Evan Dorkin ([info]evandorkin) wrote,
@ 2007-05-19 03:56:00
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Consider Yourselves Warned


Just a few slight revisions.

And a finished box design.

And then these Filthy Little Plotters of Ruin can be yours.

 

 
 

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Beautiful
(Anonymous)
2007-05-19 09:36 am UTC (link)
...now all we need is a Devil Puppet.

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[info]fortysevenbteg
2007-05-19 10:49 am UTC (link)
These are fantastic. :D

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[info]craigjclark
2007-05-19 12:18 pm UTC (link)
Do these puppies have an MSRP?

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[info]evandorkin
2007-05-19 11:15 pm UTC (link)
Woo hoo ha wha huh hah?

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[info]craigjclark
2007-05-20 02:28 am UTC (link)
Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price.

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(Anonymous)
2007-05-20 02:20 pm UTC (link)
Oh. Right.

I dunno at this point, because certain revisions and engineering issues cost SLG extra. I am guessing $65 - $75, but that's not a quote. It could be a bit higher, shipping all of these from China is going to be a real killer. But I know Dan is working hard to keep the price point as low as possible without slitting his own throat too badly.

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[info]arplight
2007-05-19 12:45 pm UTC (link)
Just what I need to enhance the semi-pagan altar ... my gimpy life will be much enhanced 8). Many thanks in advance, continuing good karma mixed w/cheap booze.

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*gasp*
[info]msfledermaus
2007-05-19 01:44 pm UTC (link)
They're Beeeyootiful!!!!
*wipes away tears of joy*

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[info]thegeeklife
2007-05-19 02:13 pm UTC (link)
I think I just peed a little.

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[info]honneylove
2007-05-19 02:21 pm UTC (link)
Dorkin, I swear I've never waited this long for a damn toy...Seeing that picture made it worthwhile.

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[info]thomfoolery
2007-05-19 02:34 pm UTC (link)
*drooool*

'Bout how big are these vinyl effigies of spite and malice?

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[info]evandorkin
2007-05-19 04:42 pm UTC (link)
Milk is almost 7" and Cheese is a little under 6". And here you can see the nail and the stick it goes into, which we haven't had pictures of before. You can use it to kill your weaker vinyl figures, which is all of them except Booska and maybe Eric So's Hot Boy.

Re: revisions, the gin bottle label was botched at the factory, it doesn't match Sarah's specs or my design, so that's being fixed. And Milk and Cheese's "holding hands" need to be swapped so they can stand next to one another, weapons held on either side, like in the comic books they used to appear in. We also had some engineering issues addressed, which, while cool, may affect the final cost on these little bastards.

These aren't going to be cheap, I'm afraid, but considering you're getting the set for the price of one high-end "urban vinyl" (and less than a lot of variants), and they're coming with three accessories, and SLG's probably losing their shirts on this, I think it'll be pretty reasonable as far as these kinds of collectibles go.

SLG is hoping, if things go well in the next couple of weeks (meaning, I get the box design done asap), to have some of these available for SDCC. Fingers crossed.

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[info]thegeeklife
2007-05-20 12:28 am UTC (link)
I am so glad I just got my tax refund.

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[info]wishlish
2007-05-21 02:17 am UTC (link)
You know what?

Charge whatever you have to. I'll buy one regardless. If paying a little too much for one of these helps keep you and yours going, and SLG flush, I'm in.

I love the direction SLG's going. I love the Eyemelt site. I love Rex Libris. Heck, it's the only comic my wife will read, and I even bought her a Rex Libris statue that sits proudly on her desk.

(And if you ever decided to, oh, create a comprehensive trade for the Milk and Cheese comics, I'll buy that too. Heck, go crazy and make it an oversized hardcover. Where do I send my money?)

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[info]evandorkin
2007-05-21 03:42 am UTC (link)
We could always charge you a grand, and everyone else the regular cost. I mean, if you're still insane that day. Let me know how you're feeling then.

Anyway. Don't worry about me. I got involved with this to have a set of toys for myself. Dan/SLG is sticking his/their neck out on these, they're not cheap to produce, ship, store. I just want SLG to break even on these, if not make something for their considerable trouble. It's been a real small nightmare, this is the second attempt, the first was a Hindenburg fiasco, which had to be paid for, and there have been several obstacles on this course. There's only going to be a thousand of these, and I think they'll come out nicely, so, fingers crossed.

Re: a M&C hardcover. I hope, one day, to collect everything in a monster edition you could kill a child with with only a few blows. 1-8, strips that never got into the comics or first trade, merch art and photos, t-shirt art, covers, pin-ups, flyers, bullshit. Maybe some fan mail and fan art, tattoos people have gotten. Senseless Hollywood inquiries. I'd love to have a fold-out of all the trading cards/card backs.

It will probably never happen. I still have to finish the strips for #8 and then release a second collection of 5-8 and the mini-comic no one bought. Ten years in the non-making.The early stuff is in horrible shape and we'd need to clean and fix it all to warrant being in a deluxe edition. I dunno how well a hardcover would do, whether there's enough of an audience or not, and I can't afford a time-sucking project of that magnitude anytime soon. I couldn't art direct it, we'd have to hire someone.

I've never done a hardcover, for the sole reason that I don't believe anything I've done, so far, merits the treatment. Maybe Eltingville would, I wonder. A complete, stupid-packed M&C book might be worth trying, someday. I think about it, that's for sure. But I'm a comic book and paperback creator, ,and gutless to boot. Who knows. Maybe someday. Dumber things have happened.

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The "Absolute" M & C
(Anonymous)
2007-05-24 07:56 pm UTC (link)
Man, I know you get in the box and all but... putting out a hard cover collected M & C would be super kick ass. If you don't believe then make it a limited edition: 500 and see what kind of response you get because I know you'll sell those out.

I'm down for 1 easy.

also in for the figures and that is a done deal.

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[info]misfitwes
2007-05-19 02:59 pm UTC (link)
OH

I am buying that.

^look guarenteed monies.

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[info]jeselvistheking
2007-05-19 03:41 pm UTC (link)
[nervously laughing with delight like so many japanese schoolgirls on angeldust]

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[info]subweird
2007-05-19 05:29 pm UTC (link)
I think I just finished in my pants.

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[info]godscolon
2007-05-19 06:09 pm UTC (link)
GEEEEEEEEE!! I'm exploding on the inside from excitement!!

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[info]unknownrockstar
2007-05-19 06:18 pm UTC (link)
am I the first to say I think I will keep these in my fridge?

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[info]evandorkin
2007-05-19 07:21 pm UTC (link)
Yes.

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[info]fetishman
2007-05-19 06:53 pm UTC (link)
you utter utter bastard. they're beautiful.

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[info]ugnaught7
2007-05-19 08:24 pm UTC (link)
What do Milk and Cheese sound like in your head when you write for them? The squinty eyes make me think of Gilbert Gottfried, but that's probably just me.

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[info]evandorkin
2007-05-19 08:44 pm UTC (link)
I don't "hear" their voices when I'm working on a strip. No one with a recognizable cartoon voice would work for me, personally, if I was casting them. Definitely not Gilbert Gottfried.

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[info]not_robolizard
2007-05-20 02:55 pm UTC (link)
I tend to imagine a deeper voice of the older brother from 'Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'. But dat's jus' me. I can see people imagining Gilbert Gottfried for Milk, but not for Cheese. Cheese should age well. [bu-dum-ching]

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[info]ugnaught7
2007-05-21 10:26 pm UTC (link)
Is it true that you've been asked to develop a Milk & Cheese cartoon and turned it down? I read that at Wikipedia.

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[info]evandorkin
2007-05-21 10:32 pm UTC (link)
I've turned down something like ten inquiries. I'm just counting 'serious" ones, from legit studios or production companies. There were a lot of offers from animators wanting to leave their studio and go independent. "their" first film or project would have been "my" characters, which they would write and fuck up ten ways to Tuesday.

The character's barely support a four-page strip, forget an entire movie.

The phone calls dried up about ten, eleven years ago for the most part. Out of sight, off of studio reader's desks. I'm more than okay with that.

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[info]indy1725
2007-05-20 03:44 pm UTC (link)
I always imagined them sounding like will shatner and leonard nimoy after they've been swapping a bottle of gin back and forth for an hour and smoking big cigars.

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[info]blogner
2007-05-22 03:21 pm UTC (link)
I always imagined both of them sounding like Evan Dorkin. Is that weird?

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[info]evandorkin
2007-05-22 03:49 pm UTC (link)
Yes.

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[info]seantiffany
2007-05-19 09:10 pm UTC (link)
Oh, Hell YEAH!

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[info]pupdog311
2007-05-19 09:31 pm UTC (link)
ED, I think I love you. In a manly, not-getting-my-butt-kicked-by-Sarah way, but love nonetheless. I can't wait to get a set.

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[info]radiotoothhurty
2007-05-19 11:37 pm UTC (link)
The toy that comes with a broken gin bottle as an accessory still makes me laugh every time.

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[info]stabmasterarson
2007-05-19 11:39 pm UTC (link)
If I had children I would sell them for these little jewels. Or, you know, just buy them regular like.

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[info]lois2037
2007-05-19 11:39 pm UTC (link)
Must ... have ... Milk ... and ... Cheese ...!

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Lord.
[info]themidnightmess
2007-05-20 06:14 am UTC (link)
I'm going to make these fellows do so much shouting.

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Yay for carnage!
[info]slagzombie
2007-05-20 08:08 am UTC (link)
Just like all the others, I too am eager to spend my hard earned cash on these violent dairy products. I also agree that the fridge is the perfect place for them...good way to freak out unsuspecting friends trying to nab a cold one.

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So awesome!
[info]sehrnett
2007-05-20 06:17 pm UTC (link)
I have waited almost 20 years for these.

Congratulations.

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[info]kino_kid
2007-05-20 06:23 pm UTC (link)
I think I know what I want for my birthday.

BTW, I'm 34, and enjoy your work, but I think it all started with these two guys when I was 14 or 15. Thanks for everything.

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[info]deafeuphoria
2007-05-21 08:28 am UTC (link)
Oh my god, I came.

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OMFG
(Anonymous)
2007-05-22 01:00 am UTC (link)
Holy schnikes!!! I SOOOOOO WANT THOSE!!! THANK YOU DORKIN FOR CONTINUING TO KICK ASS!!!

On a M&C related note, I wore my "Look Out Here They Come" shirt to the Monster Mania con in Cherry Hill this past weekend and I got a lot of great feedback. This included one vendor yelling at the top of his lungs "MILK AND CHEESE, DAIRY PRODUCTS GONE BAD!"

True story, I shit you not...

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Re: OMFG
(Anonymous)
2007-05-22 04:26 pm UTC (link)
Hey man I wasn't that vendor at the MM Con who yelled, but I did talk to you about these figures...looks like our wait is getting shorter!

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[info]2sixteen
2007-05-22 02:27 pm UTC (link)
I am going to buy these SO HARD!

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Let's get acquainted My name is Tomas!
(Anonymous)
2007-06-29 05:33 pm UTC (link)
Hi!
My name is Tomas!



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