An acquaintance of mine, one who specializes in marketing, gave me some suggestions that made me reevaluate how I wish to market my comic.
I confess I struggled with exactly what is my comic's hook. I tried emulating other artists by using things such as 'If you like this or that then you'll love my story' and that's fine, but if I am truly, unfiltered honest, my comic isn't just one thing.
It's... many things, actually.
Rather than being simply a spiritual successor to My Little Pony with Legend of Korra sprinkled in, it's also a love letter to mythology, literature, comic books, childhood films and shows, personal interests, all wrapped up in a fantasy world of my own making.
In truth, my comic isn't only another story in a sea of millions, it's my own personal love letter to fantasy and storytelling as a whole.
My characters and world are homages to classic and modern archetypes, blended in a way that may not be so obvious at first glance, and that's okay. I'm not trying to make the references obvious but to use their essence as the building blocks for my story.
In the shortest summery, it's a story about the adventures of teenage faerie like brings who attend a Paladin Academy as they balance being young, interpersonal relationships and following a divine plan they can't always see clearly.
It may not sound 'original' or epic, but that's what stories are. Retellings of older tales that can feel new and fresh if you pour your heart into it.
So yes, I am scrapping that 'try hard' name Phaymeron and instead am deciding on a more straight forward name: Phanastime.
Again, the comic remains the same, the name is simply getting it's final do-over.
Like I said, I think Phaymeron tries too hard. Phantasime may sound typical but you don't need to reinvent the wheel to make a good story
