Publishing comics

TheFriendlyMan 2019-03-01 15:56:41 UTC #1

Hi - I get no traffic to my comic stuff, and anybody who does stumble there never returns because the comics are toilet, but I still want to publish something in a physical form and for download (say, a Kindle thing). Anybody got any advice on doing this, including what services to use etc?
Cheers everybody!

TopJimComics 2019-03-01 16:51:59 UTC #2

KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing, formerly CreateSpace) is a great place. There's no upfront money required. They are for sure the cheapest option for novels or black and white comics.
https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/

I use Greko Printing to print my comics. They are fast and reasonably priced.
https://www.grekoprinting-comixwellspring.com/

EDIT: Added links

TheFriendlyMan 2019-03-01 17:29:18 UTC #3

Hey cheers, very helpful. The KDP... you know if that's able to do colour as well? The Greko Printing looks good although I think maybe that doesn't make it 'available to buy' in the same way the KDP one does (looks like the Greko one just essentially gets you copies of the books to then sell yourself).
Thanks for this, will do some more reading...

TopJimComics 2019-03-01 17:44:01 UTC #4

Yes on both counts. I use Greko for conventions, although you can still buy copies of your book (discounted) from KDP.

If I remember when I priced it out for my first book, KDP wasn't a good price on color books until you went above the minimum number of pages (they are perfect bound). So like for a 24 page comic the price wasn't great. But I think it would be great for a trade paperback or graphic novel.

TheFriendlyMan 2019-03-02 08:41:36 UTC #5

Thanks again, much appreciated

kip 2019-03-02 08:46:14 UTC #6

Are you looking to get a copy for yourself or to a bulk to sell?
You may wanna look into at-home printing or even print-on-demand for the former

also, for download (like kindle) you can just process your comic through amazon, https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/publish-comics-graphic-novels