Daily Archives: 29 January 2007

Also on Free Comic Book Day (May 5, 2007), I’ll be posting a complete recent issue of each of our magazines to our web site, in PDF format. So if you’ve never tried, say, Rough Stuff magazine, you’ll be able to download it and read a whole issue, free of charge. I hope this’ll encourage everyone (with a high-speed Internet connection; these’ll likely be fairly large files) to take a look at all our magazine offerings and see if they’re something you’d like to get regularly. If so, when you’re in your local comics shop, picking up your free copy of COMICS 101 (see previous post), you can ask your retailer to start ordering it regularly. Of you can just subscribe from us. Either way, it’s all good.

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Our webmeister supreme, Rand Hoppe, just added our Free Comic Book Day contribution for this year to our webstore. It’s called COMICS 101, and it’s a primer on comics creation and history by our erstwhile TwoMorrows magazine editors. Below is the official description, and the cover art (by Bret Blevins and Mike Manley). All our editors have knocked themselves out to make this a fabulous book, so go to your local comics shop on May 5 and demand a copy (or better yet, go before that, and tell your retailer you’ll want one, so they’ll be sure to order plenty). Depending on the number of copies retailers order, we may (or may not) print some extras for handing out at conventions and sending by mail (for a nominal postage charge). I’m working on the layout now, and it’s something that I would sure want a copy of!

For FREE COMIC BOOK DAY (Saturday, 5 May 2007), TwoMorrows Publishing proudly presents COMICS 101: How-To & History Lessons From The Pros! As the industry authority on comics history and creation, TwoMorrows has tapped the combined knowledge of its editors to assemble an all-new, all-ages 32-page comics primer, created just for this giveaway! You’ll learn: “Figure Drawing” and “How To Break Down A Story” from DRAW! magazine’s MIKE MANLEY and BRET BLEVINS (both key artists for DC and Marvel Comics)! “Writing Tips” from WRITE NOW! magazine’s DANNY FINGEROTH (who’s also a Marvel Comics writer)! Plus ROUGH STUFF magazine editor (and veteran comics inker) BOB McLEOD provides “Art Critiques” of promising newcomers (see how your work compares)! There’s even a “Comics History Crash-Course”, assembled by ALTER EGO magazine editor ROY THOMAS (former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief and top writer) and MICHAEL EURY, editor of BACK ISSUE magazine (and former DC and Dark Horse Comics editor). These top professionals will cover the basics of comics art and appreciation, making it a must-have item for fans old and new! But you can’t buy it; it’s only available FREE from your local retailer on Saturday, 5 May 2007! Don’t miss it! 

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We mail out a lot of free books to professionals. Always have, always will. Pros are the lifeblood of TwoMorrows, and I figure, they help us out so much with interviews and cover art, the least we can do is send them a bunch of books and let their productivity grind to a halt when they arrive. (So yeah, when your favorite comic ships late, chances are it’s our fault.) And we know they’re appreciated, just based on who goes out of their way to stop by our booth at conventions (sometimes, it seems like there are more pros milling around our booth than are in artists’ alley). But it’s especially nice to see a guy whose work we really respect, going on about our stuff. Such is the case with Cerebus creator Dave Sim, who posted this link:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cerebus/message/107319

Check it out, and thanks, Dave!

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