This month’s Professional Comics Creator spotlights one of the biggest acquisitions in the comic book industry and follows the continuing impact of the pandemic on the industry.

Kakao Buys Tapas

(Forbes)

“Now that some industry analysts are predicting 30% year over year growth for digital comics and web fiction globally, it’s unsurprising that we’re seeing consolidation.  Interesting that its Korean companies betting big and betting early, stealing a march on prospective competitors in Japan and North America.”

Time Warner buys DC. Disney buys Marvel. This deal for Tapas could be on the same level and a sign of things to come.  

Comic Shops and COVID: One Year Later

(Comicbook.com)

"Even a year in, the road ahead is still a long one and it will be some time before we fully see how the pandemic truly impacts comic shops and the direct market on the whole, but the key to getting to the other side is remembering things aren't over and to be flexible with whatever is next."

This applies to comic creators as well as comic shop owners.

COVID Three Key Figures from Comics

(ICV2)

"The comics business is mourning the passing of three key figures in the history of the medium and the business in the past week: an editor, a retailer, and a writer and publisher."

COVID continues to reduce the ranks of the comic book community.

21 Business Books for Freelance Comic Creators

(Creative Contract Consulting)

Some of these books are classics in the field. A few of them were published within the past year. Many of them aren’t about working in freelance comics specifically, but since there are broad business principles that apply to this field, I’ve included them to make this list as comprehensive as possible.

Have fun with your comic.

Gamal

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