Fantastic advice here. It sure sounds like you've done this before. You've got me thinking about it, just I don't know if I could ever do my comic as a living. Is this what other webcomics do when they publish themselves?Well, if you're concerned about censorship, I would try one of the smaller independent comic publishers, like CHAOS, or Avatar, who publishes Lady Death comics. Many of Avatar's comics in particular are gothic/horror theamed so you should have no trouble "fitting in" with what they're doing. Since the comics are independently produced, the writers/artists are given more freedom, there are no advertisements (except for previews for Avatar's other comics). The only possible drawback to Avatar's books is that because they don't recieve "mainstream" financial support, some of their individual issues are shorter than at a large company like Marvel or DC, who would have the resources to produce huge issues. Avatar does a lot of mini-series for each comic, rather than having monthly issues per say, which would work well with your schedule.
But before you make a decision about contacting any specific publishers, you should read a couple of issues of comics from various houses to find out what's currently popular, what each publisher likes, who to contact ect. Once you've decided about who you want to approach, you should make up a general query letter which introduces yourself, mentions your website, any other comic book-type experience you've had and finally an extremely general outline of the plot. You could, if you wanted, also include two or three samples of your artwork, printed out on really good quality paper. (Don't send originals, you probably won't ever get them back.) Don't reveal everything about your book: your goal here is to give them just enough to be interested in you, not to give them ideas to write their own original books without you. The letter/artwork submissions should be as professional-looking as possible so that your work won't get rejected, and you might want to consider having getting an Agent to help you with it, or buying some type of computer formatting software to ensure you get the right format for the letter.
Again, thank you very much. Good to see another Potential vet (or I guess former potential vet) student on here. I wish you the best of luck as well.As a former Veterinary student myself, I can absolutely appreciate what you are going through in school. I wish you the best of luck, you're extremely talented and have many great and interesting things ahead of you. Very Happy
