A colleague of mine owns and operates an independent paper that focuses on comics, and has decent distribution over some area in the American Midwest. We had a conversation earlier today where he expressed a strong interest in dealing with artists directly so that he could avoid dealing with the clusterfuck that is the modern comics syndication industry. I told him I would look into the matter for him and try to contact independent artists to see if they would be interested in selling limited distribution rights to him directly. And so, here I am.
Well, not exactly. I'm already contacting self-published artists who might be interested in this. The reason I'm here is because the modus operandi of TV Tropes is that some people love to Entry Pimp offbeat stuff that not everyone has heard of. There's a few specific requirements-
The first, most obviously, is that the artist you have in mind would actually be interested in such a distribution model. Scott Kurtz, for example, has spoken out very publicly in the past about how much the syndicated model stinks, going so far as to offer it for free several years ago. I'm not interested in trying to contact the void.
Second, it must be practical to incorporate the strip into a simple, non-space demanding layout. Large pieces more in the comic book style would not work.
Third, it must be family-friendly. I mean that in the most liberal sense of the world- for a sense of perspective, this paper currently runs the uncensored versions of Liberty Meadows still available under the copyright of his syndicate. In other words, it's "family-friendly" in the sense that everyone in the family can understand the joke. Jokes catered to memes, highly specific demographics, Continuity Porn aficiandos, or people who are entertained by the shock value of Dead Baby Comedy aren't useful for this paper's distribution model.
So, that's that. Does anyone have any webcomic recommendations given that specific framework?
A colleague of mine owns and operates an independent paper that focuses on comics, and has decent distribution over some area in the American Midwest. We had a conversation earlier today where he expressed a strong interest in dealing with artists directly so that he could avoid dealing with the clusterfuck that is the modern comics syndication industry. I told him I would look into the matter for him and try to contact independent artists to see if they would be interested in selling limited distribution rights to him directly. And so, here I am.
Well, not exactly. I'm already contacting self-published artists who might be interested in this. The reason I'm here is because the modus operandi of TV Tropes is that some people love to Entry Pimp offbeat stuff that not everyone has heard of. There's a few specific requirements-
So, that's that. Does anyone have any webcomic recommendations given that specific framework?
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