Comments on: Remembering the Self-Publishing Movement: Colleen Doran, part 1

By: Neil Gaiman Took A Cute Pic of Me | A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran

Neil Gaiman Took A Cute Pic of Me | A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:41:20 +0000

[...] Jeff Smith’s documentary getting some screening action, check out my blog entries recounting the golden days of the Self Publishing Movement (which I now feel [...]

By: Steve Lafler

Steve Lafler — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:51:31 +0000

Sure, it was hard to maintain profitability as a self publisher back in the 80s & 90s, but I had a truly strange love affair with the “Schedule C”, Profit or Loss from Business or Profession tax form.
Working that sucker for deductions (and keeping a tight ledger throughout the year) was akin to having a perennial government grant to self publish!

By: K

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:01:24 +0000

I enjoyed reading this blog. It’s been extremely helpful and humbling to be aware of a lot of the downsides to self-publishing. As someone who is also looking to ’self-promote’ his work, I have absolutely no clue as to how to go about it. I’ve been strongly encouraged and pressured to open a website and blog my work to get it ‘out there.’ But, I wanted to do my research thorougly and make sure I take the right steps. I had strong feelings that self publishing wouldn’t make me a lot of money. Which is fine. My only true priority at the moment is to just print my work and get it seen by someone who would appreciate a nice story with nice artwork. I know how it feels to pick up a comic and be amazed by the story and the art. I want to do the same with my work hopefully.

By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Feb. 8, 2008: Get out of comics, free

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:25:10 +0000

[...] [Publishing] A Distant Soil creator Colleen Doran details her participation in the 1990s self-publishing movement: part one, part two. [...]

By: Remembering the Self-Publishing Movement: Colleen Doran, part 1

Remembering the Self-Publishing Movement: Colleen Doran, part 1 — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:49:43 +0000

[...] jmskilling wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWe lived like rock stars on the road, and then went back home and, in my case, slept in my only real piece of furniture – a chair. People assumed we were all filthy rich, and while there was money coming in, it went out just as fast, … [...]

By: Colleen Doran

Colleen Doran — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:54:06 +0000

No worries!

I wasn’t around yet, of course, but there’s enough info about those early underground days for anyone who wants to learn more about it.

By: mike mcghee

mike mcghee — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:43:27 +0000

Sorry for the poor phrasing there. I meant Zap and the like back in the 60s. Thanx for the education, too!

By: Level One

Level One — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:41:51 +0000

Remembering self publishing…

Posted at http://www.levelonemag.com:

Jeff Smith, of Bone fame, introduces a series of guest blogs by self-published cartoonists. They are set to indulge us with war stories, opinions, and discussions of their experiences in self-publishing their comic boo…

By: Colleen Doran

Colleen Doran — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:20:54 +0000

Nope.

Raw was published between 1980 and 1991.

Zap was first published in 1968 by Charles Plymell and Don Donahue.

They weren’t the first to sign on to publish Crumb’s work. The first publisher ran off with Crumb’s original art.

We could be here all night debating who gets credit for the first self published comic.

By: mike mcghee

mike mcghee — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:34:02 +0000

oops! ^^^^sorry ’bout that^^^