Thorns

So, I've been looking into printing Chapter One of ACOS as a 24 page A5 minicomic, and I'm curious to know roughly what sort of interest there'd be. Note that I'm not polling on whether you think it's nice idea, but whether you, personally, would pay money for it. I totally understand if you wouldn't.

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This is totally as a not-for-profit vanity press thing, since I can't see me selling many especially since lets face it it's not the worlds most professional looking comic. It looks like the absolute minimum cost is $7 each for 50 and $15 each for 20 but I haven't looked into it very hard. I'm not sure how much it would cost to print individual issues (20 has been the minimum number I've seen so far), but if there's VERY little interest I'll just run off like one for my parents etc :)

Spent today waiting for my supervisor to get back to me on my revisions based on her suggestions (in case you're wondering, she was happy with most of my corrections, so as long as she gets back to me soonish I'm on track and all is well) So, to fill in time I:

• napped
  
• watched "Jersey Girl" (odd mix of sentiment and crassness, but watchably mediocre)
  
• Redid all the text on those ACOS pages with handwritten text
  

I don't expect people to reread them all, but look at the difference: Here's the original page 4 and here's the new version. Well, I'm proud of it anyway. And yes, they're a bit small now. Eh.

Oh, and can people tell what's going on in the new version of the Chapter 1 title page?

Recently I've been getting comments like this: "I'm enjoying your photoblog! I love it when photographers comment on the circumstances and choices they have to make for each photo. You were brave on this one! But it is a wonderful, wonderful shot -- your photos are so alive!"

Which would be nice if I had a photoblog. (What I have is a comicsblog using photoblogging software) I feel sorry for actual photographers having to click on the links to work out which comments are spam, it's a lot easier for me :)

Just did my Sciguide interview. It was nice to do an interview where I was absurdly overqualified and guaranteed to get the position, even if it doesn't pay :) Anyway, if anyone else is interested (I know there's at least two of you) applications should go in before the end of next week to get your interview done in time for the next training.

Last night I was inspired to script some A.C.O.S. which would have been even better if it wasn't right at the end. I'm tempted to be like penchaft and just release stuff when it's done regardless of chronology but that would spoil my (very few and kind of cruddy) surprises :)