Galactic Gladiators Brand Report #8
08-28-09
More Brand development information:
Stage 14
With the first issue’s preproduction completed, mock-ups approved by Diamond Comics (Distributor of Marvel, Image, Darkhorse, DC Comics and others), the next step was to find a reasonably priced printer. The search began on the internet and through word of mouth.
Trying to get printers from around the world to quote on apples and not oranges became a chore. Faxes and emails were fired back and forth so that we could truly ensure the quote details were what we were after. When we finally received a solid good quote with full printing details, it was copied and this master quote was sent out to many other printers. After receiving misquotes and clarification on newly submitted quotes we decided to use Quebecor World out of Montreal for two reasons.
1) They printed comic books for the major comic book publishers so quality would not be an issue with our distributors and retail stores.
2) Diamond already had delivery trucks picking up other comic titles and shipped them into the USA for their distribution centers.
So the only thing remaining to do was decide on how many issues to print of Galactic Gladiators issue number one. We all realized that a first print run would be of interest to collectors and could be sold forever if enough were printed. The more units produced would make the per unit price much lower.
Of course we also knew that the number of units would be limited to the amount of money we could raise. So it was time to raise funds.
The next post will go over the Raising Funds stage:
Next Report will be #9.
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