So We're Back?

We've moved back here again.  The Digital Hand Studios website is still undergoing some major changes to prepare for online digital sales.  So for the meanwhile, as long as that will be, I'll just share articles here.  We're still moving forward as a small magazine for indie comic creators, but our release date is still unannounced.   If you enjoy our articles and find the information helpful, remember to subscribe.

Articles & Topics

For those of you who have been following us, welcome back.  To all the new readers, we're a blog/soon to be a comic magazine for independent comic creators.  This means everybody who doesn't work for the big two, Marvel or DC.  Our articles range from comic art techniques to the writing process for stories.  We look into the publishing and the business side of comics, especially getting the most out of your marketing efforts.

There seems to be a few great comic art magazines out there with amazing articles, but seldom do they really speak to the unique problems that indie creators face constantly.  Most of them focus on the art, lets face it.  What we're creating here is a magazine that goes into all those issues that come along when you create a comic book for independent or self publishing. We'll go beyond just the art and get into writing stories and converting them into comic scripts, marketing campaigns that will get your book sold for a wide range of budgets, and how to register UPCs and ISBNs. Learn what you need to know to run your comic book creation business.

What's Else is New?

Moving forward to offer you guys a better experience we've added a YouTube channel to stream content related to our articles and even some cool places or neat art techniques that we can share.  We're going to have fun and explore the mysteries of creating comics...I mean come on, that's awesome!  So definitely check it out and if you really like it subscribe to it so you won't miss a video.
As it stands for now we'll be posting new articles and videos every other Sunday.  We're still a bit busy working on comic projects at Digital Hand Studios, especially for up coming Megacon in Orlando coming up in May.

Thank you for visiting us!  Remember to subscribe or check every other Sunday for new articles. 

Stay awesome!
 

We're moving...

Yes my friends, we're moving... to another website.  We are going to be moving our articles to our main website.  This has been a great run but that time has come where we have to become committed to presenting a higher quality of information.  In the time that we've been doing this we have found a great wealth of information on the creation, distribution, and marketing of comics and graphic novels and even though they fall in the same industry, both are managed significantly different.  The same applies to print vs digital publishing. 

Our main website will host a magazine style page for New Miami Comics, Miami's local indie resource magazine.  I'd like to start including printers and advertisers, distribution methods and guides, upcoming conventions and local comic book stores.  There are many resources out there but as a creator its easy to miss, especially when your focussed on your work.

There are a few magazines that touch many of those topics and address the local FLORIDA comic community.  Come visit us at:

www.digitalhandstudios.com

Starting in February

Starting in February we will be posting our new in depth articles to our Digital Hand Studios website as a subscription based magazine.  Our focus is still on bringing the best resources out there for indie comic creators.  We hope all of you have enjoyed our articles and find the new format even more creative and helpful. 

What you can expect from our new format:

We are going to dedicate a lot more time to organizing useful articles that creators can reference in their projects and endeavors.  We are going to include convention schedules, publishing guidelines for most of the publisher out there, list of comic book specific printers, advise from local artists, writers, and publishers.  We're also going to present articles that showcase local artists.  We would also include a section for monthly comic stories.  The magazine style and articles will be a collection of art and writing techniques, local comic news, and indie comic resources.

As our subscribers grows we will add contests and local meetups.  We will also consider article writers at that time.

So if you like our articles and find them helpful come check out our new page in February.

http://digitalhandstudios.com/new-miami-comics