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Our last article of the Tips and Tricks series covered advice for creators while at a convention behind the booth or artist alley table. While tabling takes a lot of organization, and sometimes finances, there are lots of options for creators who still want to attend a convention as a creator. There's always more than one way to be productive, and sometimes, using your time for meetings, lunches, visiting tables, panels, and reviews can produce a lot of results.

Networking, networking! I can only imagine we all know that networking is important, but how can we network if we aren’t at a booth? In my personal experience, I find networking far easier when I’m not...

Today we are honored to announce that celebrated publisher Source Point Press now offers their entire digital library exclusively through GlobalComix. This means that you can now find Source Point Press comics in one unified experience -- whether you're exploring free issues, reading with your GlobalComix Gold subscription, or adding a PDF to your collection for on-the-go storytelling.

Known for working with both industry legends and new talents on the rise, Source Point Press strives to bring readers the best storytelling in horror, sci-fi, pulp, true crime, the occult, and supernatural; featuring titles Winchester Mystery House, Good Boy, Little Red Ronin, and No...

These aren't your average magical girls! The comics on this list are full of fantastical leading women. Some are out to help and some want revenge and destruction, just don't cross any of them: a thousand-year hunt, a torn kingdom, a strange mask, a war path to the moon and more! These ladies are out on a mission for today's Popular Last Week:

Celestis, 71 pages - Published by SparkleArts, (cc/ @SparkleArts)

Yana thought she had left her life as a Celestian warrior behind. As her friendship with the Knights of Nosheau grows stronger by the day, so does imposing the threat of the Oashum Empire. Called to face the consequences of her past, her present grows more complex....

Everybody's got a secret here! A haunting past, transformations, super speed and more give us more trouble than we can shake a stick at! Grab some snacks and enjoy the tea from today's What's Trending:
 

Rechargeable, 239 pages - Published by Bilvy Jay Lee, (cc/ @bilvyy)

It's the year 2100 in New Portland, Australia. The Immortals are a reckless street gang trying to corner the market on illegal but highly advanced prosthetic technology known as CHIPs.

Story and Art by Bilvy Jay Lee

 A Stick A Stone, 37 pages - Published by Ink and Dagger Productions, (cc/ @ASAScomic)

A Southern Gothic Tale of Belonging at the End of the...

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1. Unluckies, 529 pages - Published by Neon Hell, (cc/ @Peachy-Keene)

Magical girl Lilyfeather escapes an arranged marriage by joining a crew of pirate hunters in this high-seas tale of love, luck, and zombies!

Story and Art by Neon Hell

2. The Very Gay Adventures, 152 pages - Published by Very Gay Comics, (cc/ @RavenAndLily)

A daily comic that follows the comedic adventures of two WLW lovers....

We've got some never-featured and recently updated LGBTQ+ titles today. Going beyond just friendship or romance, these titles add a little action, elemental chemistry, galactic space travel, super-humans, and Appalachian cryptids! There's so much to discover in today's What's Trending, featuring:

1. Vindicaris, 549 pages - Published by Serpyra, (cc/ @serpyra)

Vindicaris is a scifi/action comic about Periodica: soldiers of the Periodic Elements. The story follows Ces and Sel: two rogue Periodica on their quest for revenge against their own creators. Along the way, they must combat gangs, other Periodica, and their own moral conflicts. Series contains violent...

The 2020 and 2021 convention seasons were rough, cons everywhere canceled, and digital attendance just wasn't the same. Now with conventions opening up again, more and more creators are looking at buying a table or booth and trying their luck. But is it luck? Not really. It's good preparation.

There are three reasons one could attend a convention:

• Just for the actual enjoyment of it all, they are fun!
• Tabling to sell products and goods
• Networking, portfolio reviews, and other business work

Each of these is a good reason to attend a convention. In this first entry in a two-part series, we are going to look at the Tabling/Artist Alley...

No matter what console you started on, they can bring out the best of us! Friends joining together to beat a villain in multiplayer, entering the game to play as the villain, or falling in love with the villain's son?! What kind of games ARE these? Let's play and find out with today's Popular Last Week, featuring:

1. The Final Boss's Son Loves the Protagonist, 198 pages - Published by Bwillett Comics, (cc/ @bwillett)

With the Sword of the Four Goddesses, a chosen hero will destroy the dark lord Arenjee. To stop him, Arenjee sends his son Ozmodeus to kill the hero before he can get to the dark lord. However, poor Oz finds he has a problem, he’s fallen in love...

What's better than fighting machinery and robots? Mecha and fighting tech has been growing in popularity, with science experiments, battle suits, dedicated family robots and Sentai-styled battle cats, there's much to be excited about. Grab the WD40 and polish that metal as we dive into today's What's Trending, featuring:

1. Deathrage, 96 pages - Published by Merc Publishing, (cc/ @mercmagazine)

In the year 1985, Mark Freeman signs up to be the first of a new line of Spartan super soldier. Something goes wrong in the experiment, and he doesn't turn out at all like they wanted. This six issue standalone story will tell the origin of MERC's Deathrage!

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Ever wonder what it is like to be a space janitor? A superhero? Maybe a lowly worker with a hellish boss? Maybe an angelic one would be better instead? With today's Popular Last Week, you can find out, featuring:

1. Space Cleaners, 48 pages - Published by Space Cleaners, (cc/ @WeirdElf)

Space Cleaners is an agency that is in charge of promoting cleaning jobs to prisoners and refugees in order to pay their pensions or get financial support, from dismantling to evidence removal, depending on the request of the clients. In this organization works Renzo, an janitor who works in exchange for a refuge, in order to become independent and find his own place, will be the one to guide...

Love is in the air once again! We've got new loves to fawn over and some favorites to check up on! A young harpy meeting her first humans, workplace relationships, a fiancé who isn't who he seems and more! There's something to love for everyone on today's What's Trending, featuring:

1. Sunrise Blossom, 1743 pages - Published by Nina D. Aberlein Comics, (cc/ @NinaDAberlein)

Ivy is a young harpy who is separated from her sister while travelling to learn about human culture. After running into a Violet, a human woman who takes her in, Ivy slowly starts blooming into womanhood, while developing feelings for her human companion.

Story and Art by Nina...

It's been a while since we last published education content on the business side of comics, so we wanted to get back to releasing blog posts about business-related topics on a regular cadence, to complement the Creator Tips & Tricks series that is more focused on the process of creating comics.

Today we're going to touch on one of the foundations of success as a comics creator: deciding on the kind of market that's the best fit for you and your books.

Who's going to buy my book?

While you might be an artist, writer, inker - or any of the other critical contributors to a story - you’re likely reading this because you have interest in making money...

National Sports day is celebrated all over the world in honor of their national sports teams as well as the traditional sports of those countries. We've got some racing, wrestling, biking, roller derby, hand-to-hand sparring and cricket in today's Popular Last Week, featuring:

1. Triple Crown, 72 pages - Published by Mythoverse Comics, (cc/ @MythoverseComics)

The daughter of the greatest racing driver in history devotes her life to completing her family's legacy, by reaching the pinnacle of racing: The Triple Crown of Motorsport. She must master all of the most difficult racing disciplines, navigate rivalries, politics, and death defying speed in her single minded...

GlobalComix is proud to announce that we have partnered with Top Cow Productions as part of our launch of PDF Downloads and Bundles. Join us in welcoming Top Cow to GlobalComix as we celebrate their 30th anniversary.

As part of this new partnership, many of Top Cow’s titles are now available to read and purchase. All titles and releases can be accessed through GlobalComix Gold’s unlimited reading, and you can also purchase PDF downloads of Top Cow's comics to add to your collection.

“We’ve been approached by dozens of start-ups who wanted to get into the digital comics business,” said Top Cow President, Matt Hawkins. “GlobalComix is one of...

Today we are excited to announce the latest service for readers, collectors, and creators. PDF Downloads and Bundles is now available, offering an option to purchase your favorite comics and manga, and a new way to support your favorite creators.

It was clear from the beginning that this service would need to equally support two different audiences - readers and creators. We’ve taken great care to ensure that both aspects of PDF Downloads and Bundles are feature-rich, easy to use, and quickly accessible.

Let’s get into exactly what that means.

PDF Downloads and Bundles for Creators

PDF Downloads and Bundles is a new optional way to monetize your content,...

Living on an island can have its perks, and its downsides. This What's Trending list contains strange local mythologies, underwater cities, sirens, lemurs, and vikings! We hope you like the smell of saltwater, featuring:

1. Godsbane • 祟り神, 25 pages - Published by Art Crumbs, (cc/ @ArtCrumbs)

In 1891, Aros, a village doctor, sells his soul attempting to revive a colleague who can save them from apocalypse. Too bad she wants to stay dead and doesn't want to help! Now Aros must balance life as a healer and a killer in order to save his island from being burned to the ground.

Story and Art by Art Crumbs

2. Rai (2014), 1364 pages - Publi...

Where does creativity come from?

Is it an innate desire to create or express yourself? Is it just a “fun” thing people do? If you do creative work for money, for an income, does it lose some of its “artistic” value?

Creating art, writing, singing, dancing, many will tell you that it’s just something we do, no matter the reason we do it. However, sometimes, the desire to create fades for whatever reason. Creative people have various names for all of these “blockers”, but personally, I have found them all to be slightly different from each other. Identifying the specific issue you are dealing with, and its cause, is one step in the...

Crowdfunding is scary and intimidating, but it can be done! Today's list features some of the most popular comics that were successfully funded! Read through today's Popular Last Week, and if you are wanting to launch your own campaign, see what these creators did that helped them reach their goals, featuring:

1. Waldin, 115 pages - Published by Patrick Cornelis art, (cc/ @patrickcornelis)

The Selenite & the Obsidian -two powerful magic stones that control life and death. The stones have been lost for many centuries but an evil race of brutal vikings, the Hyrux, found the Selenite buried deep inside their barren lands. They use its power to control a monstrous dragon...

We've got some never-featured comedy titles full of new reasons to laugh! Finding your forgotten past, monsters, heroes, romance, and... aliens in toilets, we bet this list can get us to the weekend in good spirits. Have a laugh with today's What's Trending, featuring:

1. Heart Rock Titan, 44 pages - Published by Burak Cengiz, (cc/ @burakxir)

Stressed at work, broke, overweight, lonely and heartbroken. Here comes Pam! Like most people Pam just wants to have a normal and happy life. Yet, in a world that‘s inhabited by all kinds of different people she still struggles to fit in because she looks like no other person. Having no memory about her origin from an early...

Varying in size, shape, and abilities, dragons appear all over the world in almost every culture. The stories on this list are a reflection of that, many dragons, in many forms and many roles in society. Set aside all you think you know about dragons, and enjoy today's Popular Last Week, featuring:

1. Blood Stained Snow, 128 pages - Published by Genji Otori, (cc/ @GenjiOtori)

Blood Stained Snow takes place in a world ruled by dragons. Only a few chosen humans are allowed to act as the dragon’s judges and death men. Feared for their madness and brutality – they are called Dragoons.

Story and Art by Genji Otori

2. Chasing the Dragon, 136...

Being stuck in limbo can be scary. And no, I'm not talking about a Groundhog Day scenario where you're stuck dancing forever. Although that could actually be fun, come to think of it.

The limbo I'm referring to for this week's What's Trending is that place in the afterlife that leaves a spirit stuck in the between. Not quite alive, and not quite gone, these spirits all have one thing in common: great stories.

Enjoy, and let us know your favorites in the comments!

Soul Ascendance, 314 pages - Published by Bezel Comix, (cc/ @BezelLeblanc)

Soul Ascendance is a story about the afterlife, where the lost souls that reside in Purgatory must hunt demons and take...

Publishing is not an easy field of work. Long nights, tight deadlines, and an air of mystery about how publishing works behind the scenes. Editorial and graphic design work are important aspects to consider when publishing your own series, espeically if you plan to start your own magazine.

So for today's Creator Interview I'm chatting with FriedRice Comics, creator of Way of the Kitchen King. With their years of experience in editorial, this is the perfect opportunity to do a deep-dive on the topic.
 

1. First off FriedRice, can you tell us about yourself and how you got into the publishing industry? Can you tell us also about some of the projects you've...

Did you know August 8th is International Cat Day? Grab your favorite furball, a bag of treats, and a soft blanket to knead. We've got enough stories on today's Popular Last Week to keep you purring for days!

1. Afterglow, 84 pages - Published by Space Between Entertainment, (cc/ @patshand)

The Glowing ended the world as we know it, leaving the survivors with an Earth painted with dangerous, glowing colors. Now, a girl named Lacey discovers her late mother's journal that foretells another apocalyptic event and sets out with her giant mutant cat to save what’s left of the world.

Story and Art by Jim Campbell, K. Lynn Smith, Pat Shand, Shannon Lee