I am going to state this as plainly as possible, without rancor.
3 Comments | Posted: December 23rd, 2009 | Filed under: Thinking about Comics MarketingI was recently mentioned by a creator in an interview on a popular-ish website in which she stated her disappointment that multiple bloggers (including myself) had not followed up on an email from her concerning her new digital comics.
- I do not run a comics news blog.
- I am not obligated to run any press releases.
- To be frank, I’m probably not your target audience.
I work in marketing. I get it. You want to reach out to people who you believe are evangelists and trendsetters. Honestly, I’m neither and there are tons of websites that get more traffic than me and have a broader spectrum in their postings that “Whatever shit hoves into Kevin’s view that he likes enough to type the bare minimum number of words about.” Forces Of Geek and Alert Nerd are two more-than-passable places that have a strong personal voice and are always looking for new content they think their readers would like, and those were just off the top of my head. I’m sure their sidebars will reveal many, many better targets for your campaign than my personal website.
(And as a slightly-rancorous aside, don’t call me out when I don’t cover your work, especially when it’s obvious that you’ve not looked at my site in years and seem to have missed out on the fact that I’d much rather tell people about my own comics than talk about someone else’s.)

well… ho ho ho!
Also: is that level of entitlement normal in the digital comics realm? “I e-mailed ALL THESE BLOGGERS about my hot new property and not one of them responded! Is there no decency in this modern era?”
lol. Patton Oswalt fan spotted.