Has anyone gotten his/her comic featured in CNN

inbox_anime 2016-09-13 03:30:40 UTC #1

Was just wondaring if any of you guys has gotten their comic featured in CNN, FORBE and or BBC if yes, what does it take to do so?

joannekwan 2016-09-13 03:35:18 UTC #2

Whoa! Hold the phone! They feature indie webcomics on those?

inbox_anime 2016-09-13 03:38:02 UTC #3

@Joannekwan yep saw few indie comics that got their indie comics featured. And i was like wat da @#*×#".. How?

joannekwan 2016-09-13 03:40:23 UTC #4

And they weren't already published? Like Sarah Andersen's book?

inbox_anime 2016-09-13 03:41:54 UTC #5

One of them had his while the other didnt..

joannekwan 2016-09-13 03:43:19 UTC #6

Well damn, if any of us here on Tap got a feature like that I'm sure it'd be big ass news with the Staff promoting it and sharing the link everywhere.

inbox_anime 2016-09-13 03:45:45 UTC #7

Well, lets wait. After all they are GREAT indie comic here.. 😄

joannekwan 2016-09-13 03:48:21 UTC #8

What were the titles that were featured?

inbox_anime 2016-09-13 03:53:50 UTC #9

E.X.O. dis is the link http://youneekstudios.com/exo/
For d second i cant really remember

Louistrations 2016-09-13 16:23:49 UTC #10

I watched a video feature of https://tapastic.com/series/firelight-isle on NHK World a while back. It was brilliant!

Kamikaze 2016-09-13 17:32:31 UTC #11

Okay the way E.X.O. gets featured is because
1. Roye's from Nigeria and he's working to create the first comic work born from and focusing on Nigeria/Africa as more than a "place where starving people live." He's got a great angle for media, because he's a really cool guy, with an awesome idea and he's cutting a brand new path for diverse and unique storytelling from a diverse voice.
2. Roye's STELLAR at the hustle. He's been doing small cons, big cons, going through every media outlet he can and more. The guy knows how to sell his stuff and uses his connections with industry contacts and helpareporter.com (AKA: HARO).
3. He had a SUPER successful kickstarter and was (if I remember correctly) featured on the site as a staff pick.
4. You'll notice that on his site he's got a specific section called "Media Kit" this is something that EVERY comics main website should have. A media kit is a zip file that provides a person in the media with:

the cliffnotes version of your comic
- logline
- tagline
- synopsis
who you are
where they can find you
where you've been featured
your accomplishments
what makes your project special
images they can use for broadcast/web
- logos
- sample pages
- photos of you/team (head shots, you working, convention appearances/booth)
- development art
- book covers
how you can be contacted.

His blog is full of awesome ideas, interviews and discussions on how to help with marketing and connecting your comic work to what people in all kinds of media news outlets might need. You can find it here -> http://youneekstudios.com/blog/

The best way to get your comic to the media is to make yourself readily available and easily accessible for folks in the media. If you're EASY to find you're more likely to be involved. Additionally, don't be afraid to reach out to local outlets in your city. No media outlet is too small. We started on some tiny podcasts and within a few months got on our local Atlanta NPR station (you can listen here)!

Pics or it didn't happen:

TL;DR - If Media can't find you or if they can't get what they need quickly you won't be contacted for stories. Put a Media Kit on your website!