project update: printing comics, fairyfail, etc.

OKAY! so i know it has been a long time since i have talked about printing any of my work, but i think i’m finally getting close to a point where i could do it!

i am hoping to have my mermaid comic finished and have two printed copies of it within two weeks (part of a school assignment)

what i would like to do after that is done is look into methods of printing on a larger scale and get together the means to print and sell copies of a small book with fairyfail and how to be a mermaid in it.  there are two methods i’m debating for this: getting it printed as a book and paying for it that way or printing out the pages and binding the books myself.  i’m no talented bookmaker, but i could probably find a way! it just depends on the scale of people who want the books and such.

i would probably approach doing this through kickstarter but before i do that i really want to research printing costs.

also, if there are enough people interested, i would like one of my stretch goals to be the inclusion of other work - a few other related comics i’ve done, maybe the fairytale-related short stories i’ve written, and some illustration work.

anyway, i guess what i’m asking for right now is does anyone have any feedback/thoughts?? whether it’s places to look for book printing, places with good instructions for bookbinding, tips on running a kickstarter - or even just whether or not you’d be interested in this project!

thank you all! <3

  1. puffwiggly answered: I don’t know anything about printing, but I’d be interested in a book :D
  2. gingerbreadcat answered: Fairyfail is such a gorgeous comic! I fell in love with it the first time I read it. I’d love to have a physical copy of it in my bookcase :)
  3. mayakern reblogged this from isthatwhatyoumint
  4. kudufawks answered: I have no advice for those things (sorry D: ), but I would be interested in the finished product!
  5. newlyshorn answered: If you go to hollanders.com they have a variety of books/kits for bookbinding.
  6. eileenpaints answered: I’d love to get a copy of Fairyfail! Check out KaBlam’s print on demand services, they’re reasonable esp if you do a kickstarter.
  7. isthatwhatyoumint posted this