Publicising your own small press comic is both incredibly important and incredibly difficult. Much of the mainstream media is not particularly interested, and you end up relying on your work striking a chord with a particular editor or journalist.
Of course there are websites and magazines dedicated to the "indie" scene, but here you are again at the mercy of others, depending largely, it seems, on whether what you produce is their thing or not.
Still, fortunately there are some really good avenues for the likes of me opening up. I mentioned indiereview in a recent post and I'd like to add to that Comics Village. The Village is a site dedicated to all of comicdom, with stacks of news, reviews and interesting columns from various luminaries in the UK comics world.
One such column is Village Gossip, an interview strand that seems to find its subjects from all corners of the industry. Including Matt Smith (Tharg), Tony Lee, Rob Williams, Oli Smith and now...
Me.
Here's a sample Q & A:
Can you remember your first fan letter, either sent or received?
Yes, it was a mad rant I sent to Justice League Europe. Basically I had this idea the Americans were all Benny Hill obsessives and I riffed on that. They printed it too, so they must have found it charming, in a schoolboy xenophobe kind of way.
