Friday, April 2, 2010

Indie Comics: The Long Road to Glory (via ThePoc.net )

INDIE COMICS: THE LONG ROAD TO GLORY
by Fidelis Tan


“It’s something to think of, for those who want to make comics—there’s no money, no market for our dreams to come true at the level we want them to, so we have to compromise,” said David.
Producing cheap zines for comics conventions is a compromise, he said. So is finding time in between one’s other priorities to continue working on one’s stories, as was the case with Tan and Baldisimo.
“You can find a way to do it even with work,” he said. “The plans you have in mind, that epic you’ve been thinking of since you were 16 years old, you don’t have to finish all that in a month. You just have to work on it, work on your comics, even while being realistic about your situation.”
“You might have to find a job, or do something else in between that thing you really want to do. For everyone with that kind of experience—hang in there.”

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