PANIC AVERTED

[telophase]

The proof copy of Spindrift arrived today, and with a rush on the order plus 2nd day air shipping direct to the hotel to boot (the extra cost of which added up to about the amount that we got off as a special in the setup fees), we'll have 140 copies of the book at the con! Why not 150? Because 140 will fit in one box and the extra shipping for 10 more books was prohibitive. :)

Even the cat is impressed!

Comments

[vom-marlowe.livejournal.com]

How's it look? How's it look? How's it look?

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Looks good! :D I went for the off-white paper instead of the pure white that I had Project BLue Rose done in, and it looks better - suite the inks & tones better, and the blacks aren't as splotchy. Whee!

The toning looks good - htere's no panels that jump out at me as ARBITRARY USE OF TONE TO FILL SPACE like there are in PBR. We done good!

[vom-marlowe.livejournal.com]

Yay! That's wonderful!!! I'm so excited! I hope you guys just sell tons and tons and tons and it goes into multiple printings and then is picked up by Tpop.

[rayechu.livejournal.com]

Wow, the cover looks really good. I'm very impressed!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

THanks! It looks even better in real life! XD (The colors are more saturated)

[tokyoghoststory.livejournal.com]

i hope it sells well ;_;

[telophase.livejournal.com]

THanks! THe pre-orders have so far covered about half the printing cost, and we shuld sell them quite well at A-Kon. :) So at the very very least, we'll have paid for the printing. XD

[tokyoghoststory.livejournal.com]

if i wasn't saving up like mad for otakon i woulda ordered one already. ALAS.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

If it sells anything like PBR did, there'll be a second edition before too long. :D

[dragovianknight.livejournal.com]

::shrieks and runs in circles::

When is the con? And how soon after the con will you be recovered enough to ship pre-orders?

[telophase.livejournal.com]

June 1-3. I'm hoping to be packing and labeling them after work during the week after the con, to take to the post office Saturday morning to ship.

[dragovianknight.livejournal.com]

WOOHOO!

[darkelf105.livejournal.com]

Oh, it looks so nice. The cat is just so much set dressing. I need to get paid so I can order a copy.....

[telophase.livejournal.com]

XD Thanks!

[chomiji]

Just went & pre-ordered mine!!!

(Isn't it amazing how cats read with their butts? Our beloved late Mama Cat was a great devotee of the Washington Post, especially ... .)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Yes, they ahve special talents. XD (Mine shreds paper, actually - any sort she can get her paws on.)

[emtigereyes.livejournal.com]

Preeeeeeeeety.

You are making it very hard for me to fight the urge to acquire Painter. It just looks like too much fun, in that tedious kind of way (my kind of art!) ^^

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I've owned it, and Paitner 7, for a total of about five years now, and have managed to get used to the oil brushes and the blenders. Nothing else. It's not a user-friendly progtam, but you can get really neat stuff from it once you beat it into submission.

[dremiel.livejournal.com]

It looks fabulous but that cat is clearly preoccupied with it's mission; watching for the squirrel mafia.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

They can come from any direction!

And it's presumably itchy work.

[tammylee.livejournal.com]

W00t! Congratulations!
So that company was pretty good then?
I still haven't gotten a proof from Comixpress.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Yup. There were two problems wiht the cover, one last week and one Tuesday, and I was cranky enough to shoot them an email asking why the hell the second problem wasn't caught last week also, because it had to do with vertical logo placement, which wasn't affected one bit by the width of the cover, which was the previous one. And the CSR said she couldn't ask last week's tech because she was on vacation until next week, but that she would.

So - they worked on the proof and got it to me in a little over a week. They *may* have gotten the full order to me in time for the con, but the rush order and expedited shipping was worth it to get it within a week.

[tammylee.livejournal.com]

A week?! That's not half shabby!
I'm going to have to keep those guys in mind!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

If I were you I'd get the temptation to fire Comixpress and go with someone else, if you haven't already paid them money or signed a contract. :)

[tammylee.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty tempted yeah, we did pay them thirty-ish dollars for a proof but that was back in March and the proof still hasn't arrived.

The place you used was rather strict about pr0n? I could probably edit out the dildo...

[telophase.livejournal.com]

The only thing in their literature regarding content that I found is the statement that they don't edit for content. You could email them and ask to make sure. :)

[tammylee.livejournal.com]

w00t! I think I will!
Thank you!

[anderson-t.livejournal.com]

I got a proof in February, and ordered in February...I have no book from Comixpress.

[tammylee.livejournal.com]

That's horrible!
Have you heard anything at all why they are so behind? If there is that much of a delay/queue they should stop taking new orders until they've cleared their backlog.

*strikes them off the list*

[anderson-t.livejournal.com]

I was extremely disappointed. It wasn't even an adult comic, it was relatively safe, and they proof looked great. I reordered. Emailed. Emailed about the re-order. Now it's June.

[tammylee.livejournal.com]

Have they at least replied to your emails? It took almost three weeks for them to reply to my query last time and nothing since.

Really not the way they should be doing business. Not with how small a world it is for self-publishing.

[anderson-t.livejournal.com]

Nope, never replied to my emails. 0_0

[tammylee.livejournal.com]

>=O
So rude of them.

[cicer.livejournal.com]

Eee, so exciting! I wish I had some disposible income right now. Sadly, I've already spent my tax-refund check on other goodies. Oh well. I catch you in the second edition, which I expect will be coming up soon. :D Congrats, and good luck with con sales!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

:D Thanks!

[homasse.livejournal.com]

Ooh, pretty! And the cat looks so impressed, oh my yes. XD

Bring me one when you come to Japan and I can pay you in yen! Win win all around!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Well, she didn't pee on it or try to shred it, so I count that as a positive. XD

[bitpig.livejournal.com]

I still don't get the whole guy-on-guy thing, but the book looks GREAT!

A cat is fine too.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

You'll be interested to hear that the next thing we're vaguely starting to think of doing isn't boys' love, because I'm tired of drawing guys and want to draw some girls. :) And it's going to be fairly tame, because my mother keeps plaintively asking, each time I start another project like this, "Is this something I can tell your grandparents about?" XD

And thanks! (I highly recommend Lightning Source, which has been the most professional of every single printer I've dealt with so far.)

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

Holy shit I gotta reserve mine don't I. Hawt.