you a private link to it, I’d appreciate your input!

[@ScottSerkland]

A comic on gardening sounds great, please send a link to [e-mail] , otherwise I might not see it.

[@edvinbidenpalmasonofjoebiden]

I have comic books and i want to know a place where do i publish it for the mcu

[@ScottSerkland]

To my knowledge Marvel doesn’t accept unsolicited submissions and doesn’t publish anything not developed in house. It’s not easy to break into Marvel. Your best bet is to do great comics on your own and network online and at conventions. Hopefully people at Marvel will take notice.

[@PVMMAC]

What would recommend for graphic novel? 120’pages, colored art?

[@ScottSerkland]

I’m not sure what you mean. If you’re asking about a publisher there are many options, I know that full color print on demand can get expensive. If you have the ability to sell 1000 or more copies then offset printing might be the way to go. If not you might just have to take a lower profit margin and use print on demand for a low print run.

[@gloriatribue7305]

When copyrighting a comic one book,(particularly a " who's who") is it considered visual art or literary work and is it considered a collective or single book?

[@ScottSerkland]

Thanks a good question. It's been a while since I filed a copyright. I'm I would probably say literary work. It's usually better to copyright a collection rather than single issues as the fees are the same. If you have all your visual designs, and story elements planed out I would file it as a collocative work.

[@aroxe4u]

OK

[@SuperLuigiMiracle]

Alterna doesnt to Web press anymore is there anywhere else i can go

[@ScottSerkland]

I really dont know. There are still tons of places that do web press. (Thats how all the grocery store ads are printed.) You would have to find one that can do so in a comic book format which could end out being a lot of trial and error.

[@vttamilnadu1464]

Hi sir I'm Sai I'm an author from India so I need an help from you . I think you are drawing comic books . So I wrote a book so I need someone who draw comics and if you draw you itself can do it

[@forestrunningbear5365]

Should a comic books cover be card stock, if so is there a standard weight for it? Can 70# matte paper be used for a cover? Where is a cood place to buy 70# and 60# matte paper online or in-store? Thanks~

[@ScottSerkland]

There's no reason why you couldn't use a heavy card stock for the cover. There really aren't any set rules as far as the paper you use. I've ordered paper from a local source but I imaging it's just a matter of googling paper companies to find the paper your looking for.

[@joshwade9941]

What apps can I self publish my comic for free

[@ScottSerkland]

If you mean publishing your digital comics there are websites like Webtoon, you can also publish them on social media. If you mean publishing physical books that would be difficult to do for free because of the cost of material. If you mean an app to create the book so that you can later publish it there are drawing apps that are free like Gimp or Photopea. I’m not too familiar with free apps. I use clip studio paint to draw.

[@joshwade9941]

@@ScottSerkland only asking because i made two physical copies I don’t how to get them out to the public yet

[@mistersandy]

Link to Alterna PPP is dead..

[@ScottSerkland]

Unfortunately, I think they stopped offering the program, I do hope they bring it back.

[@Monedula]

nice thx

[@ScottSerkland]

You're welcome!

[@johnvermintide]

Ewan mcgregor but as a comic artist

[@ScottSerkland]

Guess I need to brush up on my Scottish accent.

[@dark_nightwing_xl2797]

Lmaoooo

[@dark_nightwing_xl2797]

@@ScottSerkland innit

[@vttamilnadu1464]

Sir I heared you saying that comix well spring is a good company to publish so can you . Contact for Me sir because I'm in India so I can't call to another so I m unable to contact

[@ScottSerkland]

Hi I did receive your email. It sounded like you were looking for someone to create the comic art, which unfortunately I don't do, however maybe you are just looking for a place to print the comic. I'm not sure if Comic Wellspring ships to India and It would be expensive if they did. Are you familiar with the comic artist Kesh on You Tube? He is in India and maybe he knows of a company in India that prints comics, Maybe someone in his community might know.