Best Tips for Printing your Indie Comic Book - Snooby Comics

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This video will show you the best tips printing your indie comic book. I cover how to prepare your comic book for printing and off set printing companies I use like Kablam and Mixam to get a professional looking printed comic book.
Shannon Newby is an award winning writer, filmmaker, comic book creator, book publisher and educator. This RU-vid channel helps educate creative people on how to live a more happy, productive and financially secure life.
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@goat1408 Год назад

FF 375.....I had that issue (hate saying "had" lost half of my comics in 2017 in storage) but bought that book as a kid specifically for that cover lol

@snewbyfilmmaker 9 месяцев назад

I'm lucky I never lost my favorite books.

@dplj4428 7 месяцев назад

7:31 floppy vs graphic novel. Saddle stitch, stitched. Perfect binding, glued plus hardback cover. Subscribed and watching this again x 10. Pre-print at home as own personal assessment.

@snewbyfilmmaker 7 месяцев назад

Thanks

@_gesho 9 месяцев назад

I thought I was gonna go the graphic novel route but your video has really sold me on doing floppy tests. Thank you for sharing this with us. It’s very thorough, informative and helpful.

@snewbyfilmmaker 9 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful!

@dorkga1092 Год назад

Thanks for making this video, especially for talking about the more specific details of printing. It's so important, but it feels like it's hard to find the exact info I need to make sure I don't mess up in the printing process. I'm nowhere near that yet, but this was great info to know ahead of time.

@snewbyfilmmaker Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@warmice4136 Год назад

Exactly what hat I’ve been looking for!!

@zaybrielclanton 10 месяцев назад

Dope video. Taught me a lot. Thanks brother.

@rachamilton1 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for being so clear and breaking this down so well. Making my own comic feels so much more attainable now

@snewbyfilmmaker 10 месяцев назад

Happy to help

@mayalabo3906 2 месяца назад

I really appreciate this videos~ big help specially for self publish comic creators like me~ Thank you so much~!

@snewbyfilmmaker 2 месяца назад

I'm happy to help.

@SteveNonkonyana Год назад

Thank you man this really does help.❤ Im starting out on my own jouney and this just is what i needed.😊

@snewbyfilmmaker Год назад

Happy to share the info!

@goat1408 Год назад

I did a die-cut cover......it actually came out cool af.....mad I no longer have it :(

@snewbyfilmmaker Год назад

That's something I'm interested in trying.

@MannySimoneCards 4 месяца назад

Thank you for all the valuable information.

@snewbyfilmmaker 4 месяца назад

Your welcome.

@theothercomicguy 6 месяцев назад

Goldmine of insight. Thank you.

@snewbyfilmmaker 6 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful!

@garybradley912 10 месяцев назад

Great video! Me and my nephew Ja'Vieon use Ka-Blam for our comics, too. We actually just got back from the Memphis Comic Expo where we sold copies of our books. I just subbed because we're also on a comic book business journey. I wish you much success and will be checking out your videos!

@snewbyfilmmaker 9 месяцев назад

Very cool! It's a great feeling to bring your own books to life. I hope I can help with my information.

@aglcomics 11 месяцев назад

Excellent information, man! AGL

@BizzaroBrainBoi Год назад

best video ever, THANK YOU!

@snewbyfilmmaker 11 месяцев назад

You're welcome!

@mrwill0910 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for this info. I am starting to make my own comicbook series. Congratulations on the series.

@snewbyfilmmaker 7 месяцев назад

Very Cool. I'm glad I can help.

@artistresidence7355 7 месяцев назад

Glad to have discovered you. Appreciate your advice and help. Looking forward to watching more of your works.Meanwhile,be blessed and God bless.

@snewbyfilmmaker 7 месяцев назад

Thank you. Blessings to you as well.

@FabianGarner7 4 месяца назад

Thank you - I learned a lot!

@snewbyfilmmaker 4 месяца назад

Glad it was helpful!

@LVLIVE Год назад

Awesome and the best advice ever about the tips🎉❤❤❤

@snewbyfilmmaker Год назад

Thanks. I'm glad it helped

@ernestocaro9802 5 месяцев назад

Thanks a million for this video man, you explained things really clear and well, new subscriber here

@snewbyfilmmaker 5 месяцев назад

Thanks

@illusionpng Год назад

this is a good video.

@enrqced1 11 месяцев назад

Good advice

@UNCANNYGEORGE Год назад

Excellent info! Thanks for sharing!

@snewbyfilmmaker Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@Stablemable2 6 месяцев назад

Great advice.

@MrFishComics Год назад

Good looking book, and an informative video, thanks!

@snewbyfilmmaker Год назад

Thanks. It's available at www.outthehouse.com/snoobycomics

@hapasiuhengalu7586 10 месяцев назад

I can’t stop hearing “Oh you thought I was feeling you?” 😂 For real tho, this video is excellent!

@snewbyfilmmaker 10 месяцев назад

I really appreciate it. More coming. 😄

@gooddaysgames586 6 месяцев назад

I used Mixim and they did a good job. I didn't know about the floppy term. Thanks!

@snewbyfilmmaker 6 месяцев назад

I have been buying comic books my whole life and once I started creating them I started leaning all kinds of crazy lingo. I first heard floppy only 4 years ago. Glad it was helpful!

@MADEINAQUAOFFICAL 7 месяцев назад

Ahh this helps allllllooooooootttttttt, thanks

@snewbyfilmmaker 7 месяцев назад

Happy to help

@hazardboysclub Год назад

Thanks dude. Helped a lot!!!

@snewbyfilmmaker Год назад

Glad it helped!

@goat1408 Год назад

Book is nice man!

@ryanhowell4492 7 месяцев назад

I love it

@Tihitipearl2013 Год назад

This is the best opportunity to draw and sell a comic book it inspired me so much

@snewbyfilmmaker 11 месяцев назад

Thanks so much

@paulisarts Год назад

I could be wrong, but just one small correction in this nicely done video. @10:32 "digital" printing is basically the print-on-demand which allows someone to print a very small run or a single book, at an affordable price. "Offset" is the standard which normally requires at least 250-500 (sometimes 1,000) copies to be printed just to start the process.

@snewbyfilmmaker 11 месяцев назад

Yes Offset printing is print on demand.

@steveis33 6 месяцев назад

Brilliant dude 👍

@snewbyfilmmaker 6 месяцев назад

Thanks 👍

@SHIROB666 9 месяцев назад

AWESOME, THANK YOUUU

@snewbyfilmmaker 9 месяцев назад

You're welcome!!

@gamingwhileitshot8040 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for this wonderful and informative video 👍🏽 💯

@snewbyfilmmaker 6 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful!

@gamingwhileitshot8040 5 месяцев назад

Did you ever do the video comparison with Print Ninja?

@snewbyfilmmaker 5 месяцев назад

@@gamingwhileitshot8040 No. I haven't done an order from print Ninja. It seems like it would only be worth it if you are ordering a thousand books at one time, when looking at the pricing

@gamingwhileitshot8040 5 месяцев назад

@@snewbyfilmmaker Thank you 👍🏽

@akuracomics 10 месяцев назад

We need more comic videos!!!!!

@snewbyfilmmaker 10 месяцев назад

New Video coming this week.

@akuracomics 10 месяцев назад

@@snewbyfilmmaker 🐐 🔥

@akuracomics 10 месяцев назад

How often do you plan on dropping? I’m here for it!!!!!

@wanderleybecerra2763 5 месяцев назад

Can you break down ball park pricing? I'm trying to budget my expenses and wondering how much for so many floppys or graphic novel... thanks

@snewbyfilmmaker 4 месяца назад

If you go to Kablam they have a pricing tool that will allow you to plug in all your info like page count, quantity etc. and they will show you how much each book it will cost exactly with shipping

@AphroditeLee Год назад

Thanks!

@snewbyfilmmaker 11 месяцев назад

No problem!

@JRABFILMS Год назад

Hello there! I was wondering how you feel about Print On Demand. You get less money but you don't have to worry about inventory.

@snewbyfilmmaker Год назад

Great question. I have not considered that, because I do quite a but of business hands on with my books and I'm looking to expand into retail spaces, so print on demand as of right now doesn't seem good for me, but I will look into it further.

@MBST1 3 месяца назад

When you’re doing saddle stitching, what size of paper do you use (A4, A3, etc)?

@snewbyfilmmaker 3 месяца назад

A4 It is 8.27 x 11.69 inches

@MBST1 3 месяца назад

@@snewbyfilmmaker Thx 👍

@ModernMinimalistLife 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the great info. Your artwork is super cool. Could you or someone please tell me how to get the best looking gray tones for print using Photoshop. My test prints look muddy and the black is quite faded. Thanks again (Subscribed).

@snewbyfilmmaker 7 месяцев назад

Although I have quite a bit of experience with photoshop, this is a question I can't currently answer. I'm a writer, editor, publisher. I hire artist for my books.

@ModernMinimalistLife 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for your reply. For some reason, I cannot find any info online that can answer my question. How odd it is, for many people must tone their B+W artwork digitally, I'm sure. @@snewbyfilmmaker

@Bobman_Ting Год назад

Great job creating this video. Since in the past, you made a video on how to create a comic book company as a business, Can you give advice or tips and tricks on creating a comic book company name like yours?

@snewbyfilmmaker Год назад

I wen through a lot of ideas, but ended up on Snooby Comics because my first inital and Newby is my last name. I spell it phonectically as Snooby. Only issue is that when you type in Snooby google tries to correct it to Snoopy.

@Bobman_Ting Год назад

@@snewbyfilmmaker I see, thanks much appreciated

@TeddyRen Год назад

@@snewbyfilmmaker That's exactly what happened when I tried to look deeper to purchase it. You gave me some good advice so I wanted t o support

@madmel06201966 22 дня назад

I have a question Shannon: I'm using Clipstudio for my graphic novel, what size you I be working on when I am using Clip Studio?? I do understand the "safe area, trim line, and full bleed" but, when I scan my images (individually) I have to put them together, what is a good canvas size? Should I use inches rather than pixels?

@snewbyfilmmaker 20 дней назад

I never used clip studio, but yes I would use inches over pixels.

@madmel06201966 20 дней назад

@@snewbyfilmmaker I thought so too. Thanx!

@wanderleybecerra2763 3 месяца назад

What finish did you go with on your cover and interior pages?

@snewbyfilmmaker 3 месяца назад

glossy

@wanderleybecerra2763 3 месяца назад

@snewbyfilmmaker thank you, sir... got my first 5 inked pages 🤯🤓😁👍🤞

@thefvguy5648 Год назад

Do you have any links to where I can get the paper for printing comics? I found 80# text paper, which is too thick. I can’t find 60# paper or 70# paper

@snewbyfilmmaker Год назад

That's not something I researched. My printer provides the paper.

@thefvguy5648 Год назад

@@snewbyfilmmaker Damn, I cannot find that specific paper almost anywhere online. A lot of the terms for the paper confuse me. Bought 11 x 17 60# paper, only to turn out to be card stock and not text cover paper which is what comics are printed on.

@AntonioMBrown Год назад

THANK YOU! I just finished a comic and I have 30 sides, which will be 15 physical pages is that ok?

@snewbyfilmmaker Год назад

Congratulations! Yes it's okay. I gave the 20 to 28 page as a cushion so if things don't go well, it hopefully won't financially wipe you out you. But if you can handle a 30 page book. That's great! Best of luck, let me know when its available.

@TeddyRen Год назад

@@snewbyfilmmaker So a 51 page comic isn't really 51 pages. ITs like 26?

@mdigitalman 8 месяцев назад

Why is my book being rejected from amazon for bleed issues

@snewbyfilmmaker 8 месяцев назад

I don't know. I would reread their message thoroughly. It is probably a margin error.

@-PURPLE-HEAD 4 месяца назад

Is it necessary to print the price on the book? I was wondering just in case someone might want to adjust the price at some point.

@snewbyfilmmaker 3 месяца назад

That's a good question. You can do whatever you want, but what are all the pros and cons, let me look into this.

@TheTableReads 9 месяцев назад

Can you elaborate on why you don’t like Comic Ninja? I’m still in the writing process, but looking into printers and I had pretty much settled on them… but if there’s a reason to go elsewhere, I’d love to know before I spend thousands of dollars on something disappointing.

@snewbyfilmmaker 9 месяцев назад

I have not used print Ninja, but I did order the sample pack. The print work seems to be quality, but you have to order a large quantity to make it worth the cost and it ships from China so it takes 6 to 8 weeks to arrive. The shipping may have gotten faster post covid.

@TheTableReads 9 месяцев назад

@@snewbyfilmmaker Ah! Thanks so much for the reply. Your videos are great, by the way.

@snewbyfilmmaker 9 месяцев назад

Thanks@@TheTableReads

@XavierMossXaynan Год назад

Could I apply some of this to creating manga?

@snewbyfilmmaker Год назад

Absolutely. Just check for size and dimension differences.

@theonlyuncleben 2 месяца назад

Hey man, I was always curious. I understand I'll have to buy bar codes but who is responsible for putting that on the comic book cover? Will I need to put it on before sending it to the printing company?

@snewbyfilmmaker 2 месяца назад

Youput them on. Google kindleprenuer barcode generator

@theonlyuncleben 2 месяца назад

@@snewbyfilmmaker awesome, I appreciate the response and help! I haven't found any video that tells me what a comic book cover needs

@snewbyfilmmaker 2 месяца назад

@@theonlyuncleben Did you watch this? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f76yegdnHMY.html

@theonlyuncleben 2 месяца назад

@@snewbyfilmmaker I haven't. Thank you! I'll check it out now

@dplj4428 7 месяцев назад

2:10 standards. A price hit and display issues, or just do you?

@snewbyfilmmaker 7 месяцев назад

I'm not really sure of your question. I keep my books in the 'standard' formats as of now.

@pestoman 5 месяцев назад

MY NAME IS DAVID LUNCH AND I'M ABOUT TO BE SOMEONE'S DINNER 😂😂

@snewbyfilmmaker 5 месяцев назад

David MUNCH. and I'm about to be someones dinner. But yes, same sentiment 😄

@pestoman 5 месяцев назад

@@snewbyfilmmaker i keep thinking about it and laughing 😂

@timfrancismemet4171 7 месяцев назад

can those companies print overseas am from kenya

@snewbyfilmmaker 7 месяцев назад

I don't know. I would email and ask. They both have pretty good customer service.

@wanderleybecerra2763 5 месяцев назад

When and how do they put the ISBN on the comic?

@snewbyfilmmaker 5 месяцев назад

I add mine in Photoshop, but you can also add it in Canva (which is free) To generate the barcode I use this website. kindlepreneur.com/isbn-bar-code-generator/

@wanderleybecerra2763 5 месяцев назад

@@snewbyfilmmaker so before you send it off for mass printing, you insert it?

@wanderleybecerra2763 5 месяцев назад

@@snewbyfilmmaker and thank you so much for your videos.

@PlagueMagician 7 месяцев назад

I have 80 individual pages. Considering sides is that 40 when printing?

@snewbyfilmmaker 7 месяцев назад

Yes that is correct. 2 sides equals 1 physical page

@PlagueMagician 7 месяцев назад

Thanks man. I printed with Mixam last night. 84 pages in total plus 4 sides for Cover, Back etc. Appreciate this video. All the best 🙌

@sirbrocco1921 6 месяцев назад

@@PlagueMagicianwhat’s your view of mixam? Are you happy with what you got?

@PlagueMagician 6 месяцев назад

@sirbrocco1921 Absolutely brocco, I printed a prototype to see how the art would translate from the computer. Highly impressed. Some of my shading I was worried about, once printed my first reaction was hellyeah. Definitely check them out.

@SuperBabe772 7 месяцев назад

Good morning did you say Indy? Like indianapolis? I am desperately trying to publish my comic book.

@snewbyfilmmaker 7 месяцев назад

You can publish great comics in Indianapolis just like I do in Philly. Check out my starting comic book business video. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f76yegdnHMY.html

@MR.BREEZETIME 5 месяцев назад

Indi as in independent comic book love

@verbena208 8 месяцев назад

Hey do you do any writing other than comics, like short stories.

@snewbyfilmmaker 8 месяцев назад

Yes. I have written feature films and episodes of TV shows, books. etc. check out my website www.outthehouse.com/

@verbena208 8 месяцев назад

I was just curious because I am working on a shared universe with a couple of other writers in order to get more exposure for our work and I'm looking for new talent.

@snewbyfilmmaker 8 месяцев назад

@@verbena208 If you're asking me, I respectfully would have to decline at this time. I have my hands full at this time. In the past year I only took a couple high paying short term writing gigs. There are a ton writing forums out there where I'm sure you can find someone who would love to do a collaboration.

@verbena208 8 месяцев назад

@@snewbyfilmmaker Cool, would you happen to know of any offhand?

@thewatcher6295 Месяц назад

Im making a comic for fun with my daughter. I Just want to give to family and friends. Do you have any advice you can give me? I'm not ready to print yet. I would like to do the floopy.

@snewbyfilmmaker Месяц назад

Have fun! Because comics are fun. I would suggest doing a 6 to 12 page book first, you'll probably make some mistakes and better to make them small first. Remember it is a process, enjoy it.

@thewatcher6295 Месяц назад

@@snewbyfilmmaker Thanks for the quick response. Your video was well done and very informative. I look forward to seeing more of your videos.

@dplj4428 7 месяцев назад

Is it worth getting them to send a printed sample of your book?

@snewbyfilmmaker 7 месяцев назад

Yes. Many times once you get a book in your hand for the first time and read it is a different feel. You would be amazed at some of the things you can find when you get that first proof. If it is your first time printing a book, I would suggest getting a sample proof, reading it thoroughly all the way through and letting a trusted friend do the same. You may find mistakes or things you want to change. Once you get used to printing books, you may feel like you no longer need the sample.