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There’s going to be people upset with me for using Eric “Youngrippa59” July’s video series on making money on your comics. I know this because his critics, who already don’t like his worldviews and takes on modern media or that his first two graphic novels have have millions of dollars by going outside the system and off the reservation, recently weaponized a supposed Christian ministry against him and the Isom characters, then responded to the report that characters were named on grandparents found their graves and one guy took a selfie in a Casey Jones mask like he was one of the Paul brothers. Somehow these are supposed to be the good guys who want black people to succeed…so long as the “good white people” approve apparently.
Well, I really don’t care. He has been successful, has been a success in the past with his podcast and band, and has studied the comic industry back when the Rippaverse was just a “this is something I want to do” thought in his head. Also he’s the only one I’ve seen actually willing to drop the numbers of what it costs to make a comic and distribute it in the internet age so at the very least it’s worth examining as someone who wants to make their own comics. I don’t see myself making a huge company because I don’t have a pile of money from previous money making ventures (even the ad revenue on this site only goes to the host) but is there something from his journey that I can learn since he’s actually talking about the business side and not just the creative side? That’s why I’m responding to this and if that makes you uncomfortable for whatever reason there’s plenty of other articles here for you to read and I’m open to anyone else giving the same information. I’ll make an article series about that as well. For now, we are here.
For part two of Eric’s “Making Money In Comics Series” (you can see the overview in this quickpost) the subject is pricing. Remember, he’s starting a full on production company and at this point I want to get something out and see how it does. In this video, he goes over what factors go into what to charge for your comic. That means what you need to know if you want this to be profitable without gouging your audience. In the past I looked at some idea of what it might have cost him to produce and publish a comic but now I’m thinking we’ll get more into what July was thinking when setting his prices. Should be informative one way or another.
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Sonic Super Special #2
Archie Comic Publications (1997)
“Brave New World”
WRITER/ARTIST: Ken Penders
COLORIST: Barry Grossman
COVER ART: Patrick Spaziante & Ken Penders
LETTERER: Sam Maxwell & Harvey Mercadoocasio
EDITOR: J. Freddy Gabrie
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Check out Burning Star Comics to see what they make and if you think your style is a good fit for their style, here’s the submission form. Also check out Dannphan on YouTube.
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“An Unearthly Child” is the name of the first episode of Doctor Who ever. In those early years they still operated as serials but each episode would have it’s own name. It wasn’t until a few years into the show that all the serial parts would share a name. For example, “An Unearthly Child” is now considered the name of the first four episodes of the first serial, with the other episodes titled “The Cave Of Skulls”, “The Forest Of Fear”, and “The Firemaker” respectively. However, the working name was apparently “The Tribe Of Gum”, named after one of the characters whose name became Kal in the final version of the serial. In modern Doctor Who all you have are one-shot episodes with one multiparter per “series” (what they call seasons in the UK at least now) and a running subplot through the season.
Because we can’t have nice things, the four episodes have entered the crazy world of rights issues. Upset at perceived past wrongs by the BBC toward his late father, the son of the episode’s writer, Anthony Coburn, is keeping the serial from joining the classic Who shows from airing on the BBC’s “iPlayer” website, which they announced they would start doing in November.
Now in the name of full disclosure, I am a fan of the classic show, less so the new show even before the recent shenanigans because it never had the same charm as the original for me. I’m also not in the UK so the only way I can see it as an American is with a VPN, a BritBox subscription, or the various Classic Doctor Who livestream channels that don’t seem to show the same episode. I checked earlier. Two services were showing “The Pirate Planet”, but one had “Snakedance” and the other “The Androids Of Tara”. I could use YouTube, Amazon, or Vudu but all three require you to rent an episode rather than stream free with ads. I do, however, own the episode on DVD so I can watch it whenever I want. My point is my dog in this fight is very small. And considering who my favorite Companion is, robotic.
So where’s the controversy, why and how can Stef Coburn keeps his dad’s episode from being part of the BBC’s new project I can’t see anyway, and who’s in the right? Let’s examine.
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Marvel Comics (July, 1990)
“From The Ground Up!”
CONCEPT: Tom DeFalco & Ron Frienz
WRITER: Fabian Nicieza
PENCILER: Mark Bagley
INKER: Al Williamson
COLORIST: Michael Rockwitz
LETTERER: Michael Heisler
EDITOR: Danny Fingeroth
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