6/24/2023 0 Comments Rocketship comedy![]() Rocketship works directly with many platforms, such as Tapas Media, because the platforms own their creators’ print rights. It’s not common, and it’s becoming less so.” “Everybody gets the same deal,” Akel said. This means not taking a single percentage point from the IP and splitting net profits 50-50 with the creator. Rocketship strives to be as fair as possible to creators. It puts a lot more money in our creators’ pockets.” So you’re talking about a below 50% margin instead of 95%. “The crowdfunding platforms take 5% of the funds raised, while the margins in traditional publishing are that products go to retailers generally at 50% off the MSRP. That is very difficult to do in a traditional publishing model, but with crowdfunding, you can make the fans part of the experience.”Īnd from a business perspective, “the margins are much better in crowdfunding,” Akel said. “As a fan, you have direct access to a creator, whether it’s through a comment section on an app or through social media. “We crowdfund because we wanted to replicate the relationship that webcomic creators have with their audiences as much as possible in the publishing experience,” Akel said. This year, Rocketship will add to that line and also start a horror imprint, to be expanded on later in 2023 and in 2024. Last November, Rocketship launched Bottlerocket, a new imprint for young readers. All of Rocketship’s books are supported by crowdfunding campaigns on Backerkit, Kickstarter, or Zoop. Rocketship publishes both paperback and hardcover (though Akel said hardcover tends to outperform paperback), with print runs ranging from 4,000 to 40,000 copies, but usually in the 5,000–10,000 range. All Rocketship titles are graphic novels, with the exceptions of its first art book and first prose novel, both coming this year. Based in Doylestown, Pa., and distributed globally through Simon & Schuster, the publisher released 19 titles in 2022 and has 24 projects lined up for 2023. They also discover that behind every resurgent pop star combo is a powerful woman who is capable of anything.So in 2019, Akel left Webtoon and, along with Rob Feldman, cofounded Rocketship, which is now a 10-person operation entirely devoted to turning mobile webcomics into print books. ![]() MyBad! is a character driven story about 4 middle-aged men who discover lost friendship, that rivalries still run deep and that leather no longer suits a 20 stone man with a comb-over. So when Marie, pub cleaner and former party planner for adult toy company Marie Winters, persuades the Fab Four to reform with her as their manager they have to try and put all their old grudges and years of festering resentment behind them to make it work. But it is 24 years since MyBad! broke a million teenage hearts when they split up and the intervening years have not been good to Gaz, Davey Dave, Tasty Flava and Stewie.Īfter their previous manager squandered all their money on failed film tax schemes they are now all officially S to the K to the I to the N to the T - well maybe not all of them! Much to their chagrin fifth band member, Wayne Young, has actually done very well thank you very much and is now a Hollywood superstar! are songs that shaped a generation in the 90’s. "Always Remember", "Back A’Cha", "Talk To The Hand" and "It Ain't You It's Me Babe" Watch this space for commissioning updates! SYNOPSIS MyBad! was written and directed by Nick Wild and also features Paul Chuckle, John Culshaw, Nicole Barber-Lane, Rachel Knowles and Caprice amongst many others. Hot off the launchpad: we have just finished shooting a teaser for MyBad! starring Richard Blackwood, Jake Canuso, Will Mellor and John Thomson as 90s boy band sensation MyBad! and Sally Lindsay as their manager Marie.
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