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Comic book publishing in Brazil is guided primarily by the general principles of supply and demand. However, internal specificity in the field of comics produces certain economic configurations. Thus, to understand how actors organize themselves to succeed in this field, it is necessary to explore production strategies and possibilities. One of the methods now used by comic book artists to produce material is crowdfunding.
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Carvalho, A.P.d. (2016). Reconfiguring the Power Structure of the Comic Book Field: Crowdfunding and the Use of Social Networks. In: Brienza, C., Johnston, P. (eds) Cultures of Comics Work. Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55090-3_17
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