ECHO #19… iPad…Dallas
The new issue of Echo is out, as of yesterday. If all went well in the U.S. trucking industry the past week, your local comic shop (LCS) should have Echo 19 sitting front and center, looking for a loving home. So look for this cover in your journeys today. I hope you enjoy it.
The Dallas Comic Con
Robyn and I were at the warehouse this morning, packing goodies to take to the Dallas con like Santa loading the sleigh. But I always think the same thing when I’m loading up: ‘I hope I sell all this so I can come home empty handed.’ That’s happened twice in 17 years though. I always take too much. I’m like the mother with a fridge full of leftover, “Well, somebody may want this.” So, please, come by the table and buy some leftovers.
Echo in French
Delcourt is publishing Echo in French, to very good reviews I’m happy to report. The Belgium site, BrusselsBDTour just posted a nice article on the 2nd TPB.
So, the iPad…
The iPad looks like what I expected, aka great. If I was Adobe and Wacom, I’d be humping it to get a Photoshop and drawing tablet app on this thing. In the meantime, I am planning on offering my comics on the iPad, as soon as we are told how to do it and where to send it. I was already investigating the Kindle routine because my B&W work would do fine there, too. But the screen on the iPad just seals the deal. A hi-def color screen in vertical format. Are you kidding me? That’s like a comic book dream come true. So, yeah. Gonna be a part of that, soon as they tell us where to line up and what to bring.
You know, the iPad debuted yesterday, the same day the Verizon contract for my Crapberry expired. Now I’ve never made any secret of the fact that I hate my Crapberry. I only bought it because I had to: AT&T’s coverage is so bad that my iPhone wouldn’t even work in my studio. So I switched back to Verizon, with their fantastic coverage and their horrible phones. AT&T has great phones and horrible coverage. Verizon has great coverage and horrible phones. I feel like a pouting 3 year old… it’s just not fair. Anyway, after learning the iPad will require AT&T service, I threatened to go back and get on the wagon. But Robyn talked me out of it. So later today I’ll go to Verizon, pick out the least crappy piece of plastic cheap crap they have and make do. Crap. Life was simple when it was just a princess phone or nothing, and if you’re younger than 100 you have no idea what a princess phone is, or was, but trust me, it was simpler and nobody ever had to talk about phones, just on them.
Also time to update my laptop and display. But that’s another conversation. I should get a job at an Apple store, just for the employee discount. My colorist Brian Miller uses all Apple. Too bad we can’t get together and load up on 2 for 1 purchases.
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Back to the drawing board, making pages for issue 20. Only 10 more issues to go. Wow, that’ll get your attention. Still not sure what I will do next, of course. Options abound. We’ll have to see what the year brings. But at this point, Echo will be complete by early 2011. Expect an Echo Omnibus at SDCC 2011. That’s the plan.
Stoopid cartoon of the day:
Just a heads up if you’re looking into the MacBook Pro laptops – don’t buy them right now as they are overdue for updates: http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Portable_Macs
Why don’t you simply buy a contract-free phone and then get the contract you like? Isn’t that possible in the US?
Not sure about the i-pad… if it were half the size, I would be all over it.
Love the Echo cover. Is it just me or are Julie’s and Annie’s faces morphing kinda together? But maybe I’m just distracted by the beautiful color work.
Can’t wait for the issue to show up here in Germany.
The whalewatching sketch is a hoot! What prompted that? Personal experience?
thanks! I know Apple usually updates in the early spring. I’ll wait and see what’s new.
i would be happy to share a friends and family discount with you. whenever you’re ready to buy.
it’s not much, but it’s better than nothing.
c’mere you. lemme give you a *hug*. thanks!
Hey Terry,
Regarding comics on the iPad, I might have an idea or two that’ll widen the market for ya.
I’ll likely be going to the Dallas Comic Con so…remind me to talk to you about that.
[...] Moore says he's ready to get his comics on it. "… I am planning on offering my comics on the iPad, as soon as we are told how to do it and [...]
Hi Terry,
Read 19 yesterday – Great issue – plenty of page turning action – and as always, the art fits the words, and the words fit the art. I can see why this story would make a great movie, except Hollywood prefers it’s strong leads to be male. I have no doubt when you are finished with Echo, you will deliver another wildly stimulating story from your well of creativity. May the well never run dry. Thanks.
[...] Moore says he’s ready to get his comics on it. “… I am planning on offering my comics on the iPad, as soon as we are told how to do [...]
[...] Moore says he’s ready to get his comics on it. “… I am planning on offering my comics on the iPad, as soon as we are told how to do [...]
Can’t believe 19 is here already, 20 is around the corner, and you’re already thinking about the Omnibus! Not that I’m not already drooling at the thought of an Echo Omnibus, but can’t you please make the story go longer?! I don’t want it to end in just another 10 issues! LOL.
How many guys do you think will be willing to lug around something called the ipad?
I thought it was said during the media event for the iPad that they would be unlocked and that you could go to any provider that supported that type of sim card.
Apple’s revolutionary iPad will rapidly evolve after the first push period during it’s unveiling. The A4 chip and Job’s potential to fix some problems will start to make the product a huge product in years to come.
Mac’s new computer will eventually evolve after the first pumped up period during it’s launch. The touch screen and Apple’s potential to fix some problems will begin to make the iTablet a success in years to come.
Echo Omnibus!, dream come true.
did you know sony psp has a comic reader? echo would look gr8
Comics really and truly don’t look great on smaller screens like the iPhone and PSP has, they really do need a screen like the iPad. I’m almost tempted to get one for the comics capabilities.
Still waiting for Echo 19 here in the UK, didn’t ship last week and doesn’t look as if it will arrive this week either.
I can’t wait to read your work digitally
just a suggestion:
my old roommate hacked his iphone so that he could use it w/ t-mobile.
you may want to look into that.
if you need someone to do it for you let me know
I hacked my BB… into little pieces.