Hello, everyone!
It’s good to return here with a clear north for my projects. For the past few months, I’ve been struggling with organization. Let me explain.
When I started in comics at the beginning of 2023, my goal was straightforward: WRITE COMICS. Create. There was no structure, no worries, no plan, only results.
I did two crowdfunding campaigns and printed and delivered my comics. I had some delays, learned a bunch, and ultimately had my projects ready. I attended local conventions with them and will attend US conventions during the following months. I’ve sold many books, talked to peers and other creators, promoted my books, and built a brand around me as a creator and what I’m putting on the pages - lots of passion and emotion. Every creator I’ve met tells me I’m doing the right stuff. But the inevitable question spawned: What’s Next?
Keep creating until I die, I know. Yet, I discovered I didn’t have a north. Sure, I was delivering books to readers and building my portfolio of work, but I lacked organization. There were no precise dates on when I would do something. I couldn’t tease future projects as I didn’t know about them, and I couldn’t plan my work because there was no path and no direction on where I wanted to go. This complicated working with other people and hindered the creative process. All of this resulted in me not launching any crowdfunding campaigns this year.
Nevertheless, as I was creating until I died, I have worked on multiple projects in different stages that I’ve yet to announce. Furthermore, I’ve had the opportunity to work on two additional projects from other creators. With increasing projects on my plate and growth in collaborative opportunities resulting from my debut works, it’s my time to continue learning from other comic book creators and start planning.
Today, I present my 1-Year Plan!
There you have it! I know there aren’t any new announcements and that I moved my Tales from the New World Kickstarter campaign up to next year, but I wanted to give all of my projects their time in the spotlight, and right now, my focus is completing Let Us In. With my current plan, next year’s projects will be more precise, more organized, and better created. That’s why my first campaign is TfNW, as the book is ready and will give me time to organize my other projects.
The lesson learned is that it’s always essential to plan; no matter how small the task or how fast you think you will be, it’s better to have everything well thought out. I never guessed I would be working on 5-6 projects simultaneously, but that’s the writer's goal, so if you are aspiring to it, you might as well start scheduling from project number one. Comics is about patience, and knowing what you will be doing in the following months is very helpful in allocating your time and focus. Even though nothing is set in stone, and opportunities can rise without you knowing, it’s better to have a route and change it, just as I did with my upcoming KS campaign.
We often think that comics are about creativity and passion, and even though that’s what creating stories is about, you need logic and professional behaviors to make it profitable and aspire to live off it. At some point, I lost track of the planning aspect of a business, and now I’m correcting it, and I couldn’t be more excited about what’s coming!
Speaking of planning, I’m preparing for Baltimore Comic Con, the first convention I will attend as a creator, on Artist Alley! I’ve attended many conventions to promote my work, but it’s the first time I’ll have a table (E16!) and speak with potential readers outside my country. I’m super excited. This will happen in a month, September 20th-22nd, and I would be thrilled if someone reading this showed up!
After planning my work, I want to start planning my Substack posts and incorporate posting into my daily routine. But let’s take it one step at a time.
Before saying goodbye, I wanted to thank
, whose Substack page, fantastic projects, great brand, posts, and project planning inspired me to start organizing my work. Check his Substack out!See you next month! Until then, stay awesome, and go read something!
Thank you for the shoutout, Oscar!
Not only was it great to meet you in person at SDCC, but it's been a joy watching you put projects together.
Very excited for what you have coming up -- and happy to see a roadmap for it all!