JMS Usenet Posts - 07/16/2003
Dirk A. Loedding
>JMS quotes and answers about the Twilight Zone:
:So I'm curious, if you're still reading this thread, and given your
:comments about what made the original TZ special, what you think of
:the new series.
Haven't seen it.
jms
>JMS talks about his upcoming con appearance:
:http://entertainment.signonsandiego.com/profile/174658
Just a head's up for anyone who might be coming by...I'm ONLY going to
be doing panels/talks on Saturday and Sunday, and my ONLY autograph
session, at which the last of the Sleeping in Light scripts with
deleted material and suchlike will be availabale, is Saturday at 3:30.
Because 2003 was our 10th anniversary, this will be the last time that
the SiL scripts will be available at conventions.
jms
>JMS talks about Supreme Power:
I'll also post this in a separate thread, because I'm not sure what
will show up here first, but in the interim....
I've previously mentioned my new book from Marvel, called Supreme
Power. I just got a note from Marvel mentioning that the cutoff for
orders is going to be this Thursday, July 17th (also my birthday). I
genuinely think that Supreme Power may be one of the best things I've
done in the comics field, maybe the best to date, and I just want to
put out the word to any Babylon 5 folks out there who don't normally
read comics, and encourage them to check this one out. This is a great
book for people who don't generally go for comics, a strong character
story from end to end.
Anyway, once the orders for issue #1 are filled by the 17th, they
won't be taking any additional orders, and Marvel doesn't do reprints
anymore. If you miss issue 1, you'll have to wait for the trade,
which could take six months or more. So I wanted to let everyone know
that this is your last chance, 'cause this is almost certainly going
to sell out and be impossible to find afterward.
As I've noted here before, I don't usually go to this length to
promote something I'm doing -- I've really not spoken a lot about the
Jeremiah series for Showtime, or the B5 quote book, or other projects
-- but I'm making an exception for this one because I truly believe
this is something extraordinary, in large measure thanks to the
amazing artwork by Gary Frank, who also penciled Midnight Nation.
You can get more info on the book at:
http://www.diamondcomics.com/news/news.asp?ai=5386
http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazines/wizard/WZ20030616-five.cfm
And for a peek at issue 2:
http://www.marvel.com/comics/onsale/onsale.htm?id=1150
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0306/05/
So: long story made short, July 17th is the cutoff date for orders at
comic shops. Just so's nobody can say later they didn't have fair
warning on what Marvel thinks may end up being the book of the year
for them.
jms
>One person said:
:http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazines/wizard/WZ20030616-five.cfm
:Ok, here is a photo of jms trying to look his sexiest.
Another one said:
:I've sure seen worse pictures of him. And it's nice to see him
:without a hat.
>JMS quotes and answers:
:And it's nice to see him without a hat.
................feh.
jms
>Deleted a repeat of the above 7/17 deadline post, above
:I noticed on the S.D. Comic-Con web site that they anticipate your
:autographing to be on Saturday from 3:30pm to 5:00pm. Are you
:autographing on other days as well? If so, do you know the schedule?
As far as I know, that's the only one.
jms
>JMS talks about his San Diego Comic Con schedule:
Just to let folks know...I'll be doing panels and presentations only
Saturday and Sunday, and my main one-person presentation will be
Saturday from 2:30 to 3:30. My only scheduled autograph session is
Saturday at 3:30, and that may well be it for the whole convention.
(This will also be the last time that the Sleeping in Light scripts,
with deleted material, will be available at a convention, to celebrate
our 10 year anniversary.)
jms
>JMS quotes and answers:
:Ok, sir, just want to hear your explanation for this little number
:(realaudio)...
:http://209.15.18.249/captainpower/video/d-d-digitize.ram
Apparently someone's taken out some additional life insurance.
jms
>JMS quotes and answers:
:What's your general policy with autograph sessions? Are there certain
:items you prefer to sign, or prefer not to sign? Will you sign two or
:three items, or just one? And will you personalize autographs?
In the past, I've always had a simple policy: put it in front of me
and I'll sign it. But the problem lately has been, as I've gotten
more known in comics, the dealers have been taking advantage of this.
They'll show up with stacks of 20-30 at a time, I'll sign them, then
they'll get in line again, and I'll sign a hundred or so, which they
just go out and re-sell at marked up prices.
So this year I may cut it back to maybe ten per, or somewhere around
there. Because it's not fair to make the honest fan with two things to
have signed wait behind a guy who doesn't care either way to get his
30 or 60 copies signed.
Y'know?
jms
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