Hey folks, welcome back to Secrets of the Sire! Got a lot of great feedback from the topic of print vs digital, what comic book stores must do to survive and finally comic books stores: should they serve alcohol. For the final note on this debate, I'd like to give a shot out to @LyriaExchange for [...]
Got some great responses to our latest blogs! Here are just a few snippets from social media on the topic of print vs. digital and what retailers must do to survive: Stacy Korn from Comic Fusion - another fantastic store in New Jersey had this to say on some of the suggestion posted: To serve [...]
Originally working as one cohesive online issue of The Sire, this was meant to be a nice bridge between Sire Vol 1 and Sire: Revelations detailing how Freak landed in Paris and detailing the connection between Zeus Wyndell and Samuel Antonetti. In the spirit of getting all these files back up on the site, I've [...]
So in keeping with the theme of the print vs digital debate that was started three weeks earlier, the number one faction that gets affected by this new technology is not the reader nor the publishing companies. In fact, as specified, in a lot of ways digital is to the benefit of both, ie: storage [...]
Due to popular demand i'll be blogging on Mikebooks.com twice a week! We've already had tremendous responses to previous posts and generated a ton of great feedback and interaction. So why stop there? Starting this week here is the new post schedule for Mikebooks.com: Monday & Friday: New blog post. I'll alternate between tackling topics [...]
Got a lot of great responses to last week's blog. So here's a follow-up question tackling even more concerns with print vs digital comics. Do people even collect modern comics anymore? And more importantly, storage: what the heck to do with all those hard copies? Andrew Lovuolo from Graphic Illusions Studios (and also the fine [...]
So sneaky me bypassed my weekly blog commitment last week by announcing my latest entry onto Comixology instead. That same day, Sire fan and newfound Facebook friend Luis Santana hit me up and asked if it's even worth doing printed comics anymore. The short answer? Maybe. Let's take a look shall we? Luis Santana (via [...]
Well, ok not really. I'd lose. Maybe. But I did just take a side gig writing for The Inquisitr.com recently so I'm all about trying to create eye grabbing headlines like these days. I know, I know, shameless. Just shameless. But let's talk comics anyway. If you've been following this blog recently you know I [...]
The fine folks at Engima Bookstore in Astoria Queens hosted myself and a collection of comic book creators like me for a panel discussion and signing this past Saturday. In one word: AWESOME! Always a blast talking comics with fans, peers and new friends. Joined by joined by Jared Barel, Oliver Mertz and Mike Isenberg [...]
So picking up where I left off last week, the bottom line for making it in comics is by DOING COMICS. Drawing, writing, coloring, lettering, sketching...you name it. If you aren't actively doing stuff you aren't gonna go past your mom's basement. With that being said, the best way to acheive this is by setting [...]