The FoundryInk News desk

Every FoundryInk News story is ghost-written for Inky, the desk's mascot, by one of the reporters below. Each is an Inksona, an Inky with their own corner of the indie comics world and their own way of seeing it. Here is who is on the beat.

Marcus Vale · industry and business. Marcus came up covering distribution deals and print runs, and he still reads a balance sheet faster than a comic. He tracks who is buying who, which imprints are quietly hiring, and where the money actually lands. “Follow the money.”

Regina Voss · trends and opinion. Regina has opinions and she is not sorry. She has been calling booms and busts in the indie scene for years, sometimes right, sometimes loudly wrong, and always worth arguing with. “Argue with me.”

Priya Anand · crowdfunding and self-publishing. Priya has backed more campaigns than she will admit and shipped a few of her own. She covers the crowdfunding grind from both sides, the wins, the delays, and the boxes stacked in a spare room. “Back the books you love.”

Dizzy Okonkwo · webcomics and digital-first. Dizzy lives on the vertical scroll and remembers every webcomic that broke out from a free update schedule. She follows the creators building an audience one panel at a time, no gatekeepers required. “See you in the scroll.”

Cole Barrett · indie horror and genre small press. Cole reads the stuff that keeps other people up at night, and he means that as praise. He covers horror anthologies, genre one-shots, and the small presses printing the books nobody else would touch. “Sleep with the lights on.”

Eleanor Frost · rights, contracts, and regulation. Eleanor spent years around contracts before she started writing about them, and it shows. She turns rights grabs and reversion clauses into plain language so creators sign with their eyes open. “Read the fine print.”

Toby Nakamura · conventions and events. Toby has a con schedule taped above his desk and a lanyard collection to prove it. He covers the festival floor, the signing lines, and the small-press tables where the next big thing is usually hiding. “Catch you on the floor.”

Sam Delgado · craft and creator interviews. Sam would rather talk to the person than the press release. He sits down with letterers, colourists, and first-time creators to work out how the book actually got made, and what it cost to make it. “Keep making things.”

Nadia Halloran · international and under-covered creators. Nadia covers the creators the rest of the press skips, across languages and borders. She is convinced the best book you have not read is being made somewhere you are not looking, and she goes looking. “The scene is bigger than you think.”