Ka-Blam

[jwblake]

Greetings, all. 

I'm JW Blake's Dad and biggest fan.  We were invited to a sort of small-town comic-con;  we show up at a comic book store with others, and exhibit our wares, etc.  So, I wanted to try to publish the boy's comics and sell some real live comic books.  I'm in touch with the people at Ka-Blam.com.  Has anyone had any experience with them?

Kind regards,

JW's Dad and biggest fan

[Rob]

Kid Galactus and jennigregory (both members here at the site) both work for Ka-Blam. I am not a customer of theirs as of yet but I've seen their booth at NYCC and I've spoken to Wayne (Kid Galactus), Jenni and the owner Barry Gregory and they all seem professional and eager to please.

I have not heard any "bad" stories about Ka-Blam so I would say they are probably a good choice. But as I said, I'm not a customer myself so I can't speak from experience. 

[jwblake]

Anyone heard of any other publishers out there?  I've been going back and forth with them for two weeks, and have yet to get the publishing started. 

[Rob]

You can take a look at this. I can't vouch for it's value.

http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/extras/podreview.php

[Cary]

I've had nothing but a great experience with the fine folks at Ka-blam. I've printed 8 issue with them thus far, used both the Indy planet service and the Comicsmonkey service, and of course the printing arm Ka-blam, and enjoyed every second. They're courteous, quick, and very helpful, and I completely dig their customer service. They do get a bit slower this time of year answering messages and such, but that's a function of the convention season spinning up and them getting incredibly busy, so hang in there if you've contacted them and haven't heard back.

[TonyDiGerolamo]

We use a printed called Comicbookprinting.com and they do short runs and are reliable.  Also, the quality of the books are very high.  You can check out their link all this month (July) on www.superfrat.com or at www.thewebcomicfactory.com.

[Rob]

Thanks for the tip Tony. Definitely going to check them out. 

[HarringtonAW]

I've printed about half a dozen books with Ka-Blam, and my experiences with them have been pretty uniformly positive. I've dealt with a variety of other printers throughout my years in the biz, and most of my experiences have been negative, so Ka-Blam is an unusually reliable resource in a generally unreliable field, in my opinion.

-S

[Richard]

Just to chime in, Ka-blam is a pretty good service for your dollar starting out. We've done several small runs with them. As long as you get the formatting right with your submitted pieces you're looking for a pretty smooth process.

Just make sure to order your pieces waaay in advance of any convention to keep your costs down.