Comments for A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran http://adistantsoil.com The Official Website of A Distant Soil, the legendary graphic novel series from Image Comics. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:37:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on 02/22/2012 by KEZ http://adistantsoil.com/2012/02/22/02222012/#comment-10674 KEZ Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:37:35 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/2012/02/22/02222012/#comment-10674 Redrum, Liana. The answer is always redrum. I mean--- Redrum, Liana. The answer is always redrum. I mean—

]]> Comment on 02/22/2012 by scribblerworks http://adistantsoil.com/2012/02/22/02222012/#comment-10673 scribblerworks Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:17:35 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/2012/02/22/02222012/#comment-10673 Little Liana - considering plans like an adult. I love it. The Hierarchy are in for some big surprises from their young Avatar. :D Little Liana – considering plans like an adult. I love it. The Hierarchy are in for some big surprises from their young Avatar.

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]]> Comment on A Distant Soil Cosplay by Colleen Doran http://adistantsoil.com/2012/02/16/a-distant-soil-cosplay/#comment-10672 Colleen Doran Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:07:15 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=11123#comment-10672 Er...no. Er…no.

]]> Comment on A Distant Soil Cosplay by JE Smith http://adistantsoil.com/2012/02/16/a-distant-soil-cosplay/#comment-10671 JE Smith Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:36:36 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=11123#comment-10671 Must've been LEGEND OF ZELDA then... Must’ve been LEGEND OF ZELDA then…

]]> Comment on Cartoon and Comics Links: Wallace and Gromit and other cool stuff by Colleen Doran http://adistantsoil.com/2012/02/20/cartoon-and-comics-links-wallace-and-gromit-and-other-cool-stuff/#comment-10669 Colleen Doran Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:57:15 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=11158#comment-10669 I agree that many people cannot migrate from one market to the next. Some who've found web success can't sell enough books to sustain a print career with a publisher, and so return to self publishing direct sale to their market. Some who had print success have had no luck online at all. Many people who had steady careers in the mainstream bombed when they tried to do independent work. Independent creators could not make the transition from indy to mainstream. Indy creators from back in the day have bad times trying to market to the webcomics crowd. The cruel truth for many indy creators is part their success was dependent on a small competitive pool. Who cares if you were able to get manga gigs in 1990? There was little competition. Now everyone and their kid sister wants to do manga. So, you've got all these early movers in manga having to compete with 10,000 hopefuls, and wondering where their captive audience went. That I was able to increase the audience for A Distant Soil online to match my highest sales peak during self publishing is some kind of miracle. Not making quite as much money, but it's pretty good, especially considering it's a part time devotion. The money is higher than it was ten years ago. Then again, it took multiple trials and some years, and a considerable cash investment to get moving online. I think most artists don't have those resources. I almost didn't, but I'm glad I stuck it out. I agree that many people cannot migrate from one market to the next. Some who’ve found web success can’t sell enough books to sustain a print career with a publisher, and so return to self publishing direct sale to their market.

Some who had print success have had no luck online at all.

Many people who had steady careers in the mainstream bombed when they tried to do independent work. Independent creators could not make the transition from indy to mainstream.

Indy creators from back in the day have bad times trying to market to the webcomics crowd.

The cruel truth for many indy creators is part their success was dependent on a small competitive pool. Who cares if you were able to get manga gigs in 1990? There was little competition. Now everyone and their kid sister wants to do manga. So, you’ve got all these early movers in manga having to compete with 10,000 hopefuls, and wondering where their captive audience went.

That I was able to increase the audience for A Distant Soil online to match my highest sales peak during self publishing is some kind of miracle. Not making quite as much money, but it’s pretty good, especially considering it’s a part time devotion. The money is higher than it was ten years ago.

Then again, it took multiple trials and some years, and a considerable cash investment to get moving online. I think most artists don’t have those resources. I almost didn’t, but I’m glad I stuck it out.

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