Sarah Gaydos joined Oni Comics in June as the Editorial Director of Licensed Publishing. Previously, she edited IDW’s Star Trek line, and oversaw properties owned by Disney, Hasbro, Dreamworks, and more. Sarah sat down with us to answer questions about working on licensed comics, and what creators need to know when deciding to work on…
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Licensed Comics 101 with Sarah Gaydos: The Publishing Side
Sarah Gaydos joined Oni Comics in June as the Editorial Director of Licensed Publishing. Previously, she edited IDW’s Star Trek line, and oversaw properties owned by Disney, Hasbro, Dreamworks, and more. Sarah sat down with us to answer questions about working on licensed comics, and what creators need to know when deciding to work on…
Links for Artists
As an artist, there are plenty of tutorials and guides out there that will help you hone your craft. Being an artist means a lifetime of learning and growing, playing around with different styles, and adapting to the world around you. With comics, you can do illustrations for covers or you can be an interior…
All About Comic Books
There’s a lot of things to learn about the comic book industry, thus why we’ve launched Creator Resource. How to make comics, how to break into comics, and just general tidbits on the industry itself can be invaluable. Here are some links from some fantastic creators as they share their insight on the industry: LINKS:…
Hosting and Launching Your Own Webcomic
On Pitching Comics: Creators Share Their Expertise
Want to know how to pitch your comic book to an editor or publisher? The links below were curated by JD Boucher and feature comic book creators talking about how to hone the craft of pitching. Defintive List of Comic Publisher Submission Guidelines by Jason Thibault Literary Agents Who Represent Graphic Novels by Niki Smith…
Job Opportunities for Creators
If you’re a creator looking for work, finding paid projects can be difficult at times. We’ve compiled a few links to help you discover work to grow your portfolio and your career: Find Anthologies! – A Twitter account that’s dedicated to posting up currently accepting submissions. This is a great place to check out regularly…
Breaking Into Comics: Anthology Projects
If you’re wanting to break into comics, it can be extremely hard to get your foot in the door. Publishers and editors want to see published work (as opposed to self-published) which can be really hard to put together. A lot of artists break in by creating their own web comics and publishing them on…
Grants, Fellowships, and Residencies
Finding funding for your comic book project (and for the arts in general) can be extremely hard to do. Thankfully, there are ways out there to get your project made, thanks to a number of grants and fellowships out there. Melanie Gillman is a non-binary cartoonist working in the comic book industry. They have compiled a…