I've been waiting to share this with everyone as I wanted tscheese to hold the actual book in her hands first. This was, after all, somewhat a suprise for her :) The same as she did for The Mysterious Minute-Men Omnibus , Theresa provided a piece of artwork that I included in the book. When it came time to gather material for The Mysterious Minute-Men: Ready for the Future I once again...

They call themselves "print on demand for direct market comics". They're not quite up and running yet, but they're really close. I don't recall if vonandmoggy mentioned it or linked to it yet, so, just in case, I've included it here. Intriguing is my word for it!

trillsie gave me five topics to write about, and I got twenty questions in my Ask me 25 questions post. So among the next thirty or forty posts I make on this blog will be essays based on those five-and-twenty matters of ephemera. ========================================== Until then, though, some random bits written by and / or created by other people. * Welcomes to new Gentle Reader...

A bit of morning pot-pourri: Paul Jay, one of CBC's tech reporters, has an interesting question about how low a price can one realistically sell a laptop computer for these days . james_nicoll pointed up an article on Reuters UK on research suggesting the possibility of Alzheimer's Disease being another variant of diabetes. Looks like the buses are starting to run again two days ahead...

theexits The Rules! - Link to your original tagger(s) and list these rules in your post. - Share seven facts about yourself in the post. - Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs. - Let them know they’ve been tagged. 1. I always wear socks to bed until I feel toasty warm, and then I take them off. I can't sleep with them on. 2. I almost...

Fanart of Marie from vonandmoggy 's comic, The Road to God Knows... . Happy (belated) Birthday, Von!

Hey, it's my friend Von's birthday! A fine artist and story teller, Von of vonandmoggy is celebrating his birthday today. Speaking from my own experience, if you want to get him a cool birthday present you couldn't go far wrong with buying one of his books to give to one of your friends! Heck, even just reading it yourself (for FREE even) would be a great favor both to him and to yourself...

Please join me in birthday wishes for the Von of vonandmoggy , the creator of the road to god knows...

Okay, I really hate memes, but this one's a gooder. Reply to this post, and I'll tell you one reason why I like you. Then put this in your own journal, and spread the love. Stolen from vonandmoggy .

Taken from vonandmoggy   I found this article about the business of self publishing very interesting. It basically broke down who ( at least in "mainstream" comics ) is getting paid,who is getting by and who is getting government cheese. Its an eye opener actually when you realize that some of these comics that seem like a big deal aren't selling. And comics that you wouldn't think would...