I'm in the process of launching my first issue of my comic, digital and print versions. It's definitely a lot of hard work getting an audience for it.

@@joelociraptorgaming80 Agreed. It can take a lot out of you creatively as well. I've seen zero sales on my first book and started questioning if I should keep going at all.

@@will_sketchI feel you. I actually published my first book, “The Bastard Mage” around the time you made that comment. I’m lucky enough to have friends and family who support me, but that shit is not easy. The best thing we can do in this situation is four things. Work with other independents, promote the best you can, write/draw the best you can and have faith.

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There are all different levels of quality for web comics.

@@ComicsPerch They do vary enormously in terms of quality, more so than print books do because the production cost of a web comic approaches zero. But there's also more variety in content by far than the dead tree comic market offers these days, and sampling it to find the gems is also zero cost. I read a lot more web comics than I do floppies these days, and not solely because the odd Patreon ding is cheaper than than buying dead trees. The popular ones don't stay on the web, either. Pretty sure I own as many web comic trades as I do ones that came from print books at this point.

I'm going to pretend you're trying to get the attention of a YA supernatural OBGYN, because that makes me laugh. When I was growing up, there wasn't really a sector of the market called YA.There were kids books and "adult books", i.e., everything that wasn't a kids book. I started reading "adult books" at age 10. There would often be things I didn't understand or sometimes content I'd rather my hypothetical kids not read at that age, but I was usually up to the task. But I never felt the need to be told a book was specifically for my age group, and I have to imagine that's a pretty commonly held sentiment. Is the YA label really going to attract any more pre-teens/teens than having an interesting story? That's a long way of saying I wonder if there's a need to brand yourself as YA at all. Always seemed unnecessarily limiting to me.

@@Off-Brand_Devin there really is a YA market. If your protagonists are young teens, its generally harder to sell that to general comic audiences. The DC 6x9 books are geared for YA and Middlegrade. For the YA market, you really need to make a book like Scholastic or First Second would make. There is a huge library and school market for them. I notice a lot of what Marvel, DC and Image try to do just doesnt work for that market.

You look at a series like Amethyst from DC, it was totally mis-marketed. Its got a great talent in Amy Reeder, but they should have released it as a YA OGN in their other line. Its not the right title to launch as a floppy.

@@brandonperlow9091 I wasn't very clear there. I didn't mean to say the YA market doesn't exist, just that it seems to me an unnecessarily limiting category to position one's work in. Not that I know much about marketing. You sound like you know your stuff, so let me just wish you luck in finding the market for your story.

@@Off-Brand_Devin Thanks sorry I mis-interpreted what you said. Making comics is hard. Ive done it before and I didnt quite intrepret the market properly, and it was costly. My book was critically acclaimed and got awards/nominations, but was not financially acclaimed.. Its an expensive thing to learn, and probably crazier that I want to try again.

Absolutely fantasy counts... an oversight on my part for sure.

If it's younger, shoot for some of the parent groups that are targeting sci-fi/heroes and put your content there. If it's older, then look for channels talking about cartoons/that universe.

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I'd personally go Sci-Fi right now for elbow room; the YA market is a bit crowded. Not impossible, just might be a tougher climb.

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