From: comix-biz-owner@xmission.com To: comix-biz-digest@xmission.com Subject: comix-biz Digest V2 #1 Reply-To: comix-biz@xmission.com Errors-To: comix-biz-owner@xmission.com Precedence: comix-biz Digest Tuesday, 3 December 1996 Volume 02 : Number 001 In this issue: (cbiz) Previews design questions (cbiz) Previews design questions (cbiz) new comic about models seeks pencilers,inkers,colourists,letterers (cbiz) greetings Re: (cbiz) greetings (cbiz) list of european and asian distributors needed (cbiz) John Davis (former capital owner) (cbiz) copyright permission query (cbiz) industry related questions Re: (cbiz) copyright permission query (cbiz) New web page, survey (cbiz) RE: New web page, survey (cbiz) Survey News (cbiz) Question (cbiz) Spectacles / indy Magazine (cbiz) Another new survey! (cbiz) Lists (cbiz) Mythic Heroes submissions deadline (cbiz) PR: Mythic Heroes #6 in Previews See the end of the digest for information on subscribing to the comix-biz or comix-biz-digest mailing lists and on how to retrieve back issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: stars@sfbooks.com Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 10:50:46 +0100 Subject: (cbiz) Previews design questions ********** **** An error has caused an attachment called "ENVELOPE.TXT" to be lost. **** It will probably work if you ask the sender to try again. ********** I've heard a few comments both here and on rec.arts.comics.misc about how unhappy people are with the design of Previews, and how Advance Comics was much more attractive. I completely agree, but find that I can't easily specify what the differences are. Can we (this group) list specific design changes that would improve the look of Previews? Alice Bentley The Stars Our Destination stars@sfbooks.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ From: "Lazlo Nibble" Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 14:19:21 -0600 (MDT) Subject: (cbiz) Previews design questions > Can we (this group) list specific design changes that would improve the > look of Previews? All other things being left as they are, I would find Previews far more useful with one minor change: *all* titles they're offering each month should appear in the three-column black-text-on-white-paper titles-sorted-by-publisher solicitation section with title, creators, and prices listed. If they want to add spot artwork within the columns, great. If they want to have more in-depth "close-up" listings elsewhere on the page with a "see inset" note in the regular spot as Advance used to do, fine. If they want to say "for details on this issue, see the Image section from pages 56-139," great. But get the basics in one place where they're easy to read, please! - -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ From: scipio@interport.net (Ricardo Scipio) Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 12:52:51 -0400 Subject: (cbiz) new comic about models seeks pencilers,inkers,colourists,letterers South Beach Models Models have unquestionably surpassed actresses and singers as the dominant sex symbols and purveyors of glamour in current popular culture. A vast audience of both women and men are fascinated by the larger than life m=00=00=00=00=00=00=0C=E0rutting their stuff on runways , in magazines and= calendars and on the big and small screens. Shot in the gorgeous interiors and the world famous outdoor locations of the new International Riviera-Miami Beach , South Beach Models is a bold new feature film about the exciting world of fashion models by former international Fashion photographer Ricardo Scipio. In step with the zeitgeist of the MTV generation and inspired in part by the universally acclaimed film "Aria" , South Beach Models is a collection of several provocative , funny , sexy , irreverent and engaging music video-style vignettes featuring models. Shot in a style reminiscent of great European fashion photography , brash and hip music videos and "Leaving Las Vegas" , and backed by a haunting and eclectic original "alternative" soundtrack , South Beach Models will bring a new , provocative vision of one of the most seductive and powerful currents in popular culture-the world of fashion models. Because it has the rare combination of having artistic merit and being extremely commercially driven , one of the goals of South Beach Models is not only to make a visually stunning and widely-seen feature film , but to also create a "new product line" based on the South Beach Models concept. To this end the feature film will be supported by and cross-promoted with a book , a cd-rom , a calendar , and an original soundtrack album. South Beach Models will be launched with a feature-film version which will appear in several key film festivals , and will have an independent/arthouse release in 30 to 40 cities in North America followed by domestic and foreign television broadcasts and video releases. Shot on an extremely modest budget of approximately $500,000.00 , South Beach Models is projected to generate gross revenues in excess of $5,000,000.00. We are going to publish a comic book version of our upcoming independent >feature film about models and are seeking creative and ambitious comic >books artists , inkers , colourists to work with us. If interested please >reply as soon as convenient and check out my website >www.interport.net/~scipio. Ricardo Scipio Writer/Director/Producer Angenue Films New York , Miami 212 465 2599 scipio@interport.net www.users.interport.net/~scipio.or www.geocities.com/hollywood/9513 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ From: Sam Uzi Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 13:14:40 -0800 (PST) Subject: (cbiz) greetings Greetings, I am Sam Uzi, a new subscriber to the comix-biz list. I like long walks on the beach, and romantic dinners. Less interestingly, I draw comixs, but am unpublished. My primary motive for joining this list is to figure out how to get published. I have a number of questions about basic technical stuff. Is there a FAQ for newbie comix artists?? cowabunga # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ From: Sam Uzi Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 10:33:17 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: (cbiz) greetings > As for a FAQ, I don't have anything in mind. But I think there is a book > called 'How to draw comics' (if I remember right it comes in two volumes) > that has someinformation on the subject. hmmm... I am primarily interested in what to do to get artwork camera-ready, as it were... or, at least, what format(s) artwork must be in in order to submit to publishers (not to mention that I need to figure out which publishers I should target with my stuff, but - hey - I just mentioned that anyway.. oh well) Sam Uzi # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ From: scipio@interport.net (Ricardo Scipio) Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 20:17:32 -0400 Subject: (cbiz) list of european and asian distributors needed does anyone in this group have a list of comic book distributors outside of North America or know where to find such a list , I am particularly interested in European and Asian distributors. Regards , Ricardo Scipio Ricardo Scipio Writer/Director/Producer Angenue Films New York , Miami 212 465 2599 scipio@interport.net www.users.interport.net/~scipio.or www.geocities.com/hollywood/9513 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ From: Staffan Dahlberg Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 19:20:28 +0100 (MET) Subject: (cbiz) John Davis (former capital owner) We'd like to contact John Davis, who now has a position at Diamond. Does anyone on this list have an E-mailadress or a faxnumber or even a phonenumber, where you can reach him? BTW has anyone been in contact with cusserver@diamondcom.com (or whatever the emailadress is). If so what are you impressions. Do they forward the message to your regional headquarter or do they function independently. Staffan Dahlberg Staffars Serier Stockholm, Sweden # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ From: Jeff Williams Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 18:01:04 -0600 (CST) Subject: (cbiz) copyright permission query Hello, I'm having to obtain copyright permission from DC Comics, Fantagraphics/Joe Sacco, Dark Horse/Andrew Vachss, and Megan Kelso. If anyone could give me updated addresses and/or specific names to address my letters to, this would be very helpful. Also, if anyone knows how to contact Michael Mangan or Richard Cusick of Wooga Central (now defunct) fame, please let me know. Now for a subject of discussion-- how does the concept of academic "fair use" apply to the use of comics' panels? Is copyright permission required for *any* inclusion of a cover or panels from comics? jeff williams-- z3jef@ttacs.ttu.edu engl dept texas tech university lubbock, tx # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ From: Jeff Williams Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 18:07:45 -0600 (CST) Subject: (cbiz) industry related questions I'm curious as to the $ amount the comic-book industry raked in this last year. I know it was around $700 million back in 1993 and I heard it broke $1 Billion in `94 or `95. Also, I'm wondering if the number of comic-book publishers is growing or shrinking. Based on a very unscientific procedure (I counted the publishers listed in _Previews_ from 3 different months), I came up with the figure 166 in 1993. There seems to be concern, I'm a little concerned, about the monopolization of comic-book ditribution and the negative impact on self-publishing. Any comments on this? jeff williams-- z3jef@ttacs.ttu.edu engl dept texas tech university lubbock, tx # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ From: Elmo Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 13:11:07 CST Subject: Re: (cbiz) copyright permission query Jeff Williams writes: >I'm having to obtain copyright permission from DC Comics, Fantagraphics/Joe >Sacco, Dark Horse/Andrew Vachss, and Megan Kelso. If anyone could give me >updated addresses and/or specific names to address my letters to, this >would be very helpful. Addresses should be given within the comics you're looking at. At DC and Dark Horse, you should probably direct correspondence to the legal department, or possibly "Permissions". >Now for a subject of discussion-- how does the concept of academic "fair >use" apply to the use of comics' panels? The same way it applies to any use of any copyrighted material. (Rule of thumb: as long as you have as much new material as quoted, you're fine.) > Is copyright permission required >for *any* inclusion of a cover or panels from comics? No; that's what "fair use" is all about. However, publishers usually go ahead and get formal copyright permission just to be sure nothing goes wrong. If you're worried, check with a lawyer. greg - -- "Any closet is a walk-in closet if you try hard enough." - --Steve Connelly elmo morrow@physics.rice.edu http://www.bonner.rice.edu/morrow # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ From: Jason Pruitt Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 17:00:13 -0500 Subject: (cbiz) New web page, survey Visit my web page for comic book news and art. There is also a survey where you can vote for your favorite titles, characters, etc... I would appreciate any feedback you can give me. Thanks, Jason Pruitt http://www.esva.net/~pruitt3j/jason.htm # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ From: Jason Pruitt Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 19:45:34 -0500 Subject: (cbiz) RE: New web page, survey I'm currently working on a version of my page that does not use frames. If your browser can't handle frames, use the below URL. http://www.esva.net/~pruitt3j/comics.htm If your browser can use frames and you want a better version of my page, go to this URL: http://www.esva.net/~pruitt3j/jason.htm I would appreciate any feedback you could give me to help me improve my page. Thanks, Jason Pruitt At 09:44 AM 11/25/96 +1030, NPERCY@GINA.SCIENCE.ADELAIDE.EDU.AU wrote: >I tried to access you web page, but you are too advanced for my browser >so I can comment ye > >Nigel > > # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ From: Jason Pruitt Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 21:37:57 -0500 Subject: (cbiz) Survey News There's good news and bad news regarding my survey in the comics section of my web page. Good news : I have been getting a lot of replies and have been making adjustments to the survey format all day. :) Bad news : Some people's responses were cut off because of the way I wrote the HTML. :( More good news : I have worked out all of the bugs and my survey is fully functioning as of 9:30 P.M. I've put up most of the replies but many people's answers were cut short. For example - The first question asks you for your five favorite characters. I have only been receiving the first line from the text area so I only got one character from most people. If you replied to my survey before, feel free to go back and vote again. I'm currently working on a version of my page that does not use frames. If your browser can't handle frames, use the below URL. http://www.esva.net/~pruitt3j/comics.htm If your browser can use frames and you want a better version of my page, go to this URL: http://www.esva.net/~pruitt3j/jason.htm I would appreciate any feedback you could give me to help me improve my page. Thanks, Jason Pruitt # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ From: Makrozahopoulos Chris Date: Wed, 27 Nov 96 16:20:54 EET Subject: (cbiz) Question Hi everybody!!!!!! I'm new to this list and i'd like to ask something... Does anyone knows where John Byrne (the BEST penciler ever) works now? His last work i knew about was at Marvel's "West Coast Avengers" some years ago. I know he doesn't work for Marvel anymore, i think he is at DC now. That's all folks!!!!  @@@ @@@ @@@@ @@@@ @@@ @@@ @@@@@ @@@@@ @@@ @@@ @@@@@@ @@@@@@ Chris Makrozahopoulos @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@ Department of Electrical Engineering @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@@@ @@@ and Computer Sciences @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@ @@@ University of Patras, Greece @@@ @@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ +-------------------------------+ | a94-3486@amalia.ee.upatras.gr | +-------------------------------+  # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ From: Geoffrey Mason Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 07:11:02 -0500 (EST) Subject: (cbiz) Spectacles / indy Magazine This month's Diamond Previews has the solicitation for Jon Lewis' new Spectacles #1 (on Page 170) as well as the solicitation for the new issue of indy Magazine #18 (on page 160)... You can take a better look at the indy Magazine #18 cover (by Jim Woodring) by pointing your web browser to: http://www.ucet.ufl.edu/~cwaldron/indyweb/upcoming.html or you can look at the indy Magazine website at: http://www.indyworld.com If you aren't sure about odering Jon Lewis' Spectacles #1, and would like to see a preview ashcan promoting the new series, please send me your address and I'll send you the preview. Fans of Jim Woodring, Jason Lutes, Tom Hart, Jon Lewis, Jessica Abel, and Megan Kelso should definitely order indy Magazine #18, featuring all of those great creators and more! We are very interested in the opinions of indy Magazine readers, so we've put the survey questionnaire from indy Magazine #16 on-line. If you want to fill out the survey, just go to our website and click on "win a free subscription". All survey respondants will be entered into drawings to win free 1-year subscriptions. Geoffrey R. Mason | jrm@grove.ufl.edu Editor - indy Magazine | 611 NW 34th Drive College of Law - Univ of Florida | Gainesville, Florida 32607-2429 - -- URL = http://grove.ufl.edu/~jrm # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ From: Jason Pruitt Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 09:26:46 -0500 Subject: (cbiz) Another new survey! I've had an excellent response to my first survey (so far, Superman is the favorite character). I've just started a second survey in the comics section of my web page. In this one, you vote for who you think would win in imaginary comic book battles. Go vote for the winners today! http://www.esva.net/~pruitt3j/jason.htm Thanks, Jason Pruitt # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ From: BATALAS NIKOLAOS Date: Fri, 29 Nov 96 12:05:06 EET Subject: (cbiz) Lists I apologize for mailing this here, but I would like some information on other comix-related mailing lists and ways of subscription. Now, for another thing : I would like to know how the origins of Vertigo's Sandman and about the way it affected the showbiz in general. I mean, did the mythology about Sandman come from this series? Are other "products" (for example Metallica's "Enter Sandman" inspired by Gaiman's Sandman?) thank you. AmV/AsD_Life_is_a_bitch_and_then_you_marry_one # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ From: Greg Fishbone Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 05:23:37 -0500 Subject: (cbiz) Mythic Heroes submissions deadline The next deadline for "Mythic Heroes" series submissions is Friday, December 13. Proposals received by that date will be considered by the Chapterhouse editorial staff for open slots starting in "Mythic Heroes" #9, to ship in May, 1997. Previously submitted proposals will also be reevaluated, so it will not be necessary to resubmit them unless revisions have been made. "Mythic Heroes" is a groundbreaking magazine of speculative pulp fiction in the heroic genre. Individual stories range from light contemporary fantasy to alternate historical drama, anime-inspired comedy to dark mystery, with everything imaginable in between. "Mythic Heroes" features intelligent plots and three-dimensional characters in a format that reproduces a comic book style in prose form -- with individual covers, serialized plots, and comic-sized pages. Submission guidelines are available online through the Virtual Chapterhouse at , or they may be requested from the publisher at fishbone@user1.channel1.com. - --- fishbone@user1.channel1.com Greg Fishbone, Esq. Slogan of the Month: "Mythic Heroes: The right thing to do and the tasty way to do it!" More info on "Mythic Heroes" can be found in the Virtual Chapterhouse: http://www.channel1.com/users/fishbone/mythic.html # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ From: Greg Fishbone Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 05:22:40 -0500 Subject: (cbiz) PR: Mythic Heroes #6 in Previews For immediate release: 12/03/96. Contact: Greg Fishbone, fishbone@user1.channel1.com -or- c/o Chapterhouse Press P.O. Box 3417 Saxonville, MA 01705-3417 MYTHIC HEROES #6 AVAILABLE IN NOVEMBER PREVIEWS, TO SHIP JANUARY 1997! Chapterhouse Press is pleased to announce the availability of issue #6 of "Mythic Heroes: The Serialized Superhero Prose Alternative" through Diamond Comic Distributors. The "Mythic Heroes" solicitation appears in the Fiction Magazines section on page 278 of Diamond's December "Previews" catalog. "Mythic Heroes" is a groundbreaking magazine of speculative pulp fiction in the heroic genre. Individual stories range from light contemporary fantasy to alternate historical drama, anime-inspired comedy to dark mystery, with everything imaginable in between. "Mythic Heroes" features intelligent plots and three-dimensional characters in a format that reproduces a comic book style in prose form -- with individual covers, serialized plots, and comic-sized pages. In addition to being distributed by Diamond to comic book retailers, "Mythic Heroes" is also available on newsstands through the Periodical Distribution Company and Publishers Circulation Corporation. Readers are urged to order "Mythic Heroes" through their comic book or magazine retailers now to ensure that the magazine will be available to them when it ships. "Mythic Heroes" #1 and #2 have both sold out. A delayed "Mythic Heroes" #3 ships this week with a double-sized print run. Mythic Heroes #4 ships later this month, and Mythic Heroes #5 in January, 1997. "Mythic Heroes" #6 will feature more stories from Chris Angelini, Eric Alfred Burns, Greg Fishbone, Rob Furr, and Gary Olson. Every issue of "Mythic Heroes" features either a stand-alone vignette or the start of a new serial -- "Mythic Heroes" #6 contains an exciting double-sized Golden Age vignette in Eric Alfred Burns's "Home Front" universe. "Diamond in the Rough" is the story of a Japanese-American teenager caught between her homeland and heritage during World War II. Continuing stories include: * Greg Fishbone's "Ambassador to the Stars: Dragon Boy", http://www.channel1.com/users/fishbone/SeriesDB.html * Eric Alfred Burns' "The Eastport Chronicles: Daybreak in Dark City", http://www.channel1.com/users/fishbone/SeriesDaybreak.html * Benjamin L. Brown's "Fly by Night", http://www.channel1.com/users/fishbone/SeriesFlyby.html * Rob Furr's "Four Colors: The Hero Who Never Was", http://www.channel1.com/users/fishbone/Series4C.html * Gary W. Olson's "nihil nations: Electricity in the Rain", http://www.channel1.com/users/fishbone/SeriesEIR.html * Greg Fishbone's "Smoke & Meirs"; http://www.channel1.com/users/fishbone/SeriesS&M.html and * Chris Angelini's "Visionary" http://www.channel1.com/users/fishbone/SeriesVision.html Chapterhouse Press is offering a subscription service -- 8 months for $23.75 (Canadian orders add US$5, other International orders add US$10). Allow 6-8 weeks for delivery of the first issue. Checks or money orders for subscriptions can be sent to: Chapterhouse Press P.O. Box 3417 Saxonville, MA 01705-3417 The Virtual Chapterhouse website is located at http://www.channel1.com/users/fishbone/mythic.html, and has recently undergone a massive update to improve the interface, add content, and restructure the hierarchy of pages. In addition to containing submission guidelines and the latest information about "Mythic Heroes", the Virtual Chapterhouse is home to the weekly superhero comic strip, "Aqua Regia" , as well as "Heroic Efforts" essays offering tips for writing in the superhero genre, and "Story behind the Story" essays in which Chapterhouse authors take you behind the scenes of your favorite serialized superhero prose alternatives. More information on Mythic Heroes is available from Greg Fishbone at fishbone@user1.channel1.com or care of Chapterhouse Press, P.O. Box 3417, Saxonville, MA 01705-3417. ****** Mythic Heroes: The Superhero Prose Alternative #6 ******* *********** $2.95 U.S./$4.15 Canada, 48 pages, b&w *********** ******* Shipping in February from Chapterhouse Press ********* ***************** December Previews: page 278 ****************** - --- fishbone@user1.channel1.com Greg Fishbone, Esq. Slogan of the Month: "Mythic Heroes: The right thing to do and the tasty way to do it!" More info on "Mythic Heroes" can be found in the Virtual Chapterhouse: http://www.channel1.com/users/fishbone/mythic.html # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Email majordomo@xmission.com with "info comix-biz" in the message. # Postings must go to comix-biz@xmission.com -- replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ End of comix-biz Digest V2 #1 ***************************** To subscribe to comix-biz Digest, send the command: subscribe comix-biz-digest in the body of a message to "majordomo@xmission.com". 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