Johannas January Previews

The cover is by J.G. Jones. http://westfield2.com/wow/art/large/m03.jpg

-Ralf Haring 'The mind must be the harder, the heart the keener, the spirit the greater, as our strength grows less.' -Byrhtwold, The Battle of Maldon

I don't see how. Why would tv viewers care about a comic version? How would they know about a comic version? Isn't this going to be a bimonthly series? I mean, just to make sure there's no chance of any tv viewers following it regularly...

-Ralf Haring 'The mind must be the harder, the heart the keener, the spirit the greater, as our strength grows less.' -Byrhtwold, The Battle of Maldon

Because they know Superman is a comic, so might see if there is such a thing as a Smallville comic.

Worked just fine for Buffy, and Batman the Animated Series for that matter.

Hi James and Johanna First, let me say thanks for all of the nice things you have both said about Clan Apis and Sandwalk Adventures. A few points about the trade:

1. The trade is in no way an inevitability when I start a series. I mean, I always hope to see my work collected, but there was no way to know if a story about a coversation between Darwin and a follicle mite would fly with readers. The premise aside, the possibilty always exists that what I write won't be well received.

2. By the time orders for issue 3 came in, it was clear that a trade would be more than possible. Now, by that time issue #1 had sold out and we needed to decide if we would reprint it or just release the trade as soon as possible. We chose the latter for a number of financial reasons.

3. The NYTimes article generated a ton of interest and demand for a trade from a number of booksellers and educators. Since bookstores and schools comprise 80% of Active Synapses business (i.e. sales of Clan Apis), this just underscored our desire to go to trade quickly.

4. Finally (and I am not being snippy-honestly), what is an appropriate amount of time that needs to pass before a trade is released? When we saw the level of interest and recognized that people that couldn't get the first issue might be holding out for a trade, we assumed that going to trade would be best. Cheers

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