About
Hiveworks is an LGBTQA+ led independent comics service agency. We provide services supporting more than a hundred webcomics and creative businesses.
Launched at the end of 2011, Hiveworks began as a cooperation between longtime webcomic creators led by Forbes 30-Under-30 Xellette Velamist.
An internet-based studio and publisher, Hiveworks supports more than 180 creator-owned webcomics across multiple age groups, styles and genres by majority queer/LGBTQA+ and diverse creators around the world.
OUR SERVICES
Our small team is equipped with decades of experience in every stage of comics publishing. Here are some of what we do:
Development of tools and resources for the webcomic industry. We have proudly supported the production of ComicsControl; sponsored several cons including Flamecon, and the Screen Tones podcast; hosted BeeStreams workshops, panels and interviews, and collaborated with grassroots comics collectives like UNNAMED.
Operation of our own internal advertising network, optimized to share readership across many comics and use the existing lineup of comics’ millions of readers to support creators.
Hosting of comics sites. Technical support and assistance with hosting for custom sites across comic management software of artists' choice.
Access to a shared network of readers and fellow creators. Creators collectively share a readership pool between each other and join a tight-knit community of artists and writers.