With the comic book hot selling in the children’s book market. Most authors start creating a comic book for kids. But what kind of comic book is suitable for the children? Below are 7 guides to help you find the ideas to custom comic book for self publish or sell. And then attract the parents will buy your comic book for their kids.
1.The content structure is close to children’s ideological world
Children’s comic book take an important role during children’s growth. Comic book is a window for children to know the world. Children’s world is simple and purely. They don’t as the adult can understand complex word and pictures. A good comic book has a profound impact for the children. So we need to custom a positive comic book to guide the kids to know the world. When we custom a comic book for the kids, we need to focus on kids’ world. So kids are interested in what kind of comic book?
(1) Emotional Comics.
Though simple and easy understanding comic picture. It can help the children to understand affection and friendship or other emotion. This kind of comic book is very hot in children’s book market.
(2) detective comics.
Fascinating and compact popular science comics are often more favor by the children .
(3) Adventure Comics.
The adventure comic book since its attractive and wonderful adventure story. Which is always favored by the children and parents. An excellent adventure comic book can stimulate children’s desire to explore. And then exercise children’s exploration, observation, and judgment, etc.
(4) funny comics.
This type of comic book is full of comics with funny elements from the beginning. It is difficult not to let children like it. When the children read this kind of book, the interesting content can attract them but also can input knowledge unknowingly.
(5) Comic books with special effects.
Comic book with special effects can make children laugh. The book comes with flipping and automatic picture effects. Just follow the steps to get the pages moving. And as long as the speed is fast enough, you can watch the animation. So this kind of comic book also popular in the children.
2. The content is simple and easy to understand
Children are start touching the world and their understanding is still at enlightenment stage. If the word is too hard to understand, they will give up to read the book. So when we custom comic books for the kids, its content must be simple and easy to understand.
3. The pages are not suitable for too much
Because the children are hard too long time focus on one thing. If the pages are too much, during a long time reading, their eye will be tired and hard to keep reading. So the pages design is not suitable for too much.
4. The content with rich and colorful illustrations inside
Compared to the words, rich and colorful illustrations are easier to attract children to read. Because the words are boring, it is hard to attract a kid for a long time reading. Even if as adults, when reading the words for a long time, we also fell tired. But the picture is different. Since the pictures are inside with rich and colorful characters, animals, plants, etc. Which can attract the children’s attention and let the children follow them to explore the world.
5. Reasonable extra stickers on the inner page
Why custom the extra stickers on the inner page? As a bookseller, this is a selling point that other comic books are without. As children’s parent, it is another toy they give for the children. It is an extra surprise as a kid. Why say it is a surprise? When the kids reading the comic book for a long time and feel tiring. And find the sticker in sudden, is not a surprise for them? More important, when for long time reading, the children have a relax time to play the sticker. Which can better protect the kids’ eyes and then energetic to keep read the book. Isn’t this a win-win?
6. The cover can catch the kids’ eye
The cover is the first impression for the children to know about your book. If your cover can’t catch the kids’ eye, they will not open the book. So when we custom a comic book, we need to take more attention on how to design an attractive cover.
7. Set suspense or question at the end to trigger children to think
We set a suspense or question at the end of the comic book to guide children to think. It not only can develop children’s independent thinking, also can build a communicate bridge between children and parents. Their parents will also recommend your book to more people. Then your book also sells well in the children’s book market.
I sum up the above 7 guides for custom a comic book. Maybe you can get comic book ideas from these guides.
Finishing the creation of the comic book, how to make it print and sell
1. Organize your artwork for printing
If you plan to publish your comic book through traditional channel. You need to organize your artwork in PDF format before find a China printing company to print.
2. Cooperate with a professional printing house
Chinaprinting4u has been provide various of custom comic book printing services for many self publishers and publishers. In the comic book printing field, we own rich printing experience. No matter what types of comic book you want to print, we can help you achieve. Even if for self publish, we also can give you some suggestions. You don’t have to worry about price and quality. Because of our price and quality are competitive in the printing industry.
3. Promote and sell
When you receive your comic book, you can promote and sell your book by offline and online bookshop. You can promote your book through various of social media or recommend your book to the local bookshop one by one. Like Tik Tok, YouTube, twitter, etc medias are good channel to free advertise your book. You also can invite the well-known Internet celebrities or mother and baby bloggers to write a recommendation to promote your book.
