A few things…
I’m sick as shit today. Everyone at work is passing this flue virus around like a doobie and I somehow caught it and hard. I never get sick. I haven’t called in to my job every except for today. No matter. They will live without me. I slept for about 18 hours and I think it finally broke a couple hours ago. My head is still all stuffy and my eyes are watery, but I’m okay. I’m getting up to do some stuff around the office and maybe draw some tonight. I gotta get rolling on some actual work, to get me thinking about not being sick.
Speaking of work and comics, I decided something today.
I’m flat fucking broke. It sucks. I haven’t had any spare cash at all for anything. I haven’t been able to buy comics for almost 7 weeks. And even if I could, the weather is so bad lately, I could never drive there!
Like, its really bad. Our bills are paid but there is little else left. We got this goal of paying off all our cards so that when baby comes, we got no debt. Plus, we want to get a loan to buy that new computer we desperately need! I cannot do any new comics without it.
So all these things, coupled with the fact that a 500 page book would be a HUGE printing expense right now, I don’t think that the summer is a feasible deadline for this Pleasant Life book. I hate it. Its always money that derails me on these type of things. But with baby on the way, its gotta be so. I’m still hitting conventions, and that’s a good thing.
Instead, I will release Pleasant Life 1-12 issues into a trade by itself. Probebly mid-summer. It all depends on when I get this computer and scanner. A lot of things I want to do depend on that. But I think that will keep my costs down for that book as well as for the readers. The Pleasant Life 500 page book is going to be around $25-30 anyway, which is a HUGE commitment for someone to spend on someone who you don’t know. So, this will be better. The other trade will be around $10-12. I’ll likely include extras that will not make it into the 500 page dealie, so that you get bang for your buck.
So look for that. Hopefully around July. I’m rocking on the art right now. About 50 pages to go and I’m all done.
Another thing I’ve been doing is more pinup art. I’m making my original artwork more of a commodity for sales in 2008. You’ll see a crapload of my original art for sale at the cons and for pretty cheap too. Seems people are buying a lot of artwork more than comics these days. So, I’ll follow that model.
I spoke with Brett and THE EXPENDABLES should be back from the printer soon. Not only is it my first comic in color, but get this… it will have a rare LIMITED ALTERNATE COVER! Crazy huh? Now I just need a foil or hologram cover and I’m all set. When I get my stock from him, I should have both covers. The alternate cover is not drawn by me however, just so you know. But I still thought that was cool.
I’m still hoping to get some tshirts and posters printed before April for the convention season. I think I might do the mortin 007 as a poster print. And the Gamer Girl Geek shirt as well. Keep you all posted on that.
Wish me luck on the sickness and the whole money thing. Better yet, get a commission or two from me. That would help a lot. Its been a slow first quarter for it. A couple here and there, but not much beyond that.
This week I plan to go through everything in my office and clean house. I’m selling a lot of my stuff on ebay, and you might see some original art deals there too. So look for that. I will post a link back in the news section of the Head site. Also, a new podcast is posted back at the Head site. It was done on the morning of my birthday. Pretty funny. Check that out.
A shout out to my droogies. Off to my Robotussin.
T
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