Comixpedia As A Printed Magazine?

by Fabricari - 01/30/2006 - 22:58

As an existing fan of webcomics and frequent visitor of this site, I'd say not neccesary. But it is possible that an anthology of sorts could be compiled to educate new non-webcomic readers of all the incredible content they're missing out on. I imagined a give-away anthology that gets handed out at conventions. Just a variation.

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by Xaviar Xerexes - 01/30/2006 - 23:01

[quote:1dbd4f74c6="Fabricari"]I imagined a give-away anthology that gets handed out at conventions. Just a variation.

I have contemplated a printed "annual" before - sort of a best-of plus some new stuff printed version. Not necessarily for free but reasonably cheap. But I'm maxed out on time basically.

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by Fabricari - 01/30/2006 - 23:15

  It's surprisingly easy to coordinate. It's simply a matter of delegation, and when you have so many talented people in this community, that shouldn't be hard. Myself and a handful of guys from Indy Cred All Stars did something similar with a book we simply called GUMBO. Because this would have the Comixpedia title, you'd have to give your blessings or delegate someone to make it happen.

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by Kiba - 01/30/2006 - 23:59

I smell a webcomic anthology magazine coming out soon bearing the name "Comixpedia".

I galdly buy it if I can afford to pay $9.99 each month.

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by Fabricari - 01/31/2006 - 00:43

Fabricari wrote:

Indy Cred All Stars did something similar with a book we simply called GUMBO.

What is/was Indy Cred All Stars? Nice name! :) Back in '99ish Jamar Nicholas and Mike Speranza ran an informal yet lively forum that included folks who had (or were about to) self-publish comics or put em on the webs. Most of us had websites that featured our galleries and copies of our comics. I was more of a troublemaker with all my anti-webcomic talk back then (Hey who'da thunk it LOL?). There was a lot of talk about how to print your stuff, pimp your shit at comic cons, and a lot of networking. I think everyone who was a part of that group looks back with nothin' but good vibes. That group included folks like (let the name dropping begin - I'll leave too many out): Jamar Nicholas, Mike Sporanza, Gat Garza, Kris Dressen, Mike Hawthorne, Mike Thorton, Dan Berger, Steve Rolston, Matt Pasteris, Adam White, Neal Von Flue, Jon Morris, Manning Krull, Dan (DSG), Billy Kartalopolous, Joe Williams, Knick Waters, Corey Geloneck, Tony Esteves, aw crappit, I fergit... (add to this list if you know who I'm talkin about) Point is, most of these people are still doin' it, makin' comics. Some in print, some on the web, and some created review sites of their own. And that's as encouraging to no end. The forum died eventually, cuz most everyone was too busy making comics or careers to grow the community. But made a lot of friends in that place. But I don't need to tell anyone here what a good forum can accomplish.

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by Erik Melander - 01/31/2006 - 09:59

There already exists a webcomic newspaper, Zoinks, which publishes on a bimonthly (or so) schedule. I don't know if there is enough readers willing to pay to support another.

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by Fabricari - 01/31/2006 - 10:28

Not that this is how it's going to play out, but when we did the Gumbo book, we split the print costs between artists, and distributed copies evenly - we each took our copies and gave em away at conventions. I think for $200 we each got 500 copies each. There are lots of ways to make it work, but you gotta want it first.

GiantPanda wrote:

There already exists a webcomic newspaper, Zoinks, which publishes on a bimonthly (or so) schedule. I don't know if there is enough readers willing to pay to support another.

That might be like saying there's not enough readers for another webcomic. (heh maybe it's true.) And besides, they don't haven't featured Fabricari yet, so they can't be all that. ;) Look, I'm just playin' Devil's advocate in favor of it. It is possible, if not practical. It takes Xerexes' approval, and delegation to someone who will make the time to manage it. You can't make a project like this a democracy or it'll never happen. Someone would have to make decisions, and roll with it. That's how projects like this happen. Oh and by the way, we were so happy with Gumbo, we made two issues. The second one with twice as many people and twice as many pages.

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by Tim Demeter - 01/31/2006 - 10:45

you could sell ads to creators ala' Wizard Edge as well.
I'd gladly pay for ad space in something like that.

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by Greg Carter - 01/31/2006 - 14:11

But Egon says print is dead.

It would pretty much have to be interviews, art examples, columns that are non-current events related - things that won't go out-of-date quickly.

This should be doable for someone with the time and coordination skills.

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