What are some good ways to get a comic book published?
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You can try to self-publish it. \nThis can be accomplished very inexpensively at the new online POD (print on demand) publishing outfits.\nOne such is http://www.lulu.com\nCheck it out.\nOf course, if you self publish, you'll only have the end product.  Marketing and selling it will be up to you. \nIt is a good way to start and an easier way to see your book in print, but remember: It is difficult to get published with a large publisher precisely because THEY shoulder the burden of marketing and selling your book.\n\nGood Luck.
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I tell you from personal experiance...it is very, very hard.  There are book tours, book signings, P.R., publicity, agents, design teams, etc. All of these things you must be well versed in and able to negotiate, haggle, defend your copyright and promote in order to have your book even make a flutter on the market.
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The later questions are much easier to answer:\n\nCopyright extends for your life plus 70 years.\nWhat it costs to publish a book depends on the quality of the printing and how many copies you have made: it starts at a few hundred pounds, and for that you just get a box of books delivered to your door. Some publishers offer distribution etc - but be careful, because it's easy to stray from sensible "self publishing" into the mug's game of "vanity publishing", where they tell you you're a great author and take thousands off you. I'd advise you join a writers' bulletin board and find someone who can recommend a company from personal experience.\n\nOr you could try "print on demand" via the internet - the article below might be useful\n\nHow to write? It's a long, hard process. Some say you just sit down and stare at a blank piece of paper until your head bleeds!\n\nYou need an original idea, a solid structure, believable and engaging characters, realistic dialogue. In fact, it's so easy I wonder why everyone doesn't do it!
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you must be a hardcore comic fan to want something as rare as a mas. I'd suggest having a well known comic book distributor send your requested book to one of your local comicc retail stores, on hunt for it online, like in Ebay.
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ebay and other auction sites are pretty much your only option, unless you're in a city with a wide network of comic fans who trade and share among themselves. I've found the bootlegged FF on ebay, as well as a few of the early awful pilots like Dr. Strange, Spider-Man, etc.
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That's going to be hard to find.  By definition independant magazines don't have huge distribution.  You're not likely to find anything to your description.  Your best bet would be to check out some hip hop retail stores (clothing, music etc....) and get some leads from them as to what the good regional magazines are.  Then instead of spending a bunch of money advertizing in a mag with huge circulation spend smaller amounts advertizing in multiple regional mags.  \n\nNot to mention there are other ways to advertize on a budget esp in urban culture.  build a myspace site, go to local shows, do a stickering campaign where you canvas a city and put up stickers all over the place etc...  all very inexpensive and conducive to spreading the message by word of mouth.
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you cna go toplaces like book sale of fully booked they sell comics for really cheap, or you can read them online like in pirate bay
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In the past when I contacted authors I went about it by contacting the publisher if there was no information about contacting the author himself. Now, of course, with the Internet it's easier, do some searches on Yahoo and/or Google. \n\nJust be aware that it may take a few letters. I hope this helped.
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Send a letter and the the first few chapters to 50 publishing houses. Get signed. Get an advance on your royalties. Done.
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CALL PUBLISHERS SUCH AS COMICS AND FILM COMPANIES..DISNEY, IMAGINE?  NEWSPAPERS, BOOK PUBLISHERS-CREATE A RECURRING CHARACTER TO ILLISTRATE STORIES OR ANIMATED SITCOM MATERIAL, COPYRIGHT IT WHICH IS EASY ENOUGH TO DO, THEN SHOP AROUND FOR WRITERS, PUBLISHERS, OR EDITORS.  THAT MIGHT GET THE BALL ROLLING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BASED ON HOW WELL YOU DO WITH COLD CALLS AND ARE WILLING TO CHECK OUT INDUSTRY EVENTS.
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There have been superhero comics and romance comics and horror comics, and teen comics, and western comics, and just about every other genre you could care to name or imagine. \n\nIsn't it wonderful that there is room within the medium for so many different genres, styles and people...? You sound as though you have some ideas and you may yet make your mark on the comics world. Good luck and we may see you in the funny papers someday!\n\n23 NOV 06, 0500 hrs, GMT.
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Some start at 25 dollars but it depends on how bad someone wants the comic. Some people may want the comic just for the purpose of having it and some people may just want to read and thats might not trigger them into buying something people can read online. You do know that people scan these things just so for the purpose of putting people like you who want money out of biz?
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Depends on what you are into. If you like one thing in particular, you could try out different web rings; associations of sites dealing with the same thing. They'll usually have a link button to the particular web ring on the home page or links page.\n\nIf you are more into news, check out an aggregating sites, like Fark or Slashdot. These are community sites where people link to various news stories and can comment on them.\n\nIf your looking for just something to kill time, a variety of web-comics could fit the bill. Hosting sites like Comic Genesis, Keenspace and Blank Label Comics, or individual sites like Penny Arcade, PVP, and Sluggy Freelance, are just a few of the hundreds of well written and well drawn comics.
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Start with a blog and see if others are interested in what you write.  You can then spinoff to an emagazine with customers ready to read your material.
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I dunno but the best place is e-bay but i would also like to know where in singapore i can buy such stuff.I know comic shops sell goong comics though.
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Try Desktop Publisher.
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I printed my book through a company in Ohio called Bookmasters. They did a great job for me and I would highly recommend them. Here is their site:\nhttp://www.bookmasters.com/index.html