10 Things About Breaking Into Comics (That No One Tells You)
5. Consider Yourself As A Brand
It's a weird concept: when you are marketing your work, and especially if you are wanting the senpai of mainstream comics to notice you, you have to start thinking of yourself as a brand.
Sometimes, this may mean making your name something that stands out. A number of comic creators don't use their original names for their work, and instead use working names, for whatever reason, ranging from making a name easier to remember to maintaining privacy for oneself.
But if you are looking to make a good impression with a major publisher or editor as well as potential readers, treating your most easily accessible social media as a professional account might be necessary. Think about what you are sharing and putting out there, especially if there's something that could come back to haunt you, or something that goes against the image you're trying to put out there.
For example, if your work is primarily all ages comics, maybe refrain from sharing explicit content. The same applies in the opposite direction.
You need to think about the online persona you are creating, and remember your social media is just that, the creation of an online persona; you have to consider how it'll work with getting you out there as a creator and your work.