Hiveworks - unraveling the enigma?

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From the hiveworks Homepage:
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Pretty much all the other infromation is on the specifics of how the Submission should look.

Issues 1. and 2. aren't mentioned whatsoever and 3. only in relation to the Submission, not the release itself.

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>>94014755
I work with them and I'm not even the only person on the board who does/has.

1. They really don't seem to bother me or my team with editorial demands. Apparently they have with others. But they seem fairly hands-off with us. I honestly cannot remember the last suggestion they've made

2. We get a monthly stipend. Others get per page rates, or salaries, or ad revenue. It seems to differ from comic to comic.

3. We own everything except the exclusive global rights to distribute it as an online comic. But everything from IP to global printing in any language that isn't English is ours and ours alone.

4. I don't think people even realize we're on Hiveworks. We've been gaining traction, but my penciller/inker's other online comic is much more well-known.
I like things though. Keeps the comic running, not a lot of interference and I've only met good people since joining. I don't really know about whatever negative stuff is happening anywhere. I don't really talk with anyone about it. But it probably exists. I don't really talk to others about the great stuff either. The whole thing is a much more individualized experience than many would have you believe.

Anyway, good luck, anon!

>>94015435
Thank you very much, anon.

Speaking from experience, would you recommend to debute at hiveworks or do a practice Comic first (something we've been discussing) to get a hang of fanbase intercation and how to handle the online Framework (Twitter, Tumblr, possible pateron etc)?

I'm relatively optimistic about the Submission - my Partner has very good art and our concept has mainstream Appeal: Fantasy Setting, female Protagonist, relatively fast-paced. I know this all sounds a bit analytical but I'm very passionate about my Comic. I just want to handel it as intelligently as possible since it's a huge time- (and emotional) Investment.

>>94015784
They're very into acquiring stuff that already has a fanbase but lately they've been into growing new comics out of fresh pitches. Our comic debuted there.

But a practice comic unrelated to this pitch is a good idea no matter what. Even if you weren't planning to go over to Hiveworks it's something I highly recommend.

My penciller/inker said that people always worry about not being able to finish stuff. But he just started on an idea he liked and later on he finished a story and now had an entire story to show people and sell them on his work/himself.

>>94015913
Thanks again.
We'll go for the practice Comic, I think. We have two ideas and one is a two-page mini Comic which should be easily doable and get us some Feedback.

Work managment is a huge issue for us too. The Comic we want to submit has currently three written / storyboarded chapters of approx. 30 pages each. According to hiveworks we could apply with three finished pages but we want to apply with the first chapter completed. We decided on this as a backlog / contingency - over at hyw we recently talked to an anon who had a very high Quality Comic going and got accepted at hiveworks. But he had to refuse because, apparently, he couldn't meet the page / release schedule hiveworks demanded. How lenient is the Editorial on delays, hiatuses etc. ? This is something we Need to consider since we're both in Uni and my Partner works part-time on top...