You can now order the first Rachel Rising TPB: The Shadow Of Death, at Amazon for early discount. It ships next month, March. I encourage you to order from them if a store is not convenient, because we want Amazon to like Rachel. Please post any good reviews you may have on Rachel, or any of my books there. It really helps with ratings and my future ability to list new books there in the future. Thanks!
Just (re)launched my “official” Facebook page. This is a fanpage where I will be able to stay in touch with the FB community. If you’re a Facebook regular, please “Like” my page to get your daily feed.
I’ll place the FB icon on my blog page here as soon as I figure out how to insert the HMTL without crashing the world wide web. Last time I crashed the world wide web, people got mad at me—I actually got a stern letter from Google. Oh my.
This cool book is coming soon. Have you heard about it yet? Full of interviews and articles with some of the best creators in the bunsiness. You can preorder now at Amazon and lot’s of other spots, too, to be honest. Easy to find.
I think the plan is to debut the book at C2E2 in Chicago in April. They’ll have a panel of creators there to kick things off. I am in the book, but I won’t be at C2E2 this year.
How cool is it? I can show you the list of contents. Check it out and spread the word:
Introduction by Mark Waid
Editors’ Foreword, by Lynne M. Thomas and Sigrid Ellis
Mary Batson and the Chimera Society, by Gail Simone
Summers and Winters, Frost and Fire, by Seanan McGuire
Cosplay, Creation, and Community, by Erica McGillivray
An Interview with Amanda Conner
A Matter of When, by Carla Speed McNeil
The Other Side of the Desk, by Rachel Edidin
An Interview with Terry Moore
Nineteen Panels about Me and Comics, by Sara Ryan
I’m Batman, by Tammy Garrison
An Interview with Alisa Bendis
My Secret Identity, by Caroline Pruett
The Green Lantern Mythos: A Metaphor for My (Comic Book) Life, by Jill Pantozzi
Vampirella, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Page Turn, by Jen Van Meter
Confessions of a (Former) Unicorn, by Tara O’Shea
The Evolution of a Tart, by Sheena McNeil
Kitty Queer, by Sigrid Ellis
The Captain in the Capitol: Invoking the Superhero in Daily Life by, Jennifer Margret Smith
Burn, Baby Burn, by Lloyd Rose
Tune in Tomorrow, by Sue DCWKA
An Interview with Greg Rucka
Comic Book Junkie, by Jill Thompson
From Pogo to Girl Genius, by Delia Sherman
I am Sisyphus, and I am Happy, by Kelly Thompson
Captain America’s Next Top Model, by Anika Dane Milik
An Interview with Louise Simonson
Me Vs. Me, by Sarah Kuhn
A Road That has No Ending: Revenge in Sandman, by Sarah Monette
Mutants, by Marjorie Liu
You’re on the Global Frequency, by Elizabeth Bear
Crush on a Superhero, by Colleen Doran
Literally just finished drawing this for the Diamond Previews solicitation, March catalog. This book will ship in May, unless that tree gets me, too.
Sweet dreams.
While we’re at this full disclosure thing, here is the ad that will run for the same catalog:
| We’re really excited to be able offer Terry’s work on comiXology’s platform — iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire and even the Web! As a marketing guy, I can’t wait to introduce a whole new generation of reader’s to Terry’s work — from those who are current readers to those they haven’t read a comic before ever.
—Chip Mosher, ComiXology |
Thanks, Chip. It’s going to be a great year!
It’s official: I will be a guest at the Torino Comics festival, April 13-15 —in Torino, Italy. Watch here for more information as the date approaches.
Torino and San Diego Comic Con are my only two confirmed convention dates for 2012. A third festival is in the negotiation stage, and the three dates, hopefully, will be the whole of my appearances for the year. This was the plan after hitting the convention circuit so heavy for the last 2-3 years. I want to spend the extra time this year getting my digital publishing on track.
I’ve signed with ComiXology to make my comics available digitally. This weekend I’ll be prepping SIP for them. I’d like to get Rachel Rising to them ASAP as well.
Don’t misunderstand me as abandoning print. That’s not the case at all. I’m adding this to the mix, not replacing anything. For me, digital is another retail outlet. I want—I NEED—to be on your iPad, and ComiXology is the way to do that. I’m very happy to work with them and I’m happy they want to carry my work.
Because I have a larger readership than my direct market figures suggest, I constantly hear from readers about the difficulty in finding my books. That’s not good. Today, in the age of iPad, new readers are practically demanding I get my digital act together. And they’re right. It’s time. I leave you with my latest readers’s story. This is from Aaron in Massachusetts. I couldn’t agree with him more.
| Add me to the list of those who really hope Rachel Rising will be going digital as soon as possible. The current Direct Market is thoroughly broken, in my opinion. I work in Framingham, MA, and there simply is no comic shop worthy of the name here. I read only a few books a month, but your comics have always been among them. The problem is availability. I went to Bedrock Comics today, asked about Rachel Rising #5, and was told that they only ordered two copies, and both were pre-orders. The shopkeeper said when the book first came out, he ordered more, based on track record, but they didn’t sell. I simply don’t have the time to go searching around, and I don’t buy enough comics to warrant a pull list. I’m not sure what the problem is that there “isn’t a single penny” for you with digital, but I’d buy PDFs straight from this site if I could. Unfortunately, I can’t justify $6.99 plus shipping for a comic. How many others are there in my position? How many more issues could you sell, if only they were available to purchase? Is the problem piracy? Conversion costs? Honestly, a bit of piracy would probably be a good thing for Rachel Rising, because it would get the title into more people’s hands, build more buzz.
There is something profoundly wrong with the distribution system when a title from a leading creator can’t be found at a comic store in a major metropolitan area. I can’t see how digital would be any worse for you, and it would be a lot better for me (and I’m betting plenty of others). I want to support your work, but it shouldn’t be this difficult. [And as a footnote, I should point out that I am not exclusive to ComiXology. They are simply my first digital outlet. Like any book or magazine, I want to be in as many outlets as possible. Thank you to everybody for your terrific support and encouragement. Your enthusiasm is contagious! —added Jan30, 2012] |
(note: some of these links I’m showing you because I want you to know the addresses. Notice that wherever I am on the web, my name is TerryMooreArt. Simple to find.)
I discuss the challenges of getting orders for an indy book in a mainstream market in this very recent interview. Note that this site is doing a series of interviews with me as I release each issue of Rachel Rising. Be sure to check out the previous articles.
I added a bunch of art to my Deviant Art page, along with descriptions and stories to each piece. http://terrymooreart.deviantart.com/
To see just a big collage of my art, check out my Tumblr archive. When I discovered the gorgeous art archive pages of Tumblr, I knew I wanted to make one, too. Some have comments and stories attached. http://terrymooreart.tumblr.com/archive
I posted an instrumental I recorded in Garage Band on SoundCloud. This is the music you’d hear if you were watching the SiP series on screen and we got to the part in the story where Emma and Katchoo are hiding in Hawaii from Darcy, then Emma’ OD’s and walks into the ocean during a storm and Katchoo has to go in and save her. Look at that scene while listening to this and you will have a hint of what a SiP tv series would be like. There is a first version, then a longer reprise version. Both are useful in the media telling of the story. Enjoy, because that’s as close as we’ll probably ever get. SiP is impossible to explain to Hollywood people who haven’t read the book. So I intend to have things like this in the final digital book version… if you think it’s good enough. Let me know. http://soundcloud.com/terrymooreart
I tweet my twats every day on Twitter. Tweck it out. https://twitter.com/#!/TerryMoore
Everything I’ve printed, including the latest issue of Rachel Rising, issue #5, is available on our store page. If you order direct from us, you can ask for a signature on your books and I will happily oblige. You have to ask though, it’s not automatic. http://www.strangersinparadise.com/store.html
If you find new articles on Rachel Rising, let me know and I’ll repost the links here. I’m going to pull together a list of Rachel posts and make a page for them.
I freshened up the page a little for the new year. You can see the new header and events calendar, of course, but I also made all new links on the header. Check them out. Now you are just a click away from my Twitter page, or a very cool collection of my sketch art on my Tumblr page, or you can hear my music on my SoundCloud page. We all have multiple hangouts on the net, but now you have one spot (this page) that leads to all my web activity.
And, you can’t help but notice Stephanie in the background. Do you recognize her, and know which of my books she’s from? If not, you’ve got some reading to catch up on!
Looking forward to 2012 and all the new things coming our way. I’m planning some very big things this year. Add this page to your daily feed to stay up to date!
As a thanks for visiting the page, here’s a first look at a future Rachel Rising cover. Yes, those are bodies shooting up out of graves… what a lovely sound that must make.
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