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Below: The 2 Printed Comic Books
Printed Using Modus Print in Worcester
Put together using Indesign, booklet publication.
Getting Work Printed:
Originally, I aimed to get my work printed at Inky Little Fingers. However, after further research I felt they were incredibly expensive. The submission process was also far more complicated than it needed to be for a simple comic book.
I tried Staples but they got confused over the booklet layout. They had, however, promised me earlier in the project that this was something they could do but when it came to printing, this was not the case.
This left me a week for printing, behind schedule after a month of being let down by various printers (who all made a mess of printing) I found Modus Print in Worcester. What you see below were printed by them and they made an excellent job. The ink is not smudged, the quality is relatively clean as is the staple binding (chosen because I wanted an old fashioned comic book feel). They were able to utilise my end-papers to meet their printing specifications and bleed out the images so there was no white space or gaps showing. (all done in Indesign myself also).
The only thing that didn't work was the writing on the back pages, which printed pixilated, this was likely my own error and something that I can rectify pre final major show.
I printed the A5 books myself using matt paper. Chosen to show a contrast to the shiny A4. I personally prefer my comic in smaller form as it seems cleaner and more compact. They are also easy to send out, transport, and light to post etc. It is good to have the choice, however, and I have shown that my books work well in few forms.
This is what prompted me to create a web-comic. I felt that my comic had more impact on-screen, so I used blogger to create an interactive, easy to use web-comic. This is also a vessel for an ongoing project; I would like to continue on this path and expand my web-comic further, giving an installment every moth or so. I feel I have set this up to continue, and when I am finished I could collate these works into a graphic Novel.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
RUMPELSTILTSKIN
