Thanks in part to low print runs, high customer interest and USPS ineptitude (they lost 20% of my print run…sigh), Strange Times #1 is SOLD OUT for paper copies. At present, there are no plans to reprint the book. A major factor will be whether I choose to do comic shows like Columbus, Ohio’s S.P.A.C.E.Continue reading “STRANGE TIMES #1 is Sold Out, still available digitally”
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Phoenix Productions books now on Gumroad
Quick note that the following books are now available in a brand-new Phoenix Productions store on the Gumroad service: Heroic: Heroes Past Heroes Now: Patriot Hologram #1-3 pack Strange Times #1 Plus, I tossed up a special extra that I haven’t even formally announced! All are in PDF format, all available to read right nowContinue reading “Phoenix Productions books now on Gumroad”
The books are coming…really!
Finally!
So we hit some snags. The perfectionist in me saw the digital proofs on HEROES NOW: PATRIOT and wasn’t happy with how some of the zip-a-tones looked. After working with the printer, I went back to artist Tony Lorenz with the news. We decided to go back to square one…Tony rescanned everything in a mannerContinue reading “Finally!”
Production snags
The best laid plans… I sent HEROES NOW: PATRIOT and STRANGE TIMES #1 off to the printer last week and received the digital proofs on Friday. STRANGE TIMES looks great. Totally ready to roll. PATRIOT, however, caused me to pause. The grey-tones that Tony Lorenz used were showing up as plaid on my screen. (AsContinue reading “Production snags”
When it rains, it pours (in a good way)
Huge day on the Phoenix Productions front: Tony Lorenz handed in the last three pages of Patriot today. We have a couple pages to clean up, but the book is basically done. 33 pages of story! Alan Groening and I are one page plus a technical correction away from being done with Strange Times #1.Continue reading “When it rains, it pours (in a good way)”
Looking back, looking forward
Funny, that title. I’m a Cub Scout leader as part of my non-comics life, and “Looking back, looking forward” is the name of a Webelos (older Cubs) adventure that involves personal and Scouting history. It has been one of my favorite adventures for the Cubs — at 5th grade, these kids barely have a historyContinue reading “Looking back, looking forward”
The in-between days
The life of a self-publisher can be streaky. By that, I mean short bursts of lots of visible activity and then long(-ish) stretches of what looks like nothing. I’d say we’re in the latter, but that doesn’t mean nothing is happening. So how about an update? My flagship book, Hologram, is moving along at itsContinue reading “The in-between days”
So you want a paper copy?
I surveyed the landscape of comics and especially small press publishing before launching this site. And what I saw, after 30+ years away, was radically different than the world I operated in as a teen. One of the biggest differences? The ascendance of digital comics. Whether Webtoons or Comixology or any of the many private,Continue reading “So you want a paper copy?”
The waiting is the hardest part
And so it begins. All of the copies of Heroic: Heroes Past that were intended to be mailed have been mailed and are winding their way to the houses of contributors, United Fanzine Organization members, reviewers, customers and a few extra friends. Now, I wait. I’m usually not so antsy about feedback on my books.Continue reading “The waiting is the hardest part”
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