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------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/S.QlOD/3MnJAA/Zx0JAA/bGIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> WOLFMAN'S CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS NOVEL SOLD OUT BY JENNIFER M. CONTINO Less than a month after it was released from iBooks, the publisher has confirmed for THE PULSE that the Marv Wolfman penned prose novel, The Crisis On Infinite Earths has sold out. Wolfman was stunned but also "delighted" to learn the volume's supply was depleted from the publisher and that comic shops, book stores, and other venues were having a problem getting copies for interested readers. Wolfman told THE PULSE he had his suspicions that the novel might be sold out when he tried to set up a signing at a local Barnes & Nobels to promote the book. He explained that store and some comic specialty shops were having a tough time getting any copies. "Since I set up a number of Crisis on Infinite Earths novel signings here and around LA, several comic shops told me they couldn't get all their copies from Diamond because they had sold out," Wolfman detailed. "One person told me that Amazon had sold out, too. I checked to discover they actually had no copies, which truly stunned me. Finally, I was at a Barnes & Nobels the other day, asking about setting up an autograph session for their 'local authors' program to discover they never got their copies. They checked their computer and told me all the LA Distributors they use were out, too. In less than two weeks." "It is sort of mind boggling," continued the writer. "I was hoping the book would do well, but I never expected it to sell out so fast. As for how well received it is, a number of fans have emailed me to say they've enjoyed it, which is wonderful. And a few folk came by the signing I did at Golden Apple to say they had already read it and liked it a lot, but it hasn't had 'official' reviews yet. So, boy am I grateful." Wolfman said he enjoyed the creative process involved in putting The Crisis on Infinite Earths volume together. "I'm very pleased with how smoothly the story worked - trust me it wasn't easy doing the Crisis inside out so to speak, tackling what was a very difficult story to do in the first place and finding an entirely new approach to it," Wolfman admitted. "It surprised me that I was able to add so much material, turn around scenes that readers knew from the original, and still be faithful to the comic as well as very different, so readers would get a completely new story to read and not just a text rehash of the original." "I really liked how it all came together and, strangely enough, I loved the process of writing it, which I don't always," he continued. "When a sentence turns right or a phrase just rolls off, it's heaven. I think it's a really fun and fast read and I think it's both successful for old Crisis fans as well as readers who had never read the comic. This is my first novel in 30 years so of course I see mistakes and such - I called Green Lantern John Stewart 'Jon Stewart' so unless a Green Lantern is host of the Daily Show I think there may be a few errors and typos that got past me as well as the proofreaders." Wolfman added, "As for my writing, I don't think I've ever been 100% pleased by anything I've written. Or even 90% pleased. I already see places I'd like to tweak, but I was once told a writer - or artist - needs to be two people: One to write the story and one to rip it out of the typewriter at some point and send it in. But I have to say I'm very pleased with the book and it's gotten me to want to write more prose, which is even better. I'd been nervous about doing novels for years and now I'm chomping at the bit to start my next one." Wolfman told THE PULSE why he believes this volume sold so well. He thought there were a few reasons for its success. "The first is that the original Crisis series was always popular and the sales always exceeded what the publishers expected," Wolfman began. "When DC did the hardcover reprint of the comic a number of years back they predicted, because of the $100.00 price tag, a low base sale. If I remember correctly it sold seven times that amount. When they did the paperback reprint, they thought they printed enough to store in their warehouses for five years, but it was sold out in five months. I think the original story works well. It's exciting. It's still dangerous, but more importantly, it was a story, unlike so many of the company-wide crossovers that immediately followed Crisis, that I really wanted to tell. That had a purpose far beyond merely selling comics. With George P???rez' unbelievable art, the book was beautiful as well as a good read. The trick with the novel was to take the power George and I gave the comic and to turn that into a strong emotional center." "The second reason, I think, is that the comics websites, like THE PULSE and such, were so kind to us and did interviews with me and talked about the book coming out," continued Wolfman. "I think the interest fans showed on the websites, the love many people still had for the original comic, came through. I owe a great deal of thanks to people like you, Jennifer. Finally, obviously, people care about the characters and what happened to them. That the novel takes the original story and turns it on its side, that it has the Barry Allen Flash tell the story and show how important he was to the original tale, is something that appeals to the old Crisis fans. They are buying it because they did care for the original and they heard over the internet that the book might actually be good and both honor the original as well as take them on a very different trip. There may be many reasons, but all I can say is I'm extremely grateful and that I obviously hope more copies will be available for those who couldn't get to the stores in the first week. But that's up to those people reading this and not, unfortunately, to me who would okay a new printing immediately. Thank you all." A new printing that the scribe isn't sure will or won't happen at this point in time. He hopes there will be a new printing, but admitted "there might be problems." Wolfman said, "Still, if potential readers demand copies from the book store chains, the stores send in a back-order list which the publisher sees and then decides if there's enough orders to warrant a new printing. That's why it's so important that those who want the book ask their stores to order it for them. It's up to the fans to create the demand for the publisher." Wolfman doesn't know the exact numbers of how many copies of the story were sold. "All I'm aware of is the sell through - the copies that leave the bookstores and comic shops - has been excellent. As I say, stores can't get enough copies to sell. And that includes places like Barnes & Nobel's, Borders, etc. as well as comic shops." At Press Time, iBooks had not responded to inquiries of how many copies of The Crisis on Infinite Earths were sold. [See my review of this novel in MY VIEW this issue! - D.L.] IMAGE & 12 GAUGE'S SHOTGUN SUMMER BERKELEY, CA -- 5 May, 2005 -- Image Comics and 12 Gauge Comics are proud to announce SHOTGUN SUMMER! Featuring a fantastic line- up of books, 'Shotgun Summer' is not a crossover, but an event among creators associated with 12 Gauge Comics. July titles include: GUN CANDY, a two-issue miniseries by Doug Wagner and Brian Stelfreeze, featuring an exclusive flip book installment of THE RIDE by creators Phil Noto, Jason Pearson, Sanford Greene, Rob Haynes and Chuck Dixon. ARTXZILLA "TASTY TREATS" 2005, a high-end sketchbook featuring art from Artxilla Studio members Ed McGuinness, Keron Grant, Sanford Greene and LeSean Thomas. BODY BAGS: FATHER'S DAY by Jason Pearson, a two-issue miniseries reprinting the original WIZARD TOP TEN comic. Kicking off 'Shotgun Summer' will be the June release of THE RIDE, VOL. 1 trade paperback, collecting the critically acclaimed series, featuring a forward from industry legend Howard Chaykin! "It is really exciting to put together such an exciting batch of books!" said 12 Gauge Comics' Keven Gardner. "We plan on focusing a great deal of our efforts on the summer months for years to come, and hopefully this will be the start of a great tradition with Image. Jason Pearson, Brian Stelfreeze, Phil Noto, Ed McGuinness and all the fantastic talent featured in the inaugural 'Shotgun Summer' event think this is something all of us are extremely proud of." "There's no questioning the level of talent involved in these books," added Image Executive Director Eric Stephenson. "Keven and the guys have really put together some top notch material for this event, and we're absolutely thrilled to be involved." Details on the July-shipping books, available now for preorder: BODY BAGS: FATHER'S DAY #1 (of 2) - 48 pages - FC - $5.99 GUNCANDY #1 (of 2) - 48 pages - BW - $5.99 ARTXILLA "TASTY TREATS" 2005 - 64 pages - FC - $6.99 Image Comics is a comics and graphic novels publisher formed in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Since that time, Image has gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. There are currently four partners in Image Comics (Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino), and Image is currently divided into four major houses (Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline and Image Central). Image comics and graphic novels cover nearly every genre, sub-genre and style imaginable, offering science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. Visit www.imagecomics.com for more information. +++++ From the Comics Continuum at http://www.comicscontinuum.com/: THE BATMAN UPDATE Kids' WB!'s The Batman had a strong start to the spring sweeps, according to the network. The Batman was the No. 2 broadcast program among Girls 6-11 (2.9/12) and No. 3 in Girls 2-11 (2.0/9). The series also ranked among the top five broadcast programs in Kids 6-11 (3.0/12) and Tweens 9-14 (3.2/14), and among the top 10 broadcast spots in Kids 2-11, Boys 2-11, Boys 6-11 and Female Tweens 9-14. In other Batman news, upcoming episodes and creative teams include: * "Meltdown" was written by Greg Weisman and directed by Seung Eun Kim. * "The Butler" Did It was written by Alexx Van Dyne and directed by Brandon Vietti. * "Fire and Ice" was written by Joseph Kuhr and directed by Sam Liu. JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED UPDATE Susan Sullivan reprises her voice role of Hippolyta in the upcoming "The Balance" episode of Justice League Unlimited. Other guest voices in the episode include Robert England as Felix Faust, Bob Joles as Hades, Juliet Landau as Tala, Jason Bateman as Hermes, Wayne Knight as Abnegazar and Michael T. Weiss as Jason Blood. "The Balance" has a story by Stan Berkowitz and a teleplay by Dwayne McDuffie. The episode was directed by Dan Riba. In other Justice League Unlimited news, above is a first look at Captain Marvel from the "Clash" episode. Click on the thumbnail for a larger image. SEA OF RED SELLS OUT Despite by a 25 percent overship to retailers as well as Image Comics' standard overprint, Sea of Red #2 has sold out at the distributor. This follows a sell-out of the first issue. Image Comics also announced it is rushing a specially priced collection of the first four issues out to hit stores the same day as Sea of Red #5. "I don't think anyone could have predicted the success we've had with Sea of Red," said co-creator/scripter Rick Remender. "The reviews have been outstanding and it seems the sales reflect what the reviewers are saying." Sea of Red tells the story of Marco, a victim of vampire demon pirates who lusts for revenge. Art is by Salgood Sam, and the is story by Remender and Kieron Dwyer, who also contributes breakdowns and cover art. "With the great numbers on Sea of Red, the team at Image have shown the industry that a marketplace full of dusty superheroes is in fact hungry to support new and unusual ideas," Remender said. +++++ From Newsarama at http://www.Newsarama.com/ DC RAISES PRICES ON SIX DCU TITLES Today DC Comics used their weekly email newsletter to retailers to serve notice that they have raised the prices on their last remaining DC Universe $2.25 titles. Beginning with their June issues, Batman, Nightwing, Robin, The Flash, JLA and Wonder Woman will arrive in stores with a new retail price of $2.50. Because they were solicited in both June and July with the previous cover price of $2.25, DC reported the affected issues will be announced as returnable at a later date. The cover price change comes on the heels of Marvel's elimination of their $2.25 price point on nine titles also beginning with issues on sale in June. DC has not eliminated their $2.25 price point entirely, however. Their "Johnny DC" titles, including Justice League Unlimited, Batman Strikes and Teen Titans Go (among others) currently remain at $2.25. Additionally, DC announced that 100 Bullets (with issue #62) and The Books of Magick: Life During Wartime, Fables, and Lucifer will have their price raised from $2.50 to $2.75, the latter three with their June on-sale issues. Mad Magazine will arrive in stores with a cover price of $3.99 beginning with issue #454. MIKE KILEY NAMED TOKYOPOP EDITOR IN CHIEF & PUBLISHER TOKYOPOP Inc., the #1 manga publisher outside of Japan, is pleased to announce that company co-founder Mike Kiley has been named Publisher and Editor-In-Chief. Taking the reins from TOKYOPOP CEO and CCO Stuart J. Levy, who will maintain involvement with product development and to whom Kiley will continue to report, Mike is poised to broaden TOKYOPOP's publishing program to create a larger diversity of original and licensed manga, as well as new book-related consumer goods. Using his profound knowledge of the book publishing industry, coupled with his stellar performance at TOKYOPOP, Kiley is primed to champion the company's aesthetic into more areas of the book business than ever before. "The opportunity to lead TOKYOPOP into the next phase of our Manga Revolution is an honor," said Kiley. "I look forward to this challenge and to the chance to take our publishing program into exciting and innovative new areas." "I am thrilled to pass the moniker of Publisher and Editor- in-Chief to Mike," said Stu Levy. "With his extensive publishing background, creative talent and love for pop culture, he is the perfect choice for this new role." Adds Levy, "Knowing that Mike will capably carry the TOKYOPOP banner forward into exciting new realms will afford me the opportunity to comfortably shift my focus to Corporate Group Strategy, Strategic Partnerships and Group Finance." Kiley began his professional career as an academic bookseller at the University of California, Irvine campus store. After a quick rise through the ranks of management, he ultimately became responsible for the operation of an eight-location enterprise. In 1992, Kiley developed and launched the first academic bookstore in cyberspace, an endeavor that served the needs of thousands of customers worldwide. Less than two years later, these operations were migrated onto a site on the World Wide Web. By 1996, Kiley had leveraged his lifelong interest in Japanese culture to develop a new UCI web venture -- the marketing and sale of products related to Japanese animation, pop music and video games. This pioneering effort ultimately grew to become the pre-eminent site of its kind on the net. Joining TOKYOPOP in 1998, Mike founded the company's internet business, a vibrant blend of online commerce, content and community. In recent months, Kiley had been promoted to TOKYOPOP's Editor-in-Chief from his previous role as V.P. of Internet technology, operations and human resources. George Perez Signs 5 Year Exclusive With DC by Cliff Biggers, Comic Shop News Need an artist who can bring a grand cosmic saga to life? Let George do it! Need an artist who can work with a cast of thousands, giving each of them a distinctive appearance and personality? Let George do it! Need an artist who can convey subtle nuances of emotion, thereby bringing a script to life on the printed page? Let George do it! And for the next five years, that's just what DC is doing! Superstar comic book creator George Perez, responsible for some of the biggest landmarks in modern comic book history, has signed an exclusive contract that will keep him working for DC through May of 2010. Of course, Perez's involvement with the company goes back over a quarter century; he was a co-creator (with writer Marv Wolfman) of the breakthrough Teen Titans relaunch as The New Teen Titans that propelled the team to superstar status in the 1980's, as well as the artist for the historic Crisis on Infinite Earths. Recently, Perez has renewed work on the long-dormant Teen Titans: Games graphic novel, as well as working on the upcoming Return of Donna Troy miniseries event. With those projects already on his drawing table, it's no surprise that he's chosen to make his involvement with DC exclusive. Perez told Comic Shop News how the exclusive came about. "To tell you the truth, it was one of those wild situations where I was in the middle of this enormous bidding war with Marvel and DC, and everyone was giving me great offers. It finally got the point that I knew I had to disappoint someone. Both Marvel and DC have treated me quite well, but there were some projects I had in mind that I wanted to play around with-and most of them were DC- specific. "DC also has certain perks and accounting systems in place that Marvel has yet to address, like foreign royalties, and DC's bookkeeping system is much easier to work with. Marvel was trying to offer some other things to balance that, but so many of my landmarks in the industry were centered around DC-Crisis, Titans, and even JLA/Avengers was half-DC-that they seemed like the place where I needed to be. And not only was their offer better, but there are so many people at DC that I have long-term relationships with, from Paul Levitz on-and I have a great respect for everything that Dan DiDio is doing with DC right now, and I feel like what he has planned for the company is just phenomenal. Considering all those factors, it was obvious that this was the best decision." Perez first began entertaining permanent offers from both Marvel and DC last year-including a very different offer from DC. "Last summer, or even a little earlier, they offered me a job as art director," Perez said, "but that would have required me to move from Florida to New York. It was flattering, and their regard for me was incredibly humbling, but after visiting New York I realized that I wasn't ready to deal with both the expense and the stress that would go along with it, although I did give it serious thought. That gave DC an inside track, though. "Joe Quesada also offered me a great deal of work at Marvel, and there were writers who were very interested in working with me there. Marvel was very interested in having me there, and I hated to have to disappoint them. But I'll tell you, it was flattering to be the pretty girl at the prom, so to speak! And I think it probably helped that my last big project involved both companies at the same time, so everyone knew what I could do with their characters. "I made my final decision at WizardWorld LA. By that point, I was well into The Return of Donna Troy, and it was clear to me that it felt like DC was the place I should be. "DC has been very good to me; I started at Marvel, and they've treated me very well through the years, but once I went to DC, a lot of the highlights of my career came to pass. Titans really put me on the map; that's the book I was doing when I first met my wife, and I measure many of my personal landmarks by what issue of Titans I was working on at the time. This summer, I'll be visiting the DC offices again-and it's going to be great to know that I'm going back home!" Once had had made up his mind where he would be, he knew he wanted to make it a long-term commitment. "I've taken on a five year contract with DC; I'm pretty sure that is the first time they're written '2010' on an exclusive contract," Perez said with a laugh. "I have so many things I wanted to do there, though, that I needed that level of commitment. And of course, I had to think about things like insurance as well; that becomes more important as I get older, and that's one of the big benefits with going with a major company like DC. Of course, Perez will be doing plenty of art for DC's comic book line, but he's also agreed to do some work that, while not seen by as many readers, will be just as crucial to the company in the long run. "In addition to the specific book projects DC would like me to do, is that they asked me to consider doing some DC design work," he said. I considered that to be quite a compliment, that they would think of me for something like that. It's normal for artists to need reference for characters, and right now at DC, there is no specific 'bible' for those characters, so artists have to work with whatever Xeroxes you can find, and that means that characters may not necessarily look the same from one project to the next. I think that something like that, a bible that can serve as a company reference, is very important. Dan DiDio has said that I would be the equivalent of what John Romita was doing at Marvel-I'm an elder statesman, and I'm not even that 'elder'! Readers might be surprised to learn that Perez has been making comic book history for more than half his life now; the magnitude of his body of work, along with its importance, leads some to assume he is far older than he actually is. "I'm fifty years old, and that's not really very old at all in the comic book field," he said. "Jack Kirby did the Galactus story when he was forty-eight; I'm reaching the age when many creators have done their most memorable work. I hope that holds true for me, too; I'll admit that I have a lot to live up to, considering that I've been lucky enough to work on such projects as Crisis, Avengers, JLA, Teen Titans, and JLA/Avengers in my career already." Don't look for Perez to take over as artist of an ongoing series, though. "One thing that I know is that I can't commit to a monthly series. JLA/Avengers showed what I can do when I have the time to put into it, but I can't do that on a monthly basis. I cannot maintain that sort of detail and quality and make a once-a-month. I was proud that I got three of the four JLA/Avengers out on time, and I hate it that the fourth issue ran three months late-but as it was, I was drawing that last issue wearing a wristband because of the carpal tunnel problems I developed doing so much work in so short a time frame! Right now, the plan is that I will be working on special projects or books I can work on well in advance so that I don't miss a deadline. "I'm committing myself to about eight books a year plus covers; this will allow me the opportunity to ink other people, and I've learned something from every person I ink, even newcomers-you learn a lot about how to correct mistakes in your own work when you're working with someone else. And I want to get back to drawing storytelling pages; I haven't penciled an interior page since Avengers: Finale. It's been a while-I might be getting rusty, so I want to make sure I remember how!" As mentioned, the first major DC project that will bear Perez's name is The Return of Donna Troy, written by Phil Jimenez and penciled by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez ("We jokingly called this book 'EZ company' when we started," Perez joked, "Because all of our names end in -ez.") He's actually glad that he's not handling the full art duties on the project. "I'm grateful that Jose is providing me with a chance to do the finishes on this project without having to do the storytelling as well," he said. "Jose, first and foremost, is what drew me into that project to begin with. My art agent, who represents Phil Jimenez, Jose, and me told DC that, 'If you tell George that Jose is involved, he'll volunteer to ink it right away'- and he was right! It was like when I inked Curt Swan years ago; I learned so much working on a master like Jose. "The irony is that Jose, who is bearing the bulk of the responsibility on this series, is the least well-known of the three of us. Jose is a masterful artist, but he has chosen projects that have kept him out of the spotlight for a long time, and that's a shame-but that was his choice in part because Jose doesn't feel as comfortable drawing superheroes. When this project comes out and people see what he can do, because of the importance that DC is putting on this particular miniseries, Jose is going to wow everyone. "The combination of Garcia-Lopez and Perez is going to be a topic of positive conversation, I think. He has a certain design sense that's different from mine. As a storyteller, we both have our various strengths; I tend to be a bit more dynamic, drawing from influences like Jack Kirby and John Buscema, while Jose draws his influence from European artists. His style has an elegance to it, and he draws voluptuous women. And because I work with a quill, I bring a crisper edge to Jose's pencils than he gets with brush inking. He's used to having to erase some stuff from his pencil because he puts so much in there that other inkers didn't bring out, whereas I tend to put in even more detail and finish everything; outlined background figures become detailed characters when I get through with them. "One other thing that my involvement brings to this is that I know the Titans; Jose is not a Titans expert. When I ink Donna in this book, I can bring in the nuances that make her Donna Troy." While Perez has a long history with the Titans, he's not involved in the writing or plotting of The Return of Donna Troy. "I am approaching this as an artist only; I have asked the editor to send me only the parts of the plot that I need to know as I'm doing the book so that I can concentrate on what Jose is giving me. I'm trying to approach this one as an artist." Perez is very much aware that Donna Troy is as much a DC event as it is a miniseries. "I know the book is getting a lot of attention; it has grown from a miniseries to a crossover involving the Teen Titans and the Outsiders, and now it's a major story that's going to serve as a linchpin for something even bigger that DC is doing. There were a couple of panels that we were asked to redraw in the first issue because of emphasis they wanted to put on those scenes, which will play a major role in the DC tapestry." Unfortunately, the demands of The Return of Donna Troy forced Perez to take another break from the Teen Titans: Games graphic novel to which he had returned last year. "Unfortunately, Games ground to a halt because of Donna Troy; originally this project was going to be announced for late July, but when it moved up to early June, almost two months early, I had to put the Titans graphic novel on hold. I just haven't had a chance to do anything further on it for the time being, and I don't think that it's going to make it by the end of the year, just because I have fifty more pages to draw and little time to draw it right now. Games will probably be drawn as I'm doing other books as well, so it'll probably be 2006 before it comes out. I wish it could be 2005-but this project is so big that I don't have time to do both and do give them the attention they deserve." What comes next for Perez, once he gets these two high-profile projects behind him? He doesn't know yet, but he has no shortage of prospects. "So many writers have approached me with projects they want me to do; it's incredibly flattering, and it's more than enough to fill my schedule forever if I wanted to do them all! I'm grateful for the opportunities; once The Return of Donna Troy is finished and I'm making real progress on Games, I'm both anxious and maybe a little apprehensive to see what comes my way next! It's very flattering, and I feel a real sense of responsibility to make sure I live up to everyone's expectations. I'm hoping I receive requests for books I've had no history with; I appreciate revisiting old glories, but I love the challenge of doing something new and different too. "It means so much that people whose work I enjoy and respect want to work with me. Some people have assumed that, because I've written comics myself, I don't want to work with another writer, but I enjoy the challenges that another writer gives me. They come up with ideas that I would never have imagined. When they work with me, they come up with 'George Perez plots'- expansive, detailed, the sort of stuff that sometimes makes me curse the writer as I'm packing in all those details- but I can't ever pass up that challenge! I created this monster, so I can't complain about it too much!" Perez has at least one project he'd love to tackle. "It seems inconceivable in my thirty-plus years in this industry that I've never drawn a Legion of Super-Heroes story, and that's a wrong that needs to be addressed. I've called that to Mark Waid's attention, in fact, and he agrees with me. Legion was one of my favorite books as a child, and I've never drawn them except when they appeared in Crisis. I think there may be a market for a standalone Waid-Perez Legion of Super-Heroes story... 'I've also been approached about doing covers, including the new Infinite Crisis series. I think DC understands that in the bigger picture, it's more important to have my involvement in major projects like this, even if it means that the Titans graphic novel gets pushed back a little further. So I think doing something with their new Crisis, time permitting; I appreciate the fact that they thought of me right away." "I've also done covers for the fourth Wonder Woman trade, a cover for the Who Is Donna Troy? paperback, and I'm doing a cover for the dust jacket of the Crisis on Infinite Earths Absolute Edition, which is coming up this December, I think. I don't know what all they're putting together on the Absolute Edition of Crisis; I'm eager to see it myself! I've been so busy that I haven't even had time to give Bob Greenberger any quotes for the book yet-I need to do that so that people remember I was involved in it!" Perez joked. One thing is evident: Perez still has a love for the comics field. "Believe it or not, I still get a thrill seeing my name in print! I never take it for granted. I am aware that some of my contemporaries have lost enthusiasm for comics, and a few of them are having trouble getting work; I'm grateful that so many people consider me a valid part of this industry, and that they think I'm still able to produce work that sells. Knowing that I turn down more work than I accept is something I'll never for granted; I'm very grateful to the fans and fellow professionals that I still have the career that I do." Thanks for subscribing to the Comic Book Network Electronic Magazine (CBEM) --------------------------->Disclaimer<--------------------------- This is an ANNOUNCE only mailing list, only the Editor can send messages to the list. No one else has access to the subscriber list. Replies to these messages will be received by the Editor ONLY, so you must CC: individual contributors if you want them to get your E-Mail. 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