In other words, submissions should be both entertaining and appealing to consumers’ wallets. “So, it is important that these self-published books stand up to what’s already in the store… but the policies for reviewing submissions is not at all heavy-handed.” “I don’t really see it as our job to police the kind of content, but it is our job to police the quality of the experience,” Steinberger said. Steinberger said the number one thing the company is looking for is print-quality work that comic fans will buy. Submissions can be color or black and white, and range from eight-page shorts all the way up to hundred-page graphic novels. A traditional comic has about 22-pages and retails between $3 to $4, but that doesn’t mean submissions need to adhere to those standards. Steinberger and others within the company will be on hand to answer questions about the new submission portal at a New York Comic-Con panel later today.Īnd while there was plenty of interest from people wanting to submit content, it took the company a few years to figure out how to make money off of self-published submissions.ĬomiXology Submit, which is launching initially as an invite-only beta, is pretty broad in terms of what creators can submit. It’s crazy,” said ComiXology CEO David Steinberger in an exclusive interview with VentureBeat.
“Every time we speak at one of the big comic conventions, the first question asked by fans is when we’ll start accepting submissions. So, for self-published comics that otherwise aren’t getting any attention (let alone making money), the new Submit portal is a chance to get put on the same digital shelf as Spider-Man, Batman, and The Walking Dead.
Nearly every other notable comic publisher (IDW, Image, BOOM! Studios) also sells its books through ComiXology, which makes it the only real digital equivalent of a neighborhood comic shop. If successful, the Submit portal could usher in a brand new age of renaissance for comics and graphic fiction.ĬomiXology is the largest seller of single-issue digital comics across several devices (iOS, Android, and web browsers), and the only retailer that sells single-issue comics from the two largest publishers, Marvel and DC. Today, the digital comic book startup is launching ComiXology Submit, a submission portal for comic book creators who want to sell their self-published work in ComiXology’s digital store.
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