thoughts, musings and other rambling…
Dave Sim quotes: “Principles of Comic Store Reality. 1) Successful comic books immediately go up in dollar value in the aftermarket 2) The most successful comic books continue to go up in value in the aftermarket while less successful comic books level off or decline in value 3) Fewer and fewer comic books are in [...]
Well… I guess that depends on how you define “success”. Financially speaking, we did far better at the local Toronto Cons. However, in terms of spreading the Ultraist (and Possum) Virus, this show was possibly the best yet, reaching out further than we ever have before. The level of success here will be measured in [...]
WINNER OF THE SPUD & HARRY #1 DRAW: – SUPER STEVEN! – Of the letters received since the 2006 Toronto Fan Expo, yours was the one drawn as the winner of the SPUD & HARRY PREVIEW EDITION contest. Meaning that I’ll ship you your FREE SPUD & HARRY #1 comic as soon as you let [...]
THIS WEEKEND is the Toronto ComiCon. If all goes as planned, this will be the long awaited release of SPUD & HARRY #1. And there is a good chance I’ll make an appearance at the Ultraist Studios / Possum Press booth (pending my film and game commitments). Click the above banner for more details, and [...]
Dick Dale quotes: “Get smart. Forget about trying to be the big man, and be ‘famous’ as one calls it on the cover of Rolling Stone. Become a business person, and market your product the proper way and you will make a hundred times more money and you’ll be powerful and strong within yourself, PLUS [...]
The video comes via Cartoon Brew, via Boing-Boing, via Tommy Liberto. Parts of this will be turned into Mantra.
In the last comment section, Ultraist Reader Matt Campbell wrote: “i feel that paper comics are antiquated. It’s like trying to start a mail-order business in the time of the inter-tubes.“ A popular opinion I can understand, albeit one that I vehemently disagree with. In an attempt to fuel the debate (and avoid boredom at [...]