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Post by cmautner on Jan 30, 2023 16:42:06 GMT
In the same wheelhouse: Someone should do a collection of Jess Johnson's Nurture The Devil (along with their other work). One could theoretically launch an incredible publishing line with those books and a Mack White Villa Of The Mysteries (plus that serial that ran in Zero Zero and other short stories) collection. I would love to see a nice Mack White collection. I will note that, according to his Facebook page, he is putting together a collection of all his Weird Wild West stories.
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Post by papersnail on Mar 1, 2023 15:55:42 GMT
I have a couple issues, I've been meaning scan them and attempt to crowd-source scans of the rest. I think part of why I haven't done this yet is I don't know if I should scan it quick and fast for internet distribution or get ambitious with it so that the files are good enough for a reprint. However it turns out I have less than I thought as after buying two issues I stopped keeping up because I figured Picturebox would collect it. Also I'm terrible at scanning. . That would be a public service I've got "scans" of 10-13, though only 13 are my own actual scans. 10-12 are cell-phone shots from someone else I connected with years ago. I'd be all for something like this but Floating World have said this is a project they would like to do and I'd hate to see it become an even bigger risk/less viable project to take on as a small publisher (we're talking twice the size of Gates of Plasma!) so I'd say get all your friends to buy copies of Test Tube, Scab County, and Gates of Plasma, and maybe we'll see it happen! It does seem like interest in Carlos has (finally) been building the last few years so I've got my fingers crossed.
In my understanding, small publishers in the book trade specifically keep large back catalogues in print to create a steady income. It's part of the business model. Same goes for many authors. Does publishing comics work differently? I imagine the biggest difference is the matter of cost involved. Printing (often color) images is exponentially more expensive than printing text.
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Post by devin on Mar 3, 2023 14:57:45 GMT
In my understanding, small publishers in the book trade specifically keep large back catalogues in print to create a steady income. It's part of the business model. Same goes for many authors. Does publishing comics work differently? I imagine the biggest difference is the matter of cost involved. Printing (often color) images is exponentially more expensive than printing text.
Yeah, that's probably a good point. Maybe the market behaves differently, too? On the consumer side, I mean.
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Post by arecomicsevengood on Mar 3, 2023 19:09:43 GMT
I also just saw someone saying, and this does seem to be my experience, that the backlist is sort of falling by the wayside in traditional book publishing as well. When I go into new bookstores I mostly see new books/popular books. I feel like a bookstore could be very well curated in terms of backlist titles - you could have a bookstore that only has good shit - but I have literally never seen a store attempt this, in the way you do see art comics shops that are more boutique style. Bookstores are increasingly places where you see the same books everywhere which are overwhelmingly new books, and even mostly new books that have the same basic design sense. I guess anarchist bookstores that sell books that are just about politics can avoid this but I also think a lot of them have a ton of deadstock that's been around for ages.
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Post by luke on Mar 3, 2023 19:50:36 GMT
I also just saw someone saying, and this does seem to be my experience, that the backlist is sort of falling by the wayside in traditional book publishing as well. When I go into new bookstores I mostly see new books/popular books. I feel like a bookstore could be very well curated in terms of backlist titles - you could have a bookstore that only has good shit - but I have literally never seen a store attempt this, in the way you do see art comics shops that are more boutique style. Bookstores are increasingly places where you see the same books everywhere which are overwhelmingly new books, and even mostly new books that have the same basic design sense. I guess anarchist bookstores that sell books that are just about politics can avoid this but I also think a lot of them have a ton of deadstock that's been around for ages. The backlist of books by mostly dead, perennially popular authors keeps publishers alive, but yes, anything that's more than a year old, forget about it. Books technically stay in print in that Ingram will digitally print them on demand for any person or store that specifically orders them. The (lower) difference in quality of product is extremely noticeable. Speaking as an author of a "Big 5" book whose beautifully, uniquely illustrated hardcovers were pulped. Cheaper to do low quality POD than pay for warehouse space for books you've already paid to have printed.
I'd love a bookstore that only has good shit, but sadly to assume one would succeed is to overestimate the taste of the average shopper (I wouldn't use the term "reader"). There's a great bookstore in my city that very small and curated, half traditional book shop/half Quimby's-style zine and comic shop. I've been told that last year they were basically kept afloat on robust sales of ex-Nickelodeon star Jenette McCurdy's memoir.
For the most part the only good bookstores are used bookstores.
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Post by jporcellino on Mar 6, 2023 13:47:15 GMT
I'd love a bookstore that only has good shit, but sadly to assume one would succeed is to overestimate the taste of the average shopper (I wouldn't use the term "reader"). There's a great bookstore in my city that very small and curated, half traditional book shop/half Quimby's-style zine and comic shop. I've been told that last year they were basically kept afloat on robust sales of ex-Nickelodeon star Jenette McCurdy's memoir.
If you don't mind saying, are you talking about Lion's Tooth?
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Post by luke on Mar 6, 2023 18:06:45 GMT
I'd love a bookstore that only has good shit, but sadly to assume one would succeed is to overestimate the taste of the average shopper (I wouldn't use the term "reader"). There's a great bookstore in my city that very small and curated, half traditional book shop/half Quimby's-style zine and comic shop. I've been told that last year they were basically kept afloat on robust sales of ex-Nickelodeon star Jenette McCurdy's memoir.
If you don't mind saying, are you talking about Lion's Tooth? Yes! And just to be clear no shade to them at all. I respect them doing what they have to do to stay open, it's one of my favorite places in MKE, and they have been incredibly supportive to me personally and every other DIYer I know who has interacted with them.
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Post by jporcellino on Mar 7, 2023 14:19:04 GMT
If you don't mind saying, are you talking about Lion's Tooth? Yes! And just to be clear no shade to them at all. I respect them doing what they have to do to stay open, it's one of my favorite places in MKE, and they have been incredibly supportive to me personally and every other DIYer I know who has interacted with them. Absolutely, I read no criticism in your comment, that's just business. I'm just far enough away from MKE that I haven't been out there since COVID, but LT have been super supportive of me and King-Cat since opening.
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Post by Paterson on Mar 7, 2023 15:16:43 GMT
I'd love to read Al Columbia's "The Trumpets They Play" on paper, in a decent size, rather than a scan on imgur.
But let me know if you want anything reprinted- I've got this magic power that means anytime I pay an extortionate amount of money for a book on ebay, a publisher will announce the modestly-priced reprint within 48 hours.
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Post by grubcubman on Mar 7, 2023 15:24:39 GMT
But let me know if you want anything reprinted- I've got this magic power that means anytime I pay an extortionate amount of money for a book on ebay, a publisher will announce the modestly-priced reprint within 48 hours. With great power comes great responsibility. Which books have made this list?
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Post by Paterson on Mar 7, 2023 15:27:59 GMT
But let me know if you want anything reprinted- I've got this magic power that means anytime I pay an extortionate amount of money for a book on ebay, a publisher will announce the modestly-priced reprint within 48 hours. With great power comes great responsibility. Which books have made this list? A few, but most recently Curses by Kevin Huizenga- which I don't feel too bad about as I loved it when I finally got it, which took the sting off the price. Used to be I couldn't find it anywhere, but now it's getting a reprint it's come way down in price.
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Post by arecomicsevengood on Mar 9, 2023 21:29:01 GMT
That would be a public service I've got "scans" of 10-13, though only 13 are my own actual scans. 10-12 are cell-phone shots from someone else I connected with years ago. I'd be all for something like this but Floating World have said this is a project they would like to do and I'd hate to see it become an even bigger risk/less viable project to take on as a small publisher (we're talking twice the size of Gates of Plasma!) so I'd say get all your friends to buy copies of Test Tube, Scab County, and Gates of Plasma, and maybe we'll see it happen! It does seem like interest in Carlos has (finally) been building the last few years so I've got my fingers crossed.
Since Noel's Low Tide reprint got announced I guess I can say that he is thinking about a Slime Freak reprint as a follow-up project, if Carlos is down and he can track down the one or two issues he doesn't already have. Noel has copies of a lot of the really early ones that Carlos does not have so he is in a far better place to spearhead a reprint than anyone else. (Putting in the the effort to track down the real rare early ones will be undertaken if Carlos gives his OK.)
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Post by papersnail on Mar 11, 2023 13:02:22 GMT
I've got "scans" of 10-13, though only 13 are my own actual scans. 10-12 are cell-phone shots from someone else I connected with years ago. I'd be all for something like this but Floating World have said this is a project they would like to do and I'd hate to see it become an even bigger risk/less viable project to take on as a small publisher (we're talking twice the size of Gates of Plasma!) so I'd say get all your friends to buy copies of Test Tube, Scab County, and Gates of Plasma, and maybe we'll see it happen! It does seem like interest in Carlos has (finally) been building the last few years so I've got my fingers crossed. Since Noel's Low Tide reprint got announced I guess I can say that he is thinking about a Slime Freak reprint as a follow-up project, if Carlos is down and he can track down the one or two issues he doesn't already have. Noel has copies of a lot of the really early ones that Carlos does not have so he is in a far better place to spearhead a reprint than anyone else. (Putting in the the effort to track down the real rare early ones will be undertaken if Carlos gives his OK.) Oh man, I hope I hope I hope I hope! The Low Tide reish looks like a beaut, very psyched to have snagged one. Here's hoping Noel is able to keep this project going to this and beyond. Lovingly reissued impossible to find minis that pay the artist nicely? Perfect!
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Post by whitecomics on Mar 11, 2023 15:07:53 GMT
I thought Noel's note in the Low Tide listing was interesting, both generally and maybe in the context of this thread specifically.
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Post by BubblesZine on Mar 11, 2023 21:27:21 GMT
Considering the hundreds (thousands?) being made off CF on ebay on a yearly basis, I think the $40 is very fair. I loved seeing Noel giving some transparency too. Also a 6 layer screenprint cover!? That's some crazy dedication and worth the price alone. Too cool.
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