Russia’s only comic house is hoping to teach attendees how to create an entire industry from scratch.
With almost no competition, BUBBLE Comics is leading the way for the superhero genre in Russia.
Heres an excerpt of our Q&A… Artem Gabrelyanov, CEO and Founder, BUBBLE Comics:We are prepared more than ever.
Weve made a pretty interesting presentation for our panel, so you should definitely check it out!
What are the challenges of producing English versions of your comics?
Have you received feedback from readers to make future translations better?
RK:Its actually a pretty weird feeling.
Translation is not a challenge for us as our editors and correctors are fluent in English.
Not all of our Russian popular sayings and cultural references are well-known in the English-speaking world.
(just dont ask).
Demonslayer, an honored Airborne member, uses that phrase ironically while breaking a bottle on the demons head.
Not exactly the same effect, but close enough.
After all, I think we did a pretty good job with the translation.
Why did you decide to use Kickstarter for Exlibrium?
What did you learn from that experience about how to market comics to the English-speaking audiences?
Also, we love to experiment with our titles.
But once we made it everything went smooth.
For fans unfamiliar with the history of Russian comics, what are your earliest memory of Russian comics?
Can you give readers an idea of the history of Russian comics before BUBBLE started?
RK:Russian comics started from lubok, political caricatures and kids magazines.
It sounds like a crazy stuff but I really dug it back then.
AG: It was really hard to get any comics in the 90s in Russia.
I became really passionate about comic books after watching two amazing Marvel animated series Spider-Man and X-Men.
As Roman said, there were a few attempts to establish a comic book industry before BUBBLE.
But every one of them failed.
Maybe, it wasnt the right time for such an entertainment.
Maybe, the audience wasnt ready back then.
Maybe, those publishers didnt have enough experience.
I, for the matter of fact, think that they started doing comics just to earn some money.
And doing comics isnt about making money at all.
It is about making your childhood dreams come true.
Isnt that why we are all here?
What areas do you hope to expand BUBBLE for 2016 and 2017?
For the first time our readers could witness their favorite characters failing their mission and facing the consequences.
You ever wondered what could become with our Earth if Demonslayer couldnt protect it from the demonic invasion?
Or if Major Grom failed to capture his arch-nemesis, The Plague Doctor?
BUBBLE Multiverse has an answer to these questions.
Just wait a few months, and you could play it on every known platform!
But our main goal is going to be a development of our own Cinematic Universe.
We have already planned the whole 1st phase, and its looking amazing!
We have a really great team of professionals working tirelessly on it.
Ive seen a lot of pre-production material, and it sure looks amazing!
