SacAnime will be hosting their first ever charity convention, "SacAnime Gives Back" on May 15, with the proceeds supporting WEAVE. In the spirit of helping others that the convention embodies, Golden Plume Comics will be volunteer hosting a Tapastic approved table in Artist's Alley. Our goal will be to promote Tapastic as the premier webcomic platform for both readers and creators and help drive new traffic to the app and website. Additionally, we would like to feature FOUR different creators at the Tapastic table. Yes, this will be totally free promotion for your webcomic. Interested? Read on.
Table Details:
FOUR creators will be featured at our assigned 6' table. The table theme will be simple and elegant, with mostly blacks and whites. Two* table fliers will be available for free for attendees to take home. "Flier One" will feature the four table creators and is open to any entry that meets the following minimums:
(1) The comic must have a color cover available printable at 8.5" x 11".
(2) The comic must have at least 10 pages available printable at 8.5" x 11".
(3) The comic must have at least 30 subscribers.
If your comic meets all of these prerequisites, entry requires only a reply to this thread. There is no cost to enter. Closing date to enter is Monday May 2, 11:59 am PST. ONE "Best of Show" chosen by us and THREE "Random Draw" creator entries will have their comics available on the Tapastic table in printed form and will be featured on "Flier One". The table printing will consist of your color cover printed on 60# paper and tucked inside the front of a clear face 3-ring binder. At least 10 but not more than 20 pages will be printed and placed inside each binder in clear protective page sleeves for maximum presentation value. This will allow convention attendees to browse your comic in person. By entering you are only granting us limited permission to print and display your comic during the convention. Afterwards all papers will be shredded and all related files deleted.
(Image: Tapastic Table “Flier One”, true size 5.5” x 8.5”, 100# glossy)
Our lead writer T.R. Racki will be at the table and will be knowledgeable in each of the featured comics should there be questions asked by attendees. Hopefully all of the featured creators will gain an appreciable number of new subscribers.
Local Tapastic readers and creators are encouraged to come stop by the table and say hi to T.R. He will have a smartphone on hand for lots of picture taking and will Tweet the action throughout the day on @PlumeComics. Free Crowned! covers will also be available if you wish to come by and take one home.
Relevant updates to this event and a final written summary of the day will be posted below as they come available.
*("Flier Two" is closed entry featuring four Tapastic manga creators.)
Why Do This?:
Some may be thinking, "Why promote Tapastic? Why feature someone else?" Simple. The beauty of the Tapastic platform is that everyone wins when it grows. More readers means more subscribers for everyone, more ad revenue for all, more Patreon supporters, etc. Most comics are a fast read. When readers finish and have to wait for the next episode, most likely they will go reading another creator's work while they wait. Win-win!
Imagine if every creator promoted not just themselves but two other Tapastic comics? It would be "pay-it-forward" on steroids. We would love to see the development of a group of TVACs (Tapastic Volunteer Ambassador Creators) who table and/or planel at their local conventions. With just a few hundred TVACs, the worldwide comic convention scene would have a global Tapastic presence and reach millions more potential readers. Wouldn't that be awesome?!
Draw on.
Respectfully,
Golden Plume Comics
References:
About WEAVE: WEAVE, Inc. is the primary provider of crisis intervention services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Sacramento County. (http://www.weaveinc.org/)
About SacAnime: SacAnime is a biannual 3-day convention in Sacramento California with an estimated attendance draw of 12,000. (http://www.sacanime.com/)
(Image: SacAnime Gives Back Poster)