Paper Dolls In My Books

Thank you, the paper-doll-collecting reader who asked for them. If you go to Indyplanet, these are the issues with paper dolls in them:

Desert Peach #8 Rosen (Reprint inside back).
 
Desert Peach #16 Chaplain Stange (Reprint behind main story)
 
Desert Peach #17 Peach and Udo FULL COLOR (Reprint inside front and inside back) AND Barb Rausch's Udo-and-Falila paper dolls on every single story page, including the two of them in their adorable all-to-gethers.
 
Stinz #18 Baronin FULL COLOR (Reprint outside back)
 
Stinz #19 Kilan FULL COLOR (Reprint outside back)

There's a paper coll of Udo somewhere, but I dunno if it's in one of the reprints. I searched through all the reprints, but I may not have put it into any of the books.

WHO is that man, anyway?

EVERYBODY keeps saying Dr. Who ripped off Rosen in The Desert Peach, with a character named "Jack Harkness."

While I know my biggest fan base is my peers, the Pilot Who Shags Everybody And Everything has been around since - well, cavalry officers. BlackAdder has their own version in the World War One episodes. Red Dwarf has the alternate Rimmer. The Brits in particular do it well. Woof.

Even "The Mummy" had a mummy guard who did a neat flip with his spear before he put it to use, as Viktor MacLaughlin did with his rifle in "Gunga Din." Not only a professional soldier, but probably the hot guy in the squad.

Now, in my case, Rosen is based on a boyfriend I had in the army, who actually DID introduce himself with outspread arm wings as "Hi! It's me - Old Crash-and-Burn!" Who looked pretty much like Rosen (I go for guys who look like Dad, with the black hair and blue eyes. Oh, what? We like our own genes).

I've never watched more than a couple of episodes of the old Pertwee Dr. Who, and it didn't quite push my buttons. But one of my readers sent me a link to a funny Jack Harkness montage on YouTube.

It's pretty funny. You will giggle.

I dunno if I'll ever be a Dr. Who fan, but this makes me think it would be fun to see if the library has later versions of the series. The other actors are pretty funny, and the robot ladies are cool, in a retro Richard Lester way.

Back-Dooring Amazon

Anybody who has worked with me knows I know how to back-door the system (thank you, U.S. Army).

If all us POD or direct-publisher authors go on Amazon, and in the reviews point out which ones make US money and which ones only make collectors money, sooner or later Amazon will cordon those off automatically.

I WON't do this is I no longer have the books - but BUY FROM THE AUTHOR FIRST. 

This isn't to run the collectors out of business. It's to make sure the authors get paid first. In the long run, this can only be good for the collectors, because the authors will be able to produce more books to sell.

It's Legal Now

Of course, we have a New Freedom up here in Washington State, so the Logo has been changed to reflect the law. However, even our friend See See knows that - while comics are for everybody - not everything is.

We haven't got a liquor license for the convention, unlike San Jose's Alternative Press Expo. Going to be really buckling down to negotiations soon, so it MIGHT be in a motel or bed-and-breakfast or art gallery or in my yard. You're grown-ups, and so are the property owners.

We have lovely long beaches and woods. It's part of the charm of the convention.

Convention Facebook Page.

Make your own Sunturn card

Hi, folks! The annual holiday card. I say "Sunturn" because Dan is such a Sun Pagan he counts the extra minutes every day, whether less before the Solstice, or more afterwards. But you can use it for any holiday that has pretty lights. Which is most of 'em, I think.

Download the jpegs. Print one page each reversed, and then use as a card AND an envelope. It's pretty simple to do. You don't have to worry about which way each side goes; it works no matter how you do it.

Card itself. Just fold it up 1/2-way across the width, then half-way across the length.

Envelope. Reverse the card and fold it the same way.

Apothacarium Swapmeet

Should have posted before this about: 2012: Apothacarium Swapmeet, Nov 25, 1:00 pm, 1300 Water Street, Port Townsend, WA It was a nice little show, with a lot of fun people, including Your Mom Comics and Neoglyphic Media. Sales weren't hot, but there was a lot of potential for show growth. Had a lot of fun getting to talk to My Peeps in Our Language. Neoglyphic Media, obviously! Easy to get to, with access parking. Admittedly, the only place to eat was a Subway, but their crew was supportive of the show. The day before, Dan and I had gone down to Port Angeles to see the new movie, "Lincoln." While waiting, we wandered the farmer's market at the bus terminal. Got to talking to the organization that runs farmer's market. At least one of their people was so jazzed by the idea of comics shows locally, she left her table to hunt me up after I'd left it and continue the discussion.  More and more people out here are realizing it doesn't take an army of minions to run a comics show, and that there are many different ways of doing it.

Black Friday 2012

Hello, Colleagues, friends, family, reviewers, and anybody else who might want to know or asked me to keep them in the loop:

Well, it is Black Friday, and we all buy gifts (yes, we do). Us print artists get as "local" as we can.

30% off on all my gorgeous prints:  http://rummelhart.deviantart.com/prints/

And - until November 27 - for 51% off calendars and 30% off everything else, use code DELIRITAS at: 

http://www.lulu.com/desertpeach

Have a happy holiday season!