Evan Dorkin ([info]evandorkin) wrote,
@ 2007-02-20 01:42:00
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The Usual Nonsense
You can now download a digital copy of Dork #1 at SLG's Eyemelt site for a mere 69 pennies. As mentioned before, the first issue of Milk and Cheese can be had for the same stupidly low price. Yes, we're getting rich off this, oh, yes.

As Eyemelt continues to roll out, I'm hoping to have some Hectic Planet material on there for folks to try out on the cheap. Maybe we'll put up my ultra-lovely little-seen/bought opus, Dick Wad of the The Mega-Vice Squad. The 69 cent price tag makes sense for that particular piece of peurile pictographic pornography.

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[info]wishlish
2007-02-20 05:11 pm UTC (link)
I just spent a bunch of money at Eyemelt last night. Love the site. I enjoy reading comics in the .cbz format, and I'll buy as much stuff of yours in that format as you make (despite the fact that I own it in trade format).

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[info]xray_studios
2007-02-20 07:51 pm UTC (link)
At the low price of the downloads, is it possible to spend a BUNCH of money? You must have bought alot.

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[info]wishlish
2007-02-20 08:09 pm UTC (link)
That is true. For me, a bunch was $10.

I know many of Evan's fans remember the days when $10 bought a nice stack of comics. Nowadays, unless you buy a trade paperback, $10 buys three comics at most. That's one reason I love Eyemelt.

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[info]emperor_fanboy
2007-02-20 05:49 pm UTC (link)
I would pay over 80 cents to read Dick Wad again.

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Eyemelt vs. Comixpress
[info]lordbronco
2007-02-21 08:51 pm UTC (link)
Hmmm-Eyemelt's new to me...interesting.

I have checked out online comics, actually by way of illegal Peer to Peer downloads which a buddy showed me in Seattle some years back. Beyond the guilt of just blatantly ripping off the creators/companies, I also found that pdf comics just aren't as nifty as the actual copies, in the hand.

Alot of *web* comic artists over the last 10 years or so have struggled with finding a business model that *may* at some time support them. So far, many of the best have given up, and gone back to more traditional companies like Dark Horse and Tokyopop, to name a few.

Which makes we want to point out this new company Comixpress-which is apparently a fairly tiny dedicated Print On Demand publisher based out of New Jersey.

Just got my first order after some hiccups, and the print quality *is* as good as traditional publshers. The price point for individual issues that are in the 22 to 32 page range are a bit spendy-say 3.50 to 4.00 dollars like comics these days, with the author making say 75 cents to a buck.

The *only* single issue comic that is worth $3.50 an issue is The Flaming Carrot, but I won't doomspeak about the current state of comic book market affairs :-)

However when you get to the 69 96 page range, in color, the price for prestige bound graphic novels stays at around 12 to 18 bucks, with up to 4 or 5 dollars going to the creator.

which I think is better for both sides.

Milk and Cheese Graphic novel, anyone?

It's hard to find info about the company though, but apparently they are a shop somewhere in New Jersey, that is dedicated to something else during they day...maybe.

Lord knows I have no friends or aquaintances East of the Oregon border these days, but perhaps Evan or some of you guys could go check it out sometime.

It is a small shop apparently, and it's a brand new start up-so if ya do get to check it out, it might be 3 guys and a 30,000 dollar printer, but I'm dying to know.

Right this very second, their main printer is snafued with some glitch, but I really want to support their operation in a positive way, and so I've been telling people about them.

As to charging .69 cents for an introductory, single issue as a promotiona/marketing tool, I think that's good idea, *when* there's further issues, novels available for full price so to speak.

Lulu.com offers similar services, and are a much more developed company, with the ability accept visa.mastercard, etc. But their price points are just a skosh too high-smae color graphic novel would be in the 22 to 25 dollar range.

What I've been experimenting with is 16-page teaser issues in .pdf for *free*, with the plan being if ya like this, go buy the whole thing *here* at comixpress.

Anyway, since you've already translated some pages to pdfs for Eyemelt, that's all ya gotta do for comixpress...

Hope this helps

-LB

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[info]craigjclark
2007-02-26 10:54 pm UTC (link)
I don't care if I overpaid, but I found a copy of Dick Wad at my local comic book shop (they had some of your titles in their "Artist Spotlight" rack), so I got it -- along with Kid Blastoff #1 -- for the cover price. I take it there wasn't a Dick Wad #2, but is there any more Kid Blastoff for me to track down now?

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