I've always liked the tradition of publishing work serially in the comic-book 'pamphlet' format and then collecting that work in book form, so I've just stuck with it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.
Comics is a great medium to get a lot of stories out.
My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic book in content. I write autobiographical stuff.
To be honest, writing comics is a dream come true - the form is unparalleled and is home to some of the most original and innovative storytelling around.
This is a profession for me, but I started off as a self-publisher working on my own schedule and my own stuff before moving on to graphic novels with First Second Books, where there was definitely a schedule, but it was very different from monthly comics.
Comics are printed on paper, which is expensive, making it tough to stay in business.
If you do approach a comics publisher, make sure it's one that publishes the kind of book you want to make. Don't take your literary fiction to Marvel or DC; don't pitch your Spider-Man epic to Image.
I've always published a range of responses to my work in the letters section of my comic book.
I love comics and have since I was a kid. That is what gave me the idea to create my own.
Let me tell you, writing comics is as hard as anything I've ever done - for me, at least. I'm now officially in awe of guys who can crank out multiple books a month and maintain a high level of quality. Comics are completely different than any other medium I've dabbled in.