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For people who regularly deal with graphic novel marketing, advertising, distribution, etc. six (6) issues seems to be a "magical" starting number. So part of the reason the process may be slow, and that you are perceiving a lack of interest, is that you have only two print-ready issues at this point.

There are an astounding number of artists/authors who approach the same people you are probably approaching with new comic book ideas. Experience has told marketers, advertisers, printers, and distributors that the new ideas are often just a whim or trial balloon ("I'll pitch this and see if I can get some money for it"), rather than a serious enterprise, vocation, storyline, and characters that the artist/author has dedicated his/her life to developing. I don't know why, but having six issues print-ready seems to tell them you're committed and you've got what it takes. So my suggestion would be to draw the next four before you start seeking or spending significant money on getting the product to market.

Hope that helps. Best wishes.

There are other ways to launch and market a new comic -- a variety of "grassroots," underground, and viral approaches have been effective for other creators in the past.

If you're going for large-scale marketing through existing (traditional) channels, however, you may have to do it on their terms. Here's the bigger picture: (1) You have six issues print-ready; (2) Potential advertisers review the six issues to decide what products to advertise (they need more than two issues to accurately project the size, growth, and demographic of the readership and following); (3) You seek investors so you can get the money to have first six issues printed; (4) Potential investors evaluate the six issues to project their return on investment (they need more than two issues to estimate the revenue potential that could come from sales, advertising, merchandising, and licensing -- and having looked at your overview, there could be licensing potential, I think); (5) Distributors place a buy order for six issues printed, coded, and ready to ship (their warehouse, transportation and accounting processes are highly automated, and the distribution centers, jobbers, and retailers have to make space and set up the systems to handle your product -- there's a cost to them for that, and they need more than a couple of issues to assure enough sales and profit to recover that initial cost).

As I said, all these key people have already seen too many brilliant one or two issue concepts that never went anywhere and ended up costing them money -- so how quickly and smoothly everything falls into place with them begins with step 1 (having six issues ready).

Since money to prepare the next four issues is an obstacle for you, I'd think in terms of what you have to offer to friends, family, and future fans that could quickly raise funds to get those other four done ASAP -- or else consider pursuing a less traditional path to market (and there's certainly nothing wrong with that).

I truly hope you can move forward one way or the other. It looks like a series with interesting potential! Good luck.