yes, some of the original work gets picked up. from what i hear, the pros go to comiket purposely to scout new artists. a lot of mangaka start out as doujinshika. though what's also interesting is that, once published, many don't stop creating DJs. the DJs i bought are all from established mangaka (i don't know enough japanese yet to find unknown ones on my own). i think there is always stuff that's too risqué or too cracky or too different a style or too personal to get published, and this way it doesn't just rot in a drawer, but fans get to see it. self-publishing is such a dirty word over here, but i really like how that concept works in japan.
and some prefer the artistic and editorial control they have over DJs. one of my favourite mangaka just got an offer to have an 11 volume ongoing series published. she turned it down (she has already got other work published and has even had some licensed in english now, so this isn't a once-in-a-lifetime sort of opportunity, though it is still big). she wrote on her blog that this is sort of her "baby" and that she doesn't want it changed or censored, or the timeline driven by a publisher.
sometimes a mangaka's DJ work gets picked up after she's become famous, to capitalize on that and easily sell more stuff even if new work is coming forth slowly.
original work at comiket
yes, some of the original work gets picked up. from what i hear, the pros go to comiket purposely to scout new artists. a lot of mangaka start out as doujinshika. though what's also interesting is that, once published, many don't stop creating DJs. the DJs i bought are all from established mangaka (i don't know enough japanese yet to find unknown ones on my own). i think there is always stuff that's too risqué or too cracky or too different a style or too personal to get published, and this way it doesn't just rot in a drawer, but fans get to see it. self-publishing is such a dirty word over here, but i really like how that concept works in japan.
and some prefer the artistic and editorial control they have over DJs. one of my favourite mangaka just got an offer to have an 11 volume ongoing series published. she turned it down (she has already got other work published and has even had some licensed in english now, so this isn't a once-in-a-lifetime sort of opportunity, though it is still big). she wrote on her blog that this is sort of her "baby" and that she doesn't want it changed or censored, or the timeline driven by a publisher.
sometimes a mangaka's DJ work gets picked up after she's become famous, to capitalize on that and easily sell more stuff even if new work is coming forth slowly.