Go, Read: Comics212.net’s Chris Butcher on The Rules of Finding a Publisher

There's a funny piece of commentary here from prominent retail figure and opinion-thrower Chris Butcher about an unfunny subject: the low-end of comics publishing and the number of goofy, under-capitalized, self-declared publishers and media mogul wannabes that swim around like sharks devouring the chum that is the hopeful starting-out cartoonist. This is more of a problem in comics than it is in other media because the threshold for professional participation in comics is so low, and therefore someone with a spiel and a tiny bit of cash is able to make promises that may sound more convincing than folks working the lower end of other media.

As I recall, 2005 was the year of vastly under-capitalized, mismanaged start-ups making big promises they couldn't deliver, but it still goes on and likely always will. With the Internet and self-publishing as legitimate alternatives, publishers should be expected to provide you with a full array of services and have a track record for doing so with other people. Don't lose your dream to fuel someone else's: listen to Mr. Butcher.
 
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