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By all accounts, she killed it (I really wish I could have been there). gailsimone has always been a champion for representation in comics, and a massive supporter of any effort including my own humble efforts in The Pride.
She's a star and she did an incredible thing. Follow the link to check out some quotes and photos from the forum.
It can be really frustrating working on the comics sometimes.
There’s a large, vocal audience declaring how much they want to see more diversity in comics and more LGBTQ characters. I was one of them, even. And it’s why I made The Pride.
However, when an indie project comes out with just that, a lot of this audience don’t actually buy the product they’d been calling out for: because it’s not from Marvel or DC.
Fact is though, if an audience doesn’t prove a desire and market for such a product, they won’t be willing to take a risk on creating one of their own.
Obviously, I’m small press. I self-publish. I pay to get the comics made out of my own pocket. At the moment, there’s still around £5000 to pay artists for work and get the rest of the series printed when it comes to it. This isn’t even taking into account the cost of postage etc…it’s hard work, and takes up a lot of my time and money.
But it’s a labor of love, so I keep working at it. I wouldn’t change that for the world. But I do wish that I was able to pay the artists faster and could afford printing easier.
The Pride has 841 Likes on Facebook. If all of them bought just one copy of The Pride digital issues (at just £1.50), any issue, that would raise a massive chunk needed towards paying off the remaining artists! It would literally fund itself. I wouldn’t make any money myself, but I don’t care about that. This project is as much about building my profile and name as a writer than it is about getting rich…I will never get rich off The Pride, but I love doing it.
Likes are all well and good, honestly they are great and a massive help in their own right, but it doesn’t help me actually make the comics. And it’s frustrating to see this market, this audience, saying they want a product and then just…not.
Just felt like sharing that is all. In case anyone is considering making comics of their own. Obviously, I don’t want to scare anyone off: you wanna make comics, make comics. But be prepared for hard times and struggles, but if you work hard it could well all be worth it in the end.
And of course, if you do want to buy The Pride, you can do so here.
I really do recommend this book, it’s absolutely a pleasure to read and a clear labor of love.
Seriously, people: walk the walk. Don’t just shout for more representation. Buy the damn comics.
You know, last I checked, this is on, like, 2557 notes now.
If every single person who liked, reblogged, or liked and reblogged this post bought just one digital copy of the comic (at just £1.50), The Pride would be sorted (more than that, I’d probably be able to get some really cool stuff sorted to celebrate and say thank you to you all…dunno what yet, but get me there and I’ll come up with something amazeballs!).
You guys are fab, you know that? You’ve all been so supportive and I’ve really needed that today. Thank you all so much
WHHHHHAAAAA--?!?!?!?!? 2645 now!
It can be really frustrating working on the comics sometimes.
There’s a large, vocal audience declaring how much they want to see more diversity in comics and more LGBTQ characters. I was one of them, even. And it’s why I made The Pride.
However, when an indie project comes out with just that, a lot of this audience don’t actually buy the product they’d been calling out for: because it’s not from Marvel or DC.
Fact is though, if an audience doesn’t prove a desire and market for such a product, they won’t be willing to take a risk on creating one of their own.
Obviously, I’m small press. I self-publish. I pay to get the comics made out of my own pocket. At the moment, there’s still around £5000 to pay artists for work and get the rest of the series printed when it comes to it. This isn’t even taking into account the cost of postage etc…it’s hard work, and takes up a lot of my time and money.
But it’s a labor of love, so I keep working at it. I wouldn’t change that for the world. But I do wish that I was able to pay the artists faster and could afford printing easier.
The Pride has 841 Likes on Facebook. If all of them bought just one copy of The Pride digital issues (at just £1.50), any issue, that would raise a massive chunk needed towards paying off the remaining artists! It would literally fund itself. I wouldn’t make any money myself, but I don’t care about that. This project is as much about building my profile and name as a writer than it is about getting rich…I will never get rich off The Pride, but I love doing it.
Likes are all well and good, honestly they are great and a massive help in their own right, but it doesn’t help me actually make the comics. And it’s frustrating to see this market, this audience, saying they want a product and then just…not.
Just felt like sharing that is all. In case anyone is considering making comics of their own. Obviously, I don’t want to scare anyone off: you wanna make comics, make comics. But be prepared for hard times and struggles, but if you work hard it could well all be worth it in the end.
And of course, if you do want to buy The Pride, you can do so here.
I really do recommend this book, it’s absolutely a pleasure to read and a clear labor of love.
Seriously, people: walk the walk. Don’t just shout for more representation. Buy the damn comics.
You know, last I checked, this is on, like, 2557 notes now.
If every single person who liked, reblogged, or liked and reblogged this post bought just one digital copy of the comic (at just £1.50), The Pride would be sorted (more than that, I'd probably be able to get some really cool stuff sorted to celebrate and say thank you to you all...dunno what yet, but get me there and I'll come up with something amazeballs!).
You guys are fab, you know that? You've all been so supportive and I've really needed that today. Thank you all so much
Okay, to further celebrate LGBT Pride Month, for the last two weeks (i.e. until the end of June), the limited edition prints by Cory Smith (csmithart) and Kevin Wada (kevinwada) are now HALF PRICE!
That’s an absolute steal at just £10/$17 each!
If you buy both prints and any two copies of the comic, you can use discount code PRINT1 for FREE POSTAGE as well!
This will only go on until the end of LGBT Pride Month/June, and from July 1st they will return to their RRP of £20. So buy now!
Guys. Guys. 1/2 off the print I contributed to The Pride series. Act now. Scoop ‘em up it won’t last long.
It can be really frustrating working on the comics sometimes.
There’s a large, vocal audience declaring how much they want to see more diversity in comics and more LGBTQ characters. I was one of them, even. And it’s why I made The Pride.
However, when an indie project comes out with just that, a lot of this audience don’t actually buy the product they’d been calling out for: because it’s not from Marvel or DC.
Fact is though, if an audience doesn’t prove a desire and market for such a product, they won’t be willing to take a risk on creating one of their own.
Obviously, I’m small press. I self-publish. I pay to get the comics made out of my own pocket. At the moment, there’s still around £5000 to pay artists for work and get the rest of the series printed when it comes to it. This isn’t even taking into account the cost of postage etc…it’s hard work, and takes up a lot of my time and money.
But it’s a labor of love, so I keep working at it. I wouldn’t change that for the world. But I do wish that I was able to pay the artists faster and could afford printing easier.
The Pride has 841 Likes on Facebook. If all of them bought just one copy of The Pride digital issues (at just £1.50), any issue, that would raise a massive chunk needed towards paying off the remaining artists! It would literally fund itself. I wouldn’t make any money myself, but I don’t care about that. This project is as much about building my profile and name as a writer than it is about getting rich…I will never get rich off The Pride, but I love doing it.
Likes are all well and good, honestly they are great and a massive help in their own right, but it doesn’t help me actually make the comics. And it’s frustrating to see this market, this audience, saying they want a product and then just…not.
Just felt like sharing that is all. In case anyone is considering making comics of their own. Obviously, I don’t want to scare anyone off: you wanna make comics, make comics. But be prepared for hard times and struggles, but if you work hard it could well all be worth it in the end.
And of course, if you do want to buy The Pride, you can do so here.
I really do recommend this book, it’s absolutely a pleasure to read and a clear labor of love.
Seriously, people: walk the walk. Don’t just shout for more representation. Buy the damn comics.
I just want to thank everyone today who's bitten the bullet and taken a chance on a new LGBT superhero comic. You're all wonderful, and never before has your help been more needed.
We're behind on production costs and need to catch up ASAP or we won't be able to release any more issues for a while (or restock the quickly dwindling stock we do have).
It's why I set up the limited edition prints from Cory Smith csmithart
and Kevin Wada kevinwada
which are special, collectible, rare and limited items featuring some stunning artists whose sole function is fundraising for The Pride comic!
I mean, in theory, if every copy of the prints sold, not only would it pay off the production debt BUT ALSO pay for production for the next issue (or even two!).
So don't forget guys, these are super limited (and half price atm until the end of June to celebrate LGBT Pride Month) so grab them while you can as well as the comics!
Thanks you lovely, lovely people!
Always will!
