SELF-PUBLISHING
Comics Are Open Source by Jane Irwin
“The Poor Man’s Guide to Self Publishing” by Val Staples
Street Cents on self-publishing
Comics Storytelling Tips That Work by John Freeman
Book Design by Dave Eggers, Chip Kidd, Milton Glaser and Michael Bierut
Cover Design.doc, Setting an initial print run.doc and The Diamond Process.doc from THE ENGINE
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PUBLSHING GRANTS
The Xeric Grant
DC Conspiracy’s Aarggh! Comics Grant
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Marketing
Content-centric marketing.doc, Marketing Comics- A Restatement.doc, Promotion advice.doc, Selling It On Street Corners.doc and The Grass Roots.doc from THE ENGINE
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rights & manifestos
The Creator’s Bill of Rights by Scott McCloud, Dave Sim, Gerhard, Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Steve Bissette, Rick Veitch, Larry Marder, Mark Martin, Steve Murphy, Michael Zulli, Eric Talbot, Ken Mitchroney, Michael Dooney, Steve Lavigne, Craig Farley, Jim Lawson and Ryan Brown
Rozz Tox Manifesto by Gary Panter
Old Bastard’s Manifesto by Warren Ellis
Diatribe of the New Vanguard by Larry Young
Nouvelle Manga Manifesto by Frédéric Boilet
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other RESOURCES
Chapter 5 1/2, and online supplement to Making Comics by Scott McCloud
Creating Comics - Maintained by Dave A. Law, this is a spectacular resource. It is wider in scope than my own page. If you can’t find it here, I bet you’ll find it there. And even if you think what you’ve found here is enough, you should still poke around over there.
Scryptic Studios also has a terrific resource page for writers.
OniKimono has a comprehensive comic creators resource page, oriented particularly toward manga creators.
You can also find many other helpful sites by browsing through the Silver Bullet Comics Links Database, particularly the “Small Press/Self-publishers” section.
Kevin Melrose maintains a great Creator Resources thread over on the always-helpful Digital Webbing.
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