Right before I went to Chicago Comic Con, I put together a media kit I hoped to hand out to any media representatives wandering down Artist Alley. It’s not the most proactive strategy, but when I do these shows, I’m petrified to leave my table lest I miss a sale.
That’s why I’ve decided to step up my game a little bit and send my information directly to the powers that be.
That’s where you come in.
In the past, I could get by through networking inside the web comic community. But after 7 years in the game, I kind of feel like that well has tapped out. So now I’m branching out and looking to expose movie fans to my work and not just web comic fans. I want to send my media kit to some movie blogs in hopes of getting a little coverage.
I have a handful of blogs in mind. Some of the big guns and some of the mid-level guys. But I want to hear from you. What are the movie blogs you read? What are some of the movie blogs you’ve heard of?
Leave your suggestions in the comments below. I’m going to gather up all the contact information and run a media blitz. Hopefully, it will attract new readers to Theater Hopper. People who would have otherwise never found us.
Thanks again for your help! I appreciate it!
When it comes to reading about movies I just read your blog and MSN movie reviews (and the local paper because I’m old school).
Pajiba.com can generally be trusted to give careful, reasoned reviews that separate opinion from the facts of the matter, unless it’s a lowest common denominator movie. If something is bad, but enjoyable at the same time, they’ll generally say that.
Usually just Rotten Tomatoes and Roger Ebert. I’ll check slashfilm.com when I’m bored.
I only read your blog. There are a couple of other blogs out there that mention movies that I read also, but they are not primarily movie blogs
I read yours and Joe Loves Crappy movies. Sometimes I catch a review on MSN but that is mostly for synapsis about current release DVDs that I might want to add to my NetFlix cue.
Anyway, I would like to make a suggestion outside of blogs: The Rotten Tomatos Show on Current TV. I watch the show every week and find the movie reviews fairly inciteful and the show fairly humorous. The show reviews 3 movies per week that were released the previous weekend and they rely heavily on video reviews submitted by viewers. If they select your video for the show, you get $100 and they show your name and blog name and/or web site info (this is where TH can benefit) at the bottom left of your review. Anyway, I know getting selected can be kind of a long shot, but I have noticed that if you are selected they are likely to use you again.
I pretty much only go to Rotten Tomatoes and here for movie stuff…
Cinematical, AV Club, Theater Hopper, Variety, The Movie Make-Out, Sci-Fi Squad, io9, Joe Loves Crappy Movies… i think that’s all.
i also have bookmarked links to Cinephile, First Showing (only after you guys made fun of it on the podcast), IGN, Overthinking It, and Rotten Tomatoes, but i don’t read them that often.
The AV Club, Film School Rejects, and /Film
The Joblo crew usually comes out with lots of good reviews, plus if my memory serves me correctly, wasn’t Joblo in one of your strips?
I read whatever Digg tells me to read.
The only blog (or indeed, movie site) that I regularly read is CHUD.com. Smart bunch of guys, if occasionally snarkier than I prefer. Also tend to visit Ebert’s page and see what he’s up to.
Twitch, Aint it Cool, and this one are the ones i visit regularly. but if you lump podcasts in, i listen to a lot of them
Filthy Critic for fun and Rotten Tomatoes for real.
HeyUGuys.co.uk, CHUD.com, HitFix.com, LatinoReview.com
I get all of my movie info from you and Filmdrunk.com.
Firstshowing.net and cinematical.com are the two i am most likely to go to.
I read CinemaBlend and get my trailers from TrailerAddict.
I normally listen to, watch, and read Spill.com. It’s a pretty funny movie review site.
Ain’t It Cool News.
I read Slashfilm and IO9 mainly.
Screen Rant and Atomic Popcorn are two sites I really enjoy despite the lack of funny comic strips.
IGN. I get most of my info from their podcast but check out their articles and blogs when I can, too.
I read film junk and film stalker for the latest and most up to date movie reviews.