We were able to make a pitch and send it via his agent (later my agent). My friend Kevin Panetta, who was already publishing larger works, wanted to do a collaboration. Savanna Ganucheau: For me, I had been doing small jobs in the industry for a little while, coloring and drawing one pagers for compilations. We ended up getting good offers from two of these editors!
While this was more work upfront, I think it was a huge help in getting the attention of editors who were able to read a draft of the whole book in text form, and I heard from multiple editors who had a real emotional reaction to the most heart-wrenching scenes. How did you break in and get your work published? Was there a critical turning point or connection that got the deal done?ĭebbie Fong: For my first graphic novel pitch, my agent advised me to provide a full script for Next Stop, my 250-page comic, instead of only an outline and synopsis. His most recent graphic novel with artist Simon Gane, Sunburn, is out from Image Comics. Watson – Veteran author and illustrator with three Eisner noms and other awards to his name. Lonergan – Long time indie creator who’s graphic novel Hedra (Image Comics) was nominated for an Eisner in the Best Single Issue category. Fong – Indie illustrator who’s original graphic novel Next Stop is due out from Random House Graphic in 2024. Watters – Co-creator of Lumberjanes and founder of the Boom! Box imprint, Shannon recently wrote and published HOLLOW, a young adult graphic novel. Bloom Part II is scheduled for release this Fall.
Ganucheau – Started off in self publishing, Savanna illustrated the graphic novels Bloom (First Second) and Turtle in Paradise (Random House Graphic). Juni Ba – Published the hit graphic novel Djeliya at TKO and Monkey Meat at Image. Without further ado, here are the roundtable participants: Interested in reading my previous roundtable about Pitching to Publishers? Find it here. One note, I received such good responses, I’m breaking the article into two parts. Something I learned right off the bat…there are many different ways to break in and just because you’ve gotten one work (or two or three) published, doesn’t mean that you’ve made it. There is a ton of gold in these responses and I hope you’ll enjoy and get the same insight I did. These creators run the gamut from a new creator who just broke in to veterans with multiple books under their belts and even a long time editor with Boom! Studios.
Turns out it takes a lot! For my latest roundtable, I asked six creators who started off in the indie space and have published original graphic novels or are about to publish one. Happy New Year! As an indie creator who is interested in publishing a graphic novel, I’ve been investigating what it takes to break into that space.
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