New Indie Horror comic! https://www.avoccomics.com/product-page/tit-for-tat

sockopress.com is currently accepting free submissions from creators of all backgrounds. Their contracts are creator-friendly and also creator-owned.

Give it a look a see for yourself. #FOMO

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[ I hope this post is appropriate here. It doesn't get any "lesser known" than mini-comics! ]

The What Now?

The Comic Zine Database is a virtual archive of mini-comics, comic fanzines, small press comics, newave comix and related items. Comic zines of all types! We've got over 17,000 entries and there's a whole lot more work to do.

CROWDFUNDING: DONATE AND GET MINI-COMICS IN THE MAIL!

If we can raise $1,000 for the Comic Zine Database, that'll allow me to dedicate at least 20 hours each week for the next month or two. My goal is to add the 1,500+ physical items sitting in boxes here, taunting me. Also, it'll mean I can set up community features which will add Facebook-like functionality and any community member will easily be able to add their own entries to the Database (same login, same account), as well as post news about their publications, ask questions, discuss comics, etc. $1,000 is only 100 comics lovers sending $10 each so whaddaya say? If we should raise more, it just means more work will get done!

Here's the GoFundMe link for more details: https://gofund.me/5f90526e

INCENTIVES

GoFundMe doesn't allow rewards but here are some rewards between you and me (it'll be our little secret) in the form of mini-comics I've either published or distributed in the last few years. I'll begin shipping these out a few weeks (still wrapping up a few of them!).

Photos here (I wasn't sure if I should include them all in this post): https://poopsheet.tumblr.com/post/763686971419869184/hey-its-crowdfunding-time

$10.00 = 5 mini-comics (new minis)
$20.00 = 8 mini-comics (new minis + newer minis)
$35.00 = 17 mini-comics (older minis)
$50.00 = 25 mini-comics (everything in stock!)

DONATING:

GoFundMe doesn't require registration but if you'd rather send funds via PayPal, here's that link: www.paypal.com/paypalme/poopsheet

Please be sure to include your mailing address.

Thank you for any support you can offer and please share with your mini-comics and fanzine pals!

www.poopsheetfoundation.com

I saw the new Savage Sword of Conan in my LCS the other day and really liked the format. Is there anything else like it?

I've been lucky enough to travel the world a bit for work, and it's always a priority in my travels to learn a bit about the local comics culture and of course to visit the best comics spots wherever I find myself.

In Italy, comics are "fumetti" (referring to the smoky appearance of speech bubbles);

in Spain, "TBO" [tay-bay-oh] (referring to a classic comics anthology magazine of the same name, and also a pun on the phrase "te veo" ["I see you"]);

in Japan, comics are "manga" (literally "whimsical/impromptu pictures");

in France/Belgium, "bandes dessinées" (literally "drawn strips");

in Germany, "comics" are—wait for it—"comics" (which does feel appropriately German);

and here in the States, comics are either "comics"/"cartoons," most likely referring to newspaper strips, political cartoons, or comic book shop "floppies" (superheroes and the like) or "graphic novels" as in this subreddit or as in "please take me and my hobbies seriously, these picture books aren't just for kids" (that's how I interpret it, at least).

So tell me fellow global comics fans:

What does your culture call comics, and what does that tell us about your culture and its relationship to the medium?

Edit 1: for grammar