Have I Plateaued?
I stopped by my favorite comic book shop, Rock Bottom Comics, today. In addition to picking up whatever I am able to afford, I like to check to see how my comic book is doing. So I went ahead and checked: 9 copies. It's been 9 copies for a while. The owner mentioned that it'll probably pick up again when more new students come to town.
What bugs me is that the majority of the issues that I sold are issue #1. The numbers dwindle after that. I know this is typical of most comic books...people are more likely to take a chance with the first issue and if they don't like what they see, they don't pick up the next. What frustrates me is that I honestly believe both my story and my art improves with each issue. I look at that first issue sometimes and cringe. Not that I'm not proud of it...far from the case! It's just now I'm painfully aware of how much better I've become and I can't help but wonder that if I would have exerted the amount of creative energy...if I had been as good then as I feel I am now, would more people remain interested? Or are people simply not aware that the story is complete and available at Rock Bottom? Then it's just a matter of me getting back into my self-promoting groove and make this general knowledge for the public. I'm hoping the Christams Special will help do this a little.
Maybe I'm just being a little delusional in thinking that the first book is good enough to get people to buy the rest of the series...that the characters of 3D and Lewis are enough to get people to want to find out what happens to them in the end. If this is the case, I'd love to know why this is so! Exactly why have those people decided to abandon the series with issue 1?
Anyway, in the process of adding this blog to my website, I inadvertively (sp?) deleted the cool press I received for Test-Tube. Here they are (because I know people love to read about me...or is that just me?)
The Columbia Tribune
The Columbia Missourian
Vox Magazine
And for those of you who do not live in Columbia, MO, you can still order my mini-comics from me online by emailing me at testtubecomics@yahoo.com with the title "Order". I'll be more than happy to give you an cheap estimate on how much it'll cost for me to send you my work...cheaper than a movie, I can already tell you! ;)
What bugs me is that the majority of the issues that I sold are issue #1. The numbers dwindle after that. I know this is typical of most comic books...people are more likely to take a chance with the first issue and if they don't like what they see, they don't pick up the next. What frustrates me is that I honestly believe both my story and my art improves with each issue. I look at that first issue sometimes and cringe. Not that I'm not proud of it...far from the case! It's just now I'm painfully aware of how much better I've become and I can't help but wonder that if I would have exerted the amount of creative energy...if I had been as good then as I feel I am now, would more people remain interested? Or are people simply not aware that the story is complete and available at Rock Bottom? Then it's just a matter of me getting back into my self-promoting groove and make this general knowledge for the public. I'm hoping the Christams Special will help do this a little.
Maybe I'm just being a little delusional in thinking that the first book is good enough to get people to buy the rest of the series...that the characters of 3D and Lewis are enough to get people to want to find out what happens to them in the end. If this is the case, I'd love to know why this is so! Exactly why have those people decided to abandon the series with issue 1?
Anyway, in the process of adding this blog to my website, I inadvertively (sp?) deleted the cool press I received for Test-Tube. Here they are (because I know people love to read about me...or is that just me?)
The Columbia Tribune
The Columbia Missourian
Vox Magazine
And for those of you who do not live in Columbia, MO, you can still order my mini-comics from me online by emailing me at testtubecomics@yahoo.com with the title "Order". I'll be more than happy to give you an cheap estimate on how much it'll cost for me to send you my work...cheaper than a movie, I can already tell you! ;)
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