what the what?! graphic novel!________18 February, 2010
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semeurge flyer!
holy crap. it’s hard to believe, i know, but the graphic novel is finally finished. witness if you will, good sir, the transformation of the website! it’s very exciting. there is an entirely new nav ribbon (oh crap! ribbon? i used an autodesk term…ugh). but anyways, you can preview the graphic novel, get info on how to help, buy a copy, read about self-publishing and other ways to make yourself poor, and even get info on local cons and appearances. i attended genericon at RPI last weekend and will upload some photos of the con and the newly-arrived book soon! i wouldn’t say that it was a con i exactly fit in at–it was very anime and cosplay heavy–but i sold some prints and books an’ like that there. i also made some new friends (still under construction, methinks) and was visited by some old and/or awesome ones. very excitements.
i’m pretty happy with the final product; and i hope you all will be too. the final title is semeurge and it weighs in at a hefty 150 pages-ish. the paper and print quality are both excellent. hats off to kristin matthews at brenner printing down san antone-way. cost a very pretty penny, but worth every bit.
unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on who you are and what you like to do) i have finished the making-cool-pictures stage of the project. now it is time for the traipse-around-to-retailers-and-plead-with-them / contact-and-implore-distributors-to-consign-some-copies / write-letters-to-all-those-folks-on-flickr-whose-photos-i-made-use-of-through-CC / sell-books-to-people-i-know-in-the-real-world / go-to-cons-and-events / call-all-the-retailers-in-the-tristate-area-to-convince-them-to-buy-a-copy-or-two-apiece / make-posters-and-arrange-for-publicity-and-events-and-excitements / find-archis-and-allow-them-to-get-me-drunk(?)-at-a-release-party / contact-reviewers-to-have-them-write-about-the-book … phase.
i made a poster to get people excited about the project at work–hopefully some folks will want to buy a copy here (!). it’s at the top. it’s in one of my usual styles of graphical design: whimsical overstatement.