Re: SHELTER

[Colin Tedford]

I say YES with 2 minor suggestions:
1. Phrase donation as "25% of proceeds" so we are not obliged to donate a dollar from books we sell for less than cover price.
2. I think we should still print 300, unless we decide we can't afford it when the time comes. They will cost less to produce than Seeds & Swingin' Hits because they won't have all the extras, and I'm confident we'll sell them.

Colin
www.colintedford.com
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Trees & Hills Comics Group
Bringing together cartoonists in VT, NH & western MA
www.treesandhills.org

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Daniel Barlow <barlow...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey everyone ~

 

Now that the book announcement for Offshore Comix is all done, I'm turning my attention to the next Trees & Hills mini-comics anthology, which we have scheduled to debut at SPX in the fall.

 

With the interest of getting an announcement out late this week/ early next week for the book, here are my thoughts:

 

1. Theme is shelter.

 

2. Simple design that evokes the awesomeness of SEEDS.

 

3. Aug. 15 deadline

 

4. The book sells for $4, with one dollar from every sale benefiting a local homeless shelter in one of out three states.

 

5. A smaller print run of maybe 200 books 'cause the economy sucks (unless Obama makes us all rich by September!).

 

Thoughts?

-Dan

[Ryan Wilson (Moo-Cow Fan Club)]

Are you guys open to "pin-up" pages? My comics career is on serious hold
for the indefinite future, but I still produce many nice images and I
would love to contribute to one of these. I even have couple that would
fit that theme.

-Ryan



> *I say YES* with 2 minor suggestions:

Thank You,
Ryan Wilson
Moo-Cow Fan Club
"Children's Entertainment Both Funny and Smart!"
www.moocowfanclub.com

[Daniel Barlow]

I think I would be open to a series of pin-up pages that as a whole tell some sort of story. Does that make any sense?

 

And here I thought we would get requests for pin-ups for the Offshore Comix erotic anthology ... !

 

-Dan

[Ryan Wilson (Moo-Cow Fan Club)]

I don't do much in the way of "erotic" (art I mean). Too hazardous if you
are also a children's publisher.

Wouldn't a series of pin-ups that tell a story just be a comic? I actually
am doing a series of prints that tell stories, but one is called "The
Death of Pac-Man" and the other is called "The Death of Pack Man" and I
don't think they fit your theme. I'll see what I've got and submit
something and let you guys decide based on whatever it is.

thanks,
Ryan

[Colin Tedford]

A single image could also be useful for front or back cover, table of contents, etc.

Colin
www.colintedford.com
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Trees & Hills Comics Group
Bringing together cartoonists in VT, NH & western MA
www.treesandhills.org

[Daniel Barlow]

I echo Colin's comments.

 

And I would love to see the Death of Pac-man (even though I also see that everytime I play the game)!

 

-Dan