Air-Rider Pilot Issue #0 is now up on Globalcomix.
Here’s an ad I made for AIR-RIDER using my favorite song from FLCL, Last dinosaur by The Pillows. Spent an afternoon in iMovie editing this little clip. Very fun!
In other news, it’s back to the salt mines with me.
Warehouse work sucks.
BALLS.
But at least in a week or two I get to start my stunning new career as…
…a dishwasher!
But hey, at least there’s free food involved.
I think the song goes… “Started from the bottom now we…”
“…still at the bottom.”
At least, my version of the song. -_-
My passion for comics is also very realistic:
It’s either make comics or it’s manual labor for life!
That’s the reality as it stands. But even a glimpse of my dreams gives me the boost I need to move forward creatively.
A thought crossed my mind this week. If I follow the directions exactly, I could probably start making money from my comics TODAY.
I’d have to go from vague, meandering thoughts to direct, specific action with specific results. If I’m really serious, I can find a way out of my day job sooner rather than later. This quiet time away from Youtube has given me some time to clear my mind and think.
What I really want to do is:
- Draw my work
- Post it
- ???
- PROFIT.
I’d post to Twitter, my main platform, build out my Patreon before I launch it, set up a Kickstarter in advance and tweak before launch in a year.
Observe other Twitter artists and see how often they post and how often they advertise their Newsletter, get newsletter subscribers. Set a payment processor to get paid.
All it takes is $1. That’s it. Then I’ll know for sure, I have enough value that someone is willing to trade their hard-earned money for. I’ll know for sure that I can make money online.
I’d be creating my art the way that I want to. Not from freelance, not from commissions, just by making my comics and posting them.
The important thing for now is to not rush into making a quick dollar. The goal is to just create an infrastructure where I can post my art and lead towards making money eventually. After that, I only need to focus on writing and drawing Air-Rider, advertising on twitter and getting newsletter subscribers while posting.
The idea is only to get out of my day job sooner rather than later. Then to focus as much of my time creating Air-Rider and gathering an audience as possible.
I’m just going to do what the other successful artists say to do. There’s so many resources online teaching creators how to make money from their work, there’s no excuse for me not to be able get similar results in a shorter amount of time.
Who has the kind of sustained success I want in my position?
I want to focus on creating and earning, not for likes, but for $$$.
My website’s already decent, but I can tweak it. I’ll just do one thing after another learn to market and focus on making & releasing Air-Rider #2 then #3 ASAP.
I prefer to post monthly or every couple months instead of a webcomic schedule. I’ll post to twitter as if it was my webcomic. I want to keep my work fresh in people’s minds and the easiest way I can think of is Twitter.
Who creates like I intend to? How do they make money and how can I do it like them?
This week I’m studying:
- Jason Brubaker (Coffee Table Comics)
- Jake Morrison (Dani and Ramen, Mimesis)
- Minna Sundberg (Hummingfluff)
- Tom Parkinson-Morgan (Kill Six Billion Demons)
- Ashley Cope (Unsounded)
- Brian Pulido (Coffin Comics)
- Randowis
And more!
This rambling post is only the seed for more concrete ideas for next week. Until then,
Build your system and grow it!