There's a lot of focus on crowdfunding and while that's all well and good, I'd like to know more about advice for people like myself who DON'T want to do a crowdfunding campaign for their project.
This is my second comic technically, though it's also a second attempt at a story. Because anxiety and self-sabotage got in the way last time, I fear that a crowdfunding campaign will only put a lot of stress and pressure onto me. Add the inevitable drama you see at times from internet spats over who's got internet cooties (to paraphrase Ya Boi Zack) and you can imagine.
There's also that I don't want to do a 100+ page volume of a comic, but make one issue of a limited run at a time. I don't know yet how long each one is going to take, though I also figure that now would be a good time to think ahead about what alternatives would be there for me to running a crowdfunding campaign. While I'm considering the probability of hiring an inker, a colourist and a letterer respectively to try and cut down on time, I still don't see why this would be THE path for me.
Who else is in this boat? In all the talk about "Comicsgate" or even "Anti-Comicsgate", it sometimes looks as if there aren't many possibilities available to indie creators outside of these groups. (I'd like to make a comic for Alterna one day, however I don't think that this particular story would be it.)
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My advice is to consider your options when are closer to finishing your book. (I'm assuming you are still in early stages)
You don't have to use crowdfunding but I would strongly recommend it. As a new writer/artist, nobody knows you or your work. You have to stick your neck out and take those risks or nobody will take notice. With crowdfunding also comes other things like starting a YouTube channel (now there's also Odysee and BitChute) to drum up interest and promoting your work on other channels. These are kind of scary things to start but worth it in the end for most.
Forget about the CG drama. It's just not worth it to even give a crap. Anyone trying to tell you to be CG or Not CG is not interested in your work.
If you still don't want to crowdfund, then I don't see many other options besides these. (I've never made a book so I'm no expert)
find a small indie publisher that's willing to publish your work or print them for you.
finish your books, print them on your own dime, and try to sell them online somewhere.
Both of those options are still going to require to put work in and promote yourself.