Modern family: Addition

Finally out

" Is that Dragonball no. 1 finally printed and ready for distribution?" I asked as a formality because seeing it in the flesh was already enough to tell me what's what.

" It is already being distributed. They are currently being shipped off to every comic book owner who are in our contacts." Said corresponding employee.

" That's good. We Just have to wait for new comic book Wednesday next week and everything would come to its major debut." I said

I picked up a copy and inspected the stapled papers as I could.
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he cover page are unlike the cover page that was popular in this era. 1970s cover page layout isn't exactly the best in my opinion. It had a bar code messing up the art. It had the stamp for the Comics Code Authority that messes up the art.

It also has the glaring square that tells you how much it's worth which messes with the art. The bar code just wasn't enough or the store clerks were too lazy to tell the buyers the price so they asked them to be printed.

It has unnecessary and space consuming taglines which mess with the art. Essentially, comic cover conventions mess up the face value of any comic issue with its presence.

Fortunately, I have my own publishing house where I can order and dictate things. Printing department took my advice and printed those unnecessary trinkets on the back page. Price and barcodes should be reserved their while taglines such as ' Special Edition' or whatnot should be on the pages meant for advertisements.

Dragonball no. 1 was almost everything that I could hope for. It jumped through those nasty cover pages and jumped to the streamlined and cool conventions of the 2010s of my previous life.

Goku and his martial pose were what dominated the page with Dragonball lettered above him while the words ' Created by William Dunphy' were moderately attached beneath those stylized lettering.

Dunphy Comics was straightened up in the header while a CC logo is what took the place of where the pricing should be.

The issue title of ' Son Goku ' was on the bottom right to make the design the conventional standards of the issues that would follow.

I flipped the pages and the quality of the Baxter printing should be enough to make it stand out. The slightly notebook size was what I ordered and it was what I got.

It wasn't as conveniently small sized as mangas but it was already perfect enough. My team really did their best to make my requirements be achieved. To think that I as 5-6 year old boy own a Comic Book publishing house which is going to publish Dragon Ball Z as his first Comic Book is quite profound enough.

Even the people from the second floor who was supposed to be heading home was joining in on my excitement as they picked up the available copies and tried finding their names on the credit page.

Days goes by and I finally cooled down on my enthusiasm for the first printing achievement and had to voice out my concerns.

"How did the direct market and distributors even agree to the unconventional printing style of pricings and barcodes? I thought they'd push back on this kind of disconformity?"

As much as I praise for the previous world's 2010s cool conventionalities, I also knew the stubbornness of the comic book demographic and its resistance to change. Market leaders such as DC and Marvel that want to snuff out any form of cake sharers would denounce the new Dragonball cover design with fervor.

Granted, the Dragonball threat still isn't clear but the gang up would come eventually when the franchise truly blossoms.

"It is no problem at all boss. Some comic book insiders I've met were quite jovial with displacing the barcodes and price prints." My team's related personal responded. "The people in charge of printing these things gave it some good commendations. They say it's quite hip and cool than anything they've worked on."

"Isn't there like a limited number of prints? How come there are piles of them here?" Asked another team member with others.

"I asked for it. It's free comic book copies for all of you as employee benefits." I responded.

Of course, unfairness is a norm in other societies or other states but it is still a good idea to give my hired comic workers some free copies.

I already noticed my employees bagging their copies. Most who worked with me were happy to see their names on the credit list while the few other  were looking forward to having their names on the next issues. Even the marketing and legal workers have secured copies of their own.

There was no point in continuing to fixate on with those free copies, so I have to do some of my responsibilities and get updates from the first-floor team.

Like how I asked before, my team has  gathered their progress reports, the copies are legitimately being shipped off to every direct market possible.

My advertising team secured a full page of certain comic magazines to incentivize comic book nerds to know the up-and-coming title and comic book publishing company.

The newsstands were still stubborn with their views on non CCA comic books though and rejected Dragonball outright.

Fortunately, old Company was part of the comic book association so my published titles had some perks. One of the advertising strategies that I procured from the perks was to have a poster of Dragonball postered on entrances.

Throughout the North American sectors, Dragonball was evenly shared out with 100,000 copies in circulation.

As for the remaining 50,000 from the 150,000 printing plan, they are made available to comic book accepting countries.

Although the overseas market isn't exactly great, being able to secure Japan is already a win that I would give to my team.

I have already checked with the legal consultant and the chances of someone with similar design design being resistered or not and there is no copyright material close to my comic design and characters. Even if someone has malicious intent to falsify things or dirty the road, chances winning or applying for a lawsuit would be improbable.

I have already acquired and secured all the necessary and specific image rights so any matter of close resemblance from Goku and Tangtong wouldn't be an attack point.

The Dragonball prototype, Dragon Boy manga, in the previous history wouldn't have that title but could only be a downgrade of an American comic book.

When it comes to having thick skin in matters of taking undeserved credit, I didn't have any guilt as I just embodied the way of capitalists.

The chances of me succeeding is only some what high than my chances of failing. Even if Dragonball was a huge success in the past timeline, it isn't guaranteed that it would have same success in this altered timeline but one thing is guaranteed that it will succeed.

Dunphy Comics finally released it's first publication.