Posts Tagged ‘Dan Head’

How to Advertise Your Comic Book

Monday, April 6th, 2009

More of Dan Head’s Expert Village series about self-publishing comics. Dan briefly places emphasis on your responsibility as a comic creator to advertise your product. He gives a basic idea of what you’ll need to consider as options to get the word out. For those of you that want to skip ahead, visit him on Expert Village.


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About the author:

Dan Head is a veteran writer and small press comic publisher. He wrote and self-published his first graphic novel, Bronx Angel: Politics By Another Method, in 2005. It has since been picked up for a second printing by the Repercussion Comics Group. Dan has also worked professionally for Platinum Studios, has written and edited for the popular episodic webcomic Awesome Storm Justice 41, has finished writing and started production on a second graphic novel called Green Mountain Gunslinger, and has established himself as a noted columnist and comic reviewer at Paperbackreader.Com, where he is a full partner. Dan is currently at work on his first prose novel and runs the weekly Writing Exercises on the Awesome Storm Justice-41 forum.

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Finding Collaborators for Your Comic Book

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Another installment of Dan Head’s Expert Village series about self-publishing comics.  Dan covers some of the options available to you to gather your team to produce your comic. *Note* There are other options he didn’t cover namely deviantART.com & zeros2heroes.com these two sites have a pool off talent you can access, though zeros2heroes.com specializes in comics. I will review my experience with zeros2heroes.com in an upcomming post. For those of you that want to skip ahead, visit him on Expert Village.


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About the author:

Dan Head is a veteran writer and small press comic publisher. He wrote and self-published his first graphic novel, Bronx Angel: Politics By Another Method, in 2005. It has since been picked up for a second printing by the Repercussion Comics Group. Dan has also worked professionally for Platinum Studios, has written and edited for the popular episodic webcomic Awesome Storm Justice 41, has finished writing and started production on a second graphic novel called Green Mountain Gunslinger, and has established himself as a noted columnist and comic reviewer at Paperbackreader.Com, where he is a full partner. Dan is currently at work on his first prose novel and runs the weekly Writing Exercises on the Awesome Storm Justice-41 forum.

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Differences Between Comic Books & Movies

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

This week’s installment of Dan Head’s Expert Village series about self-publishing comics.  Dan discusses the key differences between film and comics and how those differences have their advantages. For those of you that want to skip ahead, visit him on Expert Village.

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About the author:

Dan Head is a veteran writer and small press comic publisher. He wrote and self-published his first graphic novel, Bronx Angel: Politics By Another Method, in 2005. It has since been picked up for a second printing by the Repercussion Comics Group. Dan has also worked professionally for Platinum Studios, has written and edited for the popular episodic webcomic Awesome Storm Justice 41, has finished writing and started production on a second graphic novel called Green Mountain Gunslinger, and has established himself as a noted columnist and comic reviewer at Paperbackreader.Com, where he is a full partner. Dan is currently at work on his first prose novel and runs the weekly Writing Exercises on the Awesome Storm Justice-41 forum.

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Cost Considerations for Making a Comic Book

Friday, January 16th, 2009

This week’s installment of Dan Head’s Expert Village series about self-publishing comics.  Dan covers more costs to producing your comic / graphic novel. When looking at costs think of it as an investment in your story, the better the quality in production the more likely you are to find success in sales.  For those of you that want to skip ahead, visit him on Expert Village.

Let me know what you think by leaving a comment, I will do my best to bring your more information & opinions from others that have experience in self-publishing comics and graphic novels.

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About the author:

Dan Head is a veteran writer and small press comic publisher. He wrote and self-published his first graphic novel, Bronx Angel: Politics By Another Method, in 2005. It has since been picked up for a second printing by the Repercussion Comics Group. Dan has also worked professionally for Platinum Studios, has written and edited for the popular episodic webcomic Awesome Storm Justice 41, has finished writing and started production on a second graphic novel called Green Mountain Gunslinger, and has established himself as a noted columnist and comic reviewer at Paperbackreader.Com, where he is a full partner. Dan is currently at work on his first prose novel and runs the weekly Writing Exercises on the Awesome Storm Justice-41 forum.

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Comic Books As A Visual Medium

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

The next installment of Dan Head’s Expert Village series about self-publishing comics. This time Dan reminds those of us writers out there that first and foremost a comic’s storytelling is hinged upon visuals.  For those of you that want to skip ahead, visit him on Expert Village.

Let me know what you think by leaving a comment, I will do my best to bring your more information & opinions from others that have experience in self-publishing comics and graphic novels.

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About the author:

Dan Head is a veteran writer and small press comic publisher. He wrote and self-published his first graphic novel, Bronx Angel: Politics By Another Method, in 2005. It has since been picked up for a second printing by the Repercussion Comics Group. Dan has also worked professionally for Platinum Studios, has written and edited for the popular episodic webcomic Awesome Storm Justice 41, has finished writing and started production on a second graphic novel called Green Mountain Gunslinger, and has established himself as a noted columnist and comic reviewer at Paperbackreader.Com, where he is a full partner. Dan is currently at work on his first prose novel and runs the weekly Writing Exercises on the Awesome Storm Justice-41 forum.

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