A few months back DL Site began allowing international submissions, which is something I was pleasantly surprised about. It’s not so much a matter of quality, as I know that a lot of the work submitted to DL Site so far is not what one might call the most… technically sound, but it’s the thought and spirit that count.*

I begin to wonder then, with this opportunity, if it’s possible to establish some form of Japanese-style doujin event in America. I vaguely recall someone actually attempting this, but I haven’t heard about it since, and if anyone has any updates or information or even URLs to point me to I would be grateful. That aside, I have a basic idea of how to at least lay a foundation for this sort of thing. Keep in mind I have no economic sense or experience with creating organizations, so be sure to scrutinize me as I’ll be needing it. I also have no idea about the legal ramifications.

There’s already a similar structure in the form of Artists’ Alleys at your typical anime convention, only the tendency is to sell individual drawings. To test the waters, how about creating an Artists’ Alley with certain stipulations, i.e. that everything to be sold has to be some form of comic or book? The requirements would be fairly lenient in terms of what qualifies as a comic or book, and it would also be announced well in advance to give people time to work towards that goal. Depending on how successful it is, maybe it could become a key feature of that con and slowly expand.

*As for me, I have been tempted to try and create a body of work to submit to dlsite. If ever you see me on there, all you need to know is that my doujin will be Ogitudinal.