(( Okay, I know this is kind of pluggy, but dammit, how often does your first comic book get published? ))

http://talestosuffice.com/

My graphic opus, Tales to Suffice #1, will be available for purchase in October. 32 full color pages (it's more of a mini-opus I suppose), written and drawn by myself, for the ridiculously low price of $3.95. It's being published by Slave Labor Graphics and can be found on pages 191 *and* 192 of the August edition of "Previews" (that would be the giant phone book looking thing next to the register at most comic shops). You can pre-order your copy now simply by bugging your local comic book retailer about it.

If comic shops frighten you "normal" types, the book will also be available for online purchase later in the year. But I'm mentioning it now because the pre-orders are especially helpful to the book, and let's be honest, you really should spend less time on the internet.

I will now open the floor for any questions and comments regarding the book. If you have none, we can just talk about The Wire instead. How about that Omar guy, huh?

Thank you for your time, e-friends.

I support the PTP brethren.

For real good shit! I will order it through my shop this Wednesday.


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Thanks famzy

But let's just say it couldn't hurt.

What's the process for getting published by Slave Labor Graphics? Is their submission process more easy or less?

And, did you create your own site for your book or did SLG do it for you?

The artwork looks dope so I'll definitely bug my local comic shop about getting it when I return to school next week.

EDIT: After reading the preview, I gotta get this. It has good art and it's funny, too. Is this going to be an ongoing book or is it a limited series?
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>What's the process for getting published by Slave Labor
>Graphics? Is their submission process more easy or less?

Submitting is easy, it's the comic-making part that I found to be difficult.

My experience was fairly typical I think. I'd already printed up a couple dozen copies, and after handing it out to folks, getting a few local shops to carry it, and selling it out of my trunk in front of various El Pollo Locos for a few months, someone suggested I find a publisher, so I mailed SLG a copy of the book along with a cover letter. They liked it, gave me a lot of helpful suggestions to refine it, plus a good portion of it I re-drew of my own volition because the material was roughly a year old and looked kind of wack to me.

I guess I'd describe it as a easy process in that it was very friendly and casual. Most publishers have submission guidelines (somewhat hidden) on their websites, if you are interested in that sort of thing.

>And, did you create your own site for your book or did SLG do
>it for you?

Nah, I cobbled that together myself.

>The artwork looks dope so I'll definitely bug my local comic
>shop about getting it when I return to school next week.

Thanks!


>EDIT: After reading the preview, I gotta get this. It has
>good art and it's funny, too. Is this going to be an ongoing
>book or is it a limited series?

Thanks again. I'm halfway done with issue #2 with plans for more, so here's hoping it sticks around at least a little while.

I might buy nonetheless, but what would make me go buy it? What's interesting about it?

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Whereas my comic contains 5 stories in but one issue. That's one hell of a value. In today's economy, you really can't afford not to read my book.

Also, swear words. Everybody loves swear words. Yet some comics don't seem to have any. Mine has three.

How about career-oriented zombies? Alternative lifestyle spacemen? Agoraphobic super-heroes? Check, check, and check.

How about a cookie? Would you like a cookie? I will give you a cookie.

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congrats man

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I'd watch.

And buck, I'm talking to my CS guy tomorrow about ordering your book. Hopefully, he'll get one for me and a few extry to put on the shelf.



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Question for you: of course you have a bit of a buzz on here with the Posse and your Lesson comtributions (though the Jeff Foxworthy connection is underutilized). What about other sites? Any luck with myspace or comicspace?

>What about other
>sites?

I'm going to try to reach out to some blogs and review sites and such, but I'm not really active on any other sites like I am here.


>Any luck with myspace

Lil' bit. Everytime I click 'Post Bulletin' a little part of me dies inside, but I'll get over it


>or comicspace?

I just remembered I had an account there last week.

.....I hope you do well. I've started to work on a comic that uses that style of crazy, off the wall humor that your book contains. Seeing your stuff is inspiring for real. I think I'm gonna go ahead and break out the pencil and pad and get to work. Thanks for the motivation. Peace.

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>I know there's a few comic making peoples on here, now we
>just need to smoke them all out

SPREAD THAT COMIC MONEY INTO MY LUNGS!

I don't really trust any of my comic shops to follow through on the request. Any way I can do this ordering myself?

http://www.dcbservice.com/search.aspx?search=tales%20to%20suffice

^^Would this be an option?^^

Nevertheless, I will buy a copy, even if it means I will no longer be kept in my place.

*sadface*

--Maurice

--Maurice

Looking forward to it. Congrats man.

Or did you crack the DVD open yet to find out? The pressure must (have) be(en?) unbearable.

*A suspicion I intend to never confirm in the name of SCIENCE

... based off of nothing but your posts. Maybe you should just make those into a comic. I would be interested in your artistic depiction of quite a few folks here actually.

(I know how you OKPs get with your backlashes)

congratulations. definite coppage

The usual comic guy wasn't in the shop last week so I just added it, but I might pick up the previews and flip through it and mention it to him. You know like "Oh, how'd I end up on *THIS* page.. looks cool." lol

Seriously though, congrats. I remember the stuff you posted last year being hilarious, but I haven't been able to read much of what's on the page.

I have to admit that you're probably the most talented person I've met on the net, and I hope you succeed with this. I already have high expectations.

>The usual comic guy wasn't in the shop last week so I just
>added it, but I might pick up the previews and flip through it
>and mention it to him. You know like "Oh, how'd I end up on
>*THIS* page.. looks cool." lol

Don't forget to walk around the shop dropping Previews at peoples' feet (Finkleman ad face up, natch),then asking them to pick it up for you because you injured your back laughing so hard at the free preview PDF.

And consider this copped.


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i didnt know you were in the business.


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*And by anytime I mean October.

**And by anyplace I mean comic shops and the internets.

>*And by anytime I mean October.
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>**And by anyplace I mean comic shops and the internets.


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As far as the comic is concerned, though, I'll just say that my cut is royalty-based and leave it at that. So I wouldn't get *all* the money unless I suppose you were to buy it from me in person (if things don't work out I may be back in front of El Pollo Loco selling comics out of my trunk fairly soon), but seeing as how someone else was kind enough to pay the promotion and production costs, I'm thinking they deserve a lil' somthin' somthin' too.

After I figure out how I'm buying your book, I'm going to start visualizing me winning the lottery. Or finishing my residency early.

But congrats to you man. It looks great.

Thanks a lot!

You got my pre-order, blood.

Gracias mi amigo

Tales to Suffice might have to suffice til then. And by might I mean definitely copped.

Feel exceedingly dorky telling you this and leaving out all subjects.

That's great man. I appreciate it more than you know.

Said they only special order trades and GN's, no single issues because they can't return them if they don't sell.

Suffice (pun intended) to say, I will be taking my business elsewhere.



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That kind of sucks but it's good to know I suppose. So, can comic shops not simply order one single copy of a book? It seems like your requesting a special order would guarantee at least one sale. Oh well, thanks for hanging in there. Hopefully you'll find a shop that will better accommodate your sophisticated palette.

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Anyway, I'll check my local comic-store when its time...

Not really sure how the international distribution works, but thanks for the support all the same. Hopefully you'll stumble across one, who knows.