Peek: Sci Fi Guy! comic book promotional

[dholverson]

I'm trying to revive my lapsed webcomic as a real comic book. I'm in the process of printing out 13 proposals. Can anybody recommend any comic book companies that I could pitch it to that would be a good fit? I think the quirkiness of the material may work against it. Remember the bit on the Simpsons about "real life stories with robots and magic"? I unintentionally created one of those. The market not being what it use to be probably doesn't help either.

Anyway, here's a promotional item. Thanks!

(Don't tell anybody, but I was trying to draw on the more illustrative end of an Al Capp style, but it came out with a more Iwao Takamoto feel. Both were formative influences, BTW.)

[dholverson]

This is where the tale is going to go to a corrupted future observed when the time travel kicks in the middle of a nostalgic slice of life story....

[dholverson]

More of the same corrupted future....

[dholverson]

One of the cartoons inside of the cartoon.

"In the future year of 1996 and 7/8, the Noon Star was belatedly discovered by a satellite outer space probe. It was pervious unknown because it only shone in the middle of the day when nobody could see it in the broad dayligtht. The Noon Star orbits the Moon. The planet Plup orbits the Noon Star. Plup, itself, is orbited by its tropical moon, Goobly, the home of the peaceful Catsos. In the year 1999 and 15/16, they were invaded from Earth...."

[dholverson]

Then years later, the stupid grownups ruined it by making a live action movie out of it....

[dholverson]

I'm thinking about submitting to Image, IDW, and Dark Horse. Any potential others? I'm toying with Fantagraphics but I don't think they're a good match. Is Caliber still around?

(Okay, I'll fess up that I dropped out on comics ambitions for the good part of a couple of decades and am a little out of touch because of Heroesworld and other bad politics...)

[Charles]

Online is where it's at right now for comics especially ones that are starting out. Try looking into comic book communities and sites that feature online comics.

One example that comes to mind is http://www.dummcomics.com

Another is http://indyplanet.com/

Do some research in these areas and you'll get caught up as to what's happening.

[dholverson]

Thanks for the links!

The problem with Sci Fi Guy! is that it's a too big and unwieldy of a project to do as a hobby. The first story is going to run 300-400 pages. Doing that as a webcomic comic that I can only do one or two pages a week, and that's with things going my way, means this thing will get done way later to never.

However, if this thing doesn't work out commercially, I may do a pruned down and compromised version of just releasing scripts and associated art on DA and calling it as best as its going to get.

[dholverson]

I want to do more than one story for this. This is a preview of the proposed second story.

[dholverson]

Not to mention a third story....

[dholverson]

Not to mention spinning the occasional story based around a second string character.....

[Charles]

Why not do it as a storybook instead of a comic? You'll get it done sooner and you can go on from there.

[dholverson]

Your idea is possible. And interesting. Well, the first story is long winded, as in 350-400 comic pages, and it's sort of a pseudo-juvie written for good ol' boys. It could be done, but it'll take some head scratching to get there....

Anyway, I got seven proposals sent out. They went to Fantagraphics, Image, Antarctic, Archaia, Last Gasp, Top Shelf, and Dark Horse. I've only heard back with only one form rejection which is disheartening. The main reason that I haven't given up is that I still have six proposals to go. Can anybody suggest any publishers to send these to? Thanks!

[Charles]

With that much content your project is very well suited for a Web based comic. I'm sure that someone will accept your work especially if you're looking to go online with all those pages. And if they don't then you can always do it independently. Get your content out there and build your fan base and community. Now's the time.