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Set in the town centre of Bournemouth, we offer our guests excellent facilities. Clean,stylish, comfortable rooms some with Sea Views. All have been furnished and decorated to the highest standard and have well stocked courtesty trays, hair drier and Wireless Internet Access.
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I am pretty much no longer the parent of a college student! Hubby and I just returned from Florida where we saw Justin graduate from technical college, he's on his way home after he spends a few days with friends. Nicki and Tim both finished school (for now) last summer and are working. Zack is a "sort of" college student... he's an army lifer who is taking a class or two at a time online toward a degree in history education. Hopefully Justin will find a job fairly quickly. His career counselor says they have had a 90% placement rate in the last few years, so here's hoping. He has one month of GI Bill living expenses coming yet (If they finish in Feb. they get their last payment in March, but if they start in Feb they don't get their first payment until March - it's always a month behind.) and he still has some of his deployment money in the bank so he's got a little time.
On another note, James and his g/f are expecting a baby boy in July! That will be grandbaby #2 for us. Woo Hoo!!

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- Crust: Work together, add oats and or pecans/walnuts for a thicker topping.
- .5 cup brown sugar
- .5 cup flour
- .25 cup butter (half of a stick)
- Filling: Mix together, add 1 cup of water to the bottom of the pan (or more or less) if the apples are old/dry. Also if apples are old/dry, add extra lemon juice and omit the sugar.
- 6 Apples
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- dash of nutmeg
- Bake at 350 for as long as needed, probably 30-45 min. Works well in a 9" x 13" pan.
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Hello friends, it's been hectic as I've been focusing on Dracula and trying to get Revolver Four out asap, and getting the final batch of Dream Life books out the door? Taking too long, not helped by nasty cold bug last month. Back at it now, playing catchup… sooo late late late.
The only upside of being sick is I got a lot of writing done, including a workable draft of the Patreon page text I'd been meaning to attempt to write since signing up in the summer. Important bit of business as it's planned to be a key aspect of the market presentation of Revolver Four. The issues will still be available as individual downloads, but with #4 I wanted to offer subscriptions of some kind, and then had a better idea.
It was a good call. Just a few days in I'm already up to $30 pledged a month from my first three patrons! I look at this as a slow and steady thing, that does not need huge numbers to work. So that's an inspiring nice early start for me. Already time to thank some Patrons!
One wished to be anonymous. Thanks very much for your patronage. Shannon Becker. A long time fan from back in the days of Saint Sinner [she had proof!]. And Ian Hodgkinson! One of my Dracula Kickstarter backers in fact! Thanks for the faith in me Ian!
Thanks to all of you! :)
I have one in the works. But no pitch video so far. I noticed a number of comics related patreon pages without them and doing fine. So not rushing that. I am doing a regular patreon podcast, and the 3rd episode is mostly a discussion of the campaign, you can listen to that here.
Here's pitch text!
Hi. My name is Max, aka Salgood Sam. An artist and storyteller. For the last 20 years I've primarily made comics and drawn for a living. I also sometimes work as a Designer, Editor and part-time Art Teacher.
I'm developing a patreon clip for my youtube channel, but for the moment I'm just going to post a trailer for my latest book. Dream Life | a late coming of age, above. For the significance of that, read ahead to"The First Goal is $350 monthly". And for an audio version of some of this, I've posted a launch episode of the podcast! I explain in text below and in the podcast what I'm hoping to accomplish.
For those of you new to it, Patreon lets you support creative types like me via a pay-what-you-can sliding scale financial considerations–You can change or cancel your pledge at any time.
A lot of the content I'm posting is already free to read or watch online.
Check out the activity blog to see what I've been up to over the past year I've been posting content to it pretty frequently and plan to keep the Patreon blog here, current with content I post across the web from Youtube clips, webcomics, sketchbooks, tutorials, my fathers photos and words, to blogging & blogging! I keep busy.
The very short pitch is I'm looking for patrons from as little as $2 monthly, to as much as you feel comfortable pledging! You can even pledge less than $2 if you just want to help out at a minimum with a monthly tip. I've set up a range of rewards to accommodate a lot of possibilities. All limited in availability to keep fulfilment from swamping or profit from obscuring the core goals of making and publishing great comics and other creations! And if enough of you choose to support my work in this manner, everyone will get to read all of it, digitally for free!
Over the last couple of decades I've financed my personal projects* via grants, investing portions of my freelancing income, selling a decent number of books and art now and then. And in the last few years crowdfunding has become a serious factor with three modestly successful endeavors so far. More than 20 years and I'm still learning, especially since I've been pursuing self publishing more.
*I should note, my personal projects don't JUST include comics, though most of it is comics or comics related now!
I've also been experimenting with formats, webcomics and other digital modes, attempting to move with the changing market and find what suits me best. A diverse range of platforms seem to be the road to go, but what's missing still is a bit more stability and a simple way to get my content to readers without paying too much of my two bits in fees. I could get a lot more done I think if I could just simply resolve that set of problems. It's in that hope that enough of you choose to pitch in a cup of coffee's worth a month on this page, and make it happen!
A few years back I started working on re-booting Spilt Ink–a boutique self-publishing imprint first launched back in 2002 for websites and small press zines and active ever since–as a more focused, dedicated venture to publish my own serialized solo anthology Revolver Quarterly, and possibly all my future books!
Why Revolver Quarterly? I think a print ready, digital anthology series is best suited to my style of comics. It's a format and strategy I'm passionate about. And Patreon seems a practical and appealing alternative to traditional subscription models, and includes a viable distribution platform for patrons as well.
If you dig it and want to help keep it all happening,
For the minimum pledge Patrons will get digital subscriptions to Revolver Quarterly, and be members of The Spilt Ink Patrons club! The club will grow to be an extended suite of digital & print ready publications. Not just my own comics, but also publications related to the websites sequentialpulp.ca, theitalianmachine.spiltink.org, and dd.salgoodsam.com. From the start it will include Revolver Quarterly Vol One, Two & Three, and Therefore, Repent! And free to read online already is Sequential Pulp Vol One, Two & Three. I hope you stick around for coming issues of Revolver and more, but out of the gates you'll have 260 pages of comics waiting for you to read!
The First Goal is $350 monthly! When we reach it, my newest graphic novel Dream Life | a late coming of age will be added to the library of books patrons can download anytime!
The Second Goal is $650 monthly, and if we achieve it, along with getting more comics done faster thanks to seriously taking care of most of my expenses, I'll make the 20 min patreon podcast bi-weekly.
The Third Goal is $950 per month, and I'll be so happy when this happens I'll throw a Comix Jam Party! You'll all be invited virtually.
Obviously the main reason for charging for my work is simply to make a living – it is already how i do it generally as a freelancer. But doing it on my own terms and just for my own projects is what Spilt Ink is all about. And my experience with books like Sea of Red, Therefore, Repent! & now Dream Life, Is that I think i have at least that many potential fans and readers out there? Maybe…
Fingers crossed. I think people enjoy the idea of helping make cool things happen and introducing others to something we like by making it easy to get at.
I've never really liked adding adds to my sites to try to make it all pay for itself. We tried it on Sequential for a while but were never happy with the results either financially or aesthetically. So I don't take that seriously as an option. It's a lot of work, a whole job, getting The Right advertisers and managing that. And it looks so much better without all that noise on my sites.
A lot of the culture of the web is built around the idea of open media. And at the same time, my experience from crowdfunding is there are also lots of people who are willing to put a couple of dollars on something they like. A tool to address that dynamic is exactly what Conte and company have built here with Patreon I hope, which is potentially pretty amazing.
If my Patron base can become a viable solution to earning a living, you'll make it easy to give it all away online so everyone can enjoy it with you!
I'll still be selling print copies of things, after all I like paper and getting to sign books! But I'll be more than happy if this works In the long run and a large portion of my readers are digital. You could help make that happen by pledging and joining The Spilt Ink Patrons club.
The Patrons blog includes exclusive video & blog posts, zines of comic jams, live drawing sessions, sketches, and deals on material goods I sell on my site. Premium rewards Include postcards, physical copies of mybooks, handmade things? Art lessons, original art & commissions!
Here's some photos of the work in progress! Think that was the most standing i've done in a while. Been some time since I worked on a mural or painted. This time was three days, two full and a half wrapping up the work. Your legs get a good workout!
Also was nice to get to know the other artists a little bit. Would love to work with them again. Reminded me of the old monthly jams. It all came out really amazing & fun to do. When you're up close to it it's hard to say, but after the drop sheets came away, it all looked pretty great. I can see why Ruppert loves doing this work so much. The whole crew were pros.
For me it was nice to make it through the whole thing physically well. I've worked on something with them three times now.
First jumping in for a few hours during Henge, the En Masse project @Nuit Blanche 2011, which happened to be the night before I went under the knife for cancer! That was good for the mind and I knew I wanted to do it again.
And I did a year later as part of a huge team that worked together on a room at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. That time unfortunately I was wrecked from a severe bout of gastro and probably the onset of diabetes. It was hard to even hold my arm up for long! Ug.
This time? My stamina held out pretty well! All three days. Yay! And 48 hours later nothing to terrible has happened so it's officially not a jinx.
Oh and I've confirmed I was using stupid brushes before, having picked up a proper set this time. So much better. Loved laying in the big lines with a freestyle paddle brush! Makes me want to prime something. And remember i've got a couple unfinished things hidden away…
Must stay on things with Dracula, just working on a new page now. But for sure up for doing it again too.
Hey, by the way. There's a Patreon campaign for Spilt Ink in the way.
UPDATE: I have my table number now, I'm going to be at booth 2738! And look for the school I teach Dynamic Drawing at, Syn Studio, at table 2629 in Artist Alley. The floor plan is here on the Con's site, and posted bellow is one with our spots highlighted!
Good news for Dream Life, we moved a nice chunk of books at the show in Toronto, including adding three new retailers to our distribution efforts! Hope to match that in Montreal at least in part. I have some home court advantage maybe, so that might help? Any rate, It'll be primarily Dream Life, and prints on hand. Thinking about making some coupon code/gift cards for my digital comics? We'll see if i can spare it the brain cells in the next few days.
If you want to buy some art from me, check out this page and order in advance, to pick up from me at the show? I'll have some art there as well for sale. And if you'd like to pre-order a copy of my book to pick up at the show, buy it via this link and in the special instruction, mention you'll be at the show, between now and the 12th, and i'll make sure to have one ready for you there! I'll be doing personalized portraits in the copies at request.
I'll be up for doing commissions too, if you'd like to reserve one in advance the limit will be 4 done before the show! Contact me about the details.
I mentioned that I was able to utilize the closing hours of FanExpo, to present Dream Life to a few retailers in the Toronto area and persuade them to stock a hand full of copies of the first [Launch] editions! Here's the list of my new good friends. :) Thanks for taking a chance on my book guys!
The venerable and recently reborn Silver Snail! Had a nice brief face to face with George about doing things in store in the near future. This would be fantastic. And with the copies he took from me that means i'm stocked at both stores now, assuming Ottawa still has one left.
The guys at Gotham Central in Mississauga seem really enthusiastic about supporting Canadian creators! Got a lot of interests I intend to follow up talking with them about, and they took 4 copies from me for their shelves.
And, I sold a pair to Doug Wright Spotlight Award winner, Steven Gilbert. One for him and one to try out at Fourth Dimension Comics in Newmarket! The man obviously has excellent taste!
That brings the number of stores that are or have stocked Spilt Ink books, Including Dream Life | a late coming of age, &/or physical issues in some cases of Revolver Quarterly, up to 30 since the relaunch of the imprint!
For independent distribution, via a one man operation done when I have time over the summer, so too bad! A solid start anyway, in a long game.
So, i'll see you at the Montreal Comic Con? Watch my twitter for the announcement of my table number, and i'll be around the Syn Studio table as well at some point, and they will know where to find me too.
When you enter the main hall of the South building, after going down all those elevators as I recall, the artists are all in the far left side of the room. And I'm in the back row against the far wall, at P6B. It's behind the artist ally. Just after the Raid Row and around the bend. I'm bringing prints and original art with me to sell, and some of my books, mostly just Dream Life | a late coming of age. I may have a few Revolver's with me but not many. I am going to have an offer to take an order of a bundle of them from me direct if my square works — need to look into that — and i'll ship them to you no cost! I'll be there Friday and Saturday for sure, Sunday if those two go well. Watch my twitter feed for updates! Cheers! See you there PS: you can still make sketch request reservations still, I take Paypal!
Hey so I'm a guest at Fan Expo this year! Learned a bit last minute, hence the late announcement.
I'm going to be at table P6B, Friday Aug 29th, Saturday the 30th, and if things go well Sunday the 31st.
I'll be presenting mostly Dream Life, the late notice means I don't have time to re-stock Revolver Three for the show. I might have a few but to keep things simple I'll focus on the new Graphic Novel. I will have my prints though, and art!
I usually get a hand full of sketch requests at the show, so I thought i'd also put out there the option to pre-reserve up to 8 sketches.
It's a good option for you as I tend to do better work at home in my studio too. Contact me if you would like to commission a convention sketch. I'm charging $40 for each.
Also you can pre-buy some of my art here, purchase here on the site and we'll arrange for you to pick up the work at the show.
First I want to remind everyone, I have a lot of art up for sale, and take requests as well.
Generally always interested in selling it but right now it would be especially helpful, so check it out and if you order something, I'll throw in a copy of my comic Revolver vol 3 with a sketch and thank you! In most instances shipping is included in the price, for sure in the US, EU and Canada.
Also, if you don't have ALL my books already, why not?! You can order them here from Spilt Ink!
Speaking of my books…
Posted on spilt ink originally: There's a listicle by Alison Lang called "How to Crowdfund a Graphic Novel (without Losing Your Mind and Alienating People)" [pg 22], that came out of a nice long chat I had with Alison the week of TCAF 2014 about fundraising for Dracula and Dream life.
I was expecting that, but was pleased to find a review of Dream Life in my comp copy as well!
Joel W. Vaughan gave me some high praise with the understandable caveat that being a 'book one', it really needs it's mate to conclude and deliver on any promise. Something I fully intend to do.
"This latest work by the legendary Montreal-based artist Salgood Sam has been called "neo-realist," but it might be more accurately referred to as "honest." It follows the seemingly unrelated lives of five young adults in contemporary Canada, detailing everything from call-centres to drug-smugglers. It's a stellar graphic novel…"
Read the full review in Broken Pencil #64!
As a way to partake in Throwback Thursdays and promote my fathers work, i've started posting weekly new photos of his. Right now it's a series of shots from the The Toronto Pop Festival! The first two posts feature shots of Chuck Berry, Sly & the Family Stone, Tiny Tim, Ronny Hawkins, and a 17-year-old Jeanne Beker!
Posted on Dynamic Drawing originally:
I've been recording tours through old sketchbooks for my students recently,
I've posted two so far, and probably will make about ten in the end. Here's the first!
I'm in the midst of inking between every spare moment right now.
Want to get the next Revolver out to early subscribers in September!
Here's a look at the pages in progress, don't peek if you don't want spoilers!
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The current main feature, my collaboration with Mark Sable, "Dracula Son of the Dragon" is on my desk. Mark needs an update from me for our Kickstarter backers, so here's the news of the moment: I'm aiming to get 15 to 23 pages done for this next installment, along with a short 10 page entry for A Bastards Tale. I'm giving myself about 60 days to do that. Most the Dracula art is penciled and ready to ink as of this post, so this feels pretty comfortably doable.
On the left here is a new take on the Seal of the Order of the Dragon. Based on historical examples, but not by any means Orthodox. Been making my Dragon's more serpent like for one thing. Doing a lot of research for the era but also taking liberties for dramatic value & my own amusement.
Speaking of amusement, Revolver is going to host quite a contrasting set of narratives for the next 3 issues! A fictional coming of age for the historic Vlad Tepes, and a memoir of my own childhood, raised by bikers and artists. As the kids say, LOL! Byzantine vampire fantasy, and a child's memory of the '70s has been making for some wonderful visual research work.
I'm enjoying it. Exactly what I started the Revolver series to do. [the first instalments of both are available now in Revolver 3]. It's a challenge, but i'm much happier working on different things over the course of a year, than a singular project for one or more.
As I mentioned, Right this second I'm inking Dracula stuff, and twice a week I teach. My Dynamic Drawing course, and filling in for my comrade Kelly Tindall for his Making Comics class.
I record what I do sometimes at the desk, and post it to youtube to share with students in a drawing class I teach. This clip is one of those done earlier this week.
Starts with a look through an old suitcase I used to use at zine fairs as a display stand for my books, that i've now stuffed with all the zines i've collected over the years that I still like and keep.
Thinking i'm going to start having Jam parties at my house, and I might bring it out for those for fun. Maybe take it to events in the future. :) A traveling zine library.
Then I get into some inking panel borders and one of the drawings. My hand gets in the way a lot, sorry about that. used the wrong camera angle.
Revolver 4 in September; Revolver 5 in December; And Vol.6 by the end of February 2015.
That will bring us to the end of the first arc of the first Dracula story line! Three more novellas like it are planned in the future, so be assured the Voivode of Wallachia will return to Revolver. But that first book/arc will then be collected and released to the Kickstarter backers who financed the production.
Plans are not final but it's probable a version of the first book will then be made publicly available too, likely via Digital formats.
For Revolver Quarterly Vol.7: Nothing more to say publicly about the story that will follow Dracula in vol 7. But I will say i've been itching for a while, to do some Sci Fi. A Bastards Tale will probably continue for several more issues as well.
And I plan to bring back The Rise and Fall of it all again as well at some point–first seen as a short in Vol.1. Dream Life book two will also probably start being developed around then. But I don't really expect to return to the story until late 2015 at the soonest. When I do, it will also be serialized in Revolver as well.
I had some slow weeks after recovering from a pretty intense cold I picked up on the road. We were having a heatwave too, that didn't help. And here in Montreal a lot of people went on the traditional summer "workers vacation" so not much was getting done outside my studio.
I just heard back from Lounak earlier today that the first batch of books I left with them–that were waiting on a passport renewal. and then the drivers vacation–will now head out this Wednesday! Yay. Was getting worried there.
Good news. Going to want to see the invoice from them for this batch, but this means the next batch should head out soon as well. I have classes to teach mid week, but probably next monday i'll plan to make a run up to Lounak.
Though it would be nice to sell more books to help wrap up the last bit of shipping! unfortunately due to NY having been a bust when it came to sales at the shows – both cons there in June were super DEAD I found. Sold about 3 copies of Dream Life between them along with a few other bits and bobs. Most the other folks I talked to at both had the same story too pretty much. Bombs.
I ended up coming away $200 in the hole rather than with the average $500 profit that had come from many of the other shows/weekends on the tour. New York, Ottawa, and the second weekend in Toronto were all poor sales wise, but with NY being the worst especially, when you factored in the much more expensive tables and travel! I still came out in the black for the other two duds with just a few books sold, but not NY.
That was not good for the budget. It could have been worse — I was able to sell two thirds of the books I had on me to local retailers for decent wholesale rates sunday and monday before coming back. Covered most the losses and bumped the store listings for Dream life nicely in the process too! So I was happy about that. But fiscally it hurt my plan a bit. The shipping budget it just about $400 now, so coming out of NY -$200, not cool.
Covering the latest short fall will be doable, it's not huge. As it turned out last week I learned I'd be covering for my friend and co-teacher at Syn Studio, Kelly Tindall. Doing a semester of his comics class as well as my regular semester of Dynamic Drawing.
The hours for that, selling some more books locally, and some freelance work in the works, i'll be able to work it all out. But yeah, selling a LOT more books would be great for that and, just, in general.
It was over all good on the road, but online there's been little pick up. I'd like to do more to get things going. Been writing retailers, have a few orders in the works. Also have some requests for books in town too at shops. Also been entertaining finding a way to set up in downtown Cafe's, to sell the book during festival season?
I'm offering a summer reading sale right now, for the US editions. Need to get the word out more in general though!
[reminder kickstarter backers are getting signed first Launch Editions, printed on premium paper in Montreal. The books sold now from my site are the US editions, POD copies printed on good but coarser paper in the US, from CreateSpace.]
I've been reluctant to ask before everyone got their copy, but I'd really appreciate any help you can give me spreading the word about the sale, [ 0 shipping for physical copies and 10% off digital ] and generally sharing stuff about the book. To that end….
In other related news I had a chance finally to do some over due web work.
I moved my comics news blog Sequential to a new server, and back on the old one got my publishing imprint Spilt Ink's home site up and running after years of just having a placeholder there. It's pretty focused on selling my books, including Dream Life.
Thoses of you who've gotten your copies, I'd love to collect your reactions to Dream Life, to post on the site. Even if they are relatively short I'd appreciate it!
Also tell your favorite comic book or book retailer about it too! I can supply books to most places on the glob via the CreateSpace system!
Also the book is on Amazon, ComiXology, & Goodreads. If you can rate it there as well it would be a HUGE help boosting it's visibility! Please help me pop it up the ranks?
And lastly, do you do a podcast or write for blogs? Chat me up about appearing on your show or check out the Footnotes section of Spilt Ink, and then write me some interesting questions? Some past interviews and reviews for my books can be found here on thepress page.
Ok, that's the big ask for today.
Be my Street Team?
Thanks a lot!
I couldn't have done this without you all!
And about 150+ copies have sold at events and cons – I've been bad at keeping track at those so might be give or take some.
In all with the stores and copies to backers so far, we're coming close to 300 copies distributed? Good start but I want and need to sell more! Sorry i'll settle down now, but that's just the way it is.
Retailers who would like to have Dream Life on their shelves can get it from me direct, i'm offering 50% wholesale for US stores and 40% in Canada. Shipping included for the US Trade paperback edition. Yep.
First editions of Dream Life book one – the books printed with funds from kickstarter – are available as well, but shipping is extra for those and for the most part won't start until i've gotten the last backers copy shipped out. They also optionally can be personalized with sketches in the book plate and signed though. Write me to get a quote for either!
To my dear friends and readers. Hey, if you know about the book and have a favorite comic shop, tell them about it and this post! Show them yours if you've got it already or send them a link to see the preview? Help me get them to try it out! Seriously with the limited resources I have, this isn't going very far without reader recommendations!
In a couple days you'll be able to get it on ComiXology, it drops July 2nd on their site. And you can get it right now as a download here on my site – Use #CouponCode SPILTINK10 to get 10% off!
And last, for those who just have to hold the real thing, and don't want to take me up on my Launch sale offer, here's a list of the fine shops stocking as of this date [will update as new ones are added]. Several more in Montreal and BC to come soon!
The Dragon
55 Wyndham St. North, Unit T-19B, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1H7T8
The Beguiling
601 Markham Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6G 2L7
Paradise Comics
3278 Yonge St. Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 2L6
The Comic Book Lounge + Gallery
587A College St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6G 1A9
4-Colour 8-Bit Comics & Games
208 Wellington St, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 5R2
Librairie Omnibus
625 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Montréal, Quebec, Canada H3B 1B8
Studio 9
5835, rue Saint-Hubert. Montréall, Quebec, Canada H2S 2L8.
Librairie le port de tête
262 ave du Mont-Royal est, Montréal, Quebec, Canada H2T 1P6.
Librairie Millenium
451 Marie-Anne est, Montréal, Quebec, Canada H2J 2M8.
Librairie Crossover Comics
3568 Notre-Dame ouest, Montréal, Quebec, Canada H4C 1P4
Comic Book Shoppe 2
228 Bank Street Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2P 1X1
Silver Snail Comics Ottawa
391 Bank Street Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2P 1Y3
Strange Adventures Comic Bookshops
Not sure which ones they put my books in but three locations –
5110 Prince St, Halifax, NS B3J 1L3 | 68 York St, Fredericton, NB E3B 3N5 | 101 Portland St, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 1H7
Midtown Comics NY
Again a small chain, I think all three locations will have the book – 64 Fulton Street corner of Gold St. New York, NY 10038 | 200 W. 40th Street corner of 7th Ave, New York, NY 10018 | 459 Lexington Avenue corner of 45th St. New York, NY, United States 10017
The Strand
828 Broadway, Manhattan, NY, United States 10003-4805
Carmine Street Comics
34 Carmine St West Village Manhattan, NY, United States 10014
Bergen Street Comics
470 Bergen St, Brooklyn, NY, United States 11217
I'll be updating this post as new stores stock the book! Cheers! – max]]>
The Launching of Dream Life has gone ok, if not quite in the order i'd hoped! I expected to have more books shipped to backers by now – just about a quarter are so far, lots to go still. They came from the printers a week later so overlapping with my tour dates and travel. On the upside the travel has helped get a lot of books out to the cities I had the most backers in – Toronto and Montreal. And sales have been encouraging.
TCAF was pretty good. I think I sold about 50+? And lots of Revolver & Therefore Repent! too. We kept track day one when Ange was helping but I forgot to entirely on Day two. It's nuts now at the show, so many people! And if I can I definatly need to spring for a bigger spot next time. Got too many books now! Would have sold lots more prints had I another few feet. Not such a bad problem to have unless you do.
Noticed Gawker user profiles have blogs today, so I thought i'd try exploiting that. Go comment, favorite or share it or something! :D Did a TV interview, will say more about that when i'm sure it's going love. I was run down that morning, hope I didn't come off as tired as I felt. I'm not too polished at answering things succinctly these days. Need to work on that. Reminds me I have two episodes of a show to edit soon as I can find a moment!
Murder in BC leads to an inuksuk in Ontario.
Charlie's childhood friend is about to die.
Hitchhiking in BC PJ's luck runs out.
Lionel is in crisis, time for love?
Leslie is a therapist and part time drug dealer.
It's just occurring to her that she hates her job.
Dan's six year old daughter thinks he needs to
grow up. She may have a point.
First in a two part story, 161 pages of cinematic, neorealist comics by Salgood Sam. Exploring identity, destiny, and life in a possibly ambivalent universe.
"Salgood Sam is a gifted draftsman. In Dream Life you can see he's enjoying himself immensely drawing every page of this sprawling story. Beautiful stuff." – Joe Ollmann
"Those who love and cherish our involuntary interior rambles can enjoy more of a good thing, by diving into Salgood's universal trance adapter. Those who like to stretch out on the couch and become immersed in a compelling story terrifically told and beautifully drawn can scratch that particular itch as well, via Salgood Sam's powerful virtuosic graphic novel Dream Life." - Jim Woodring
"I recently read Salgood Sam's new graphic novel, Dream Life, and it is sensational. The story is thrilling, heartfelt and heartbreaking. And the way Sam presents his narrative, weaving events, past and present with a large cast of characters is evocative of a dream and a tour de force of comics storytelling." – Batton Lash
"I couldn't put this down. Seriously. It's a keeper. Salgood Sam has one of the most interesting, unique voices in comics today." – Mark Waid
Author Biography
Max Douglas (born 1970). Since approximately 1996, he's worked under the pen name of Salgood Sam which is derived from a reverse spelling of his name.
His recent work includes the graphic novels "Dream Life | a late coming of age", "Therefore, Repent!" with Jim Monroe, and "Wonder Woman versus The Red Menace!" A holiday special of Ghostbusters, "Tainted Love" with Dara Naraghi, A story with Mark Sable in the Eisner winning "Comic Book Tattoo", another of his own in "Popgun 4″, and work in both "Awesome 2: Awesomer", and "Sea of Red". To name a few.
He lives and works in Montreal, with three cats and his partner and teaches art part time. teaches art part time.]]>
So, things that have happened: The Kickstarter was a general success! Books got printed, i've had a number of launch events and started to get backers copies out to them.
As all kickstarters to there was a small budget issue, made the mistake of thinking my printer was quoting me the price with tax. Didn't catch the problem until the Kickstarter was half done, my bad. But I mostly just printed a few less books to take the bite out of that. Still was a bit of a problem, the discrepancy wasn't insane but started looking for ways to run things on less $. Was already planning to talk to them about it but it motivated me to get in touch, so i'm pleased to be working with my friends at Studio Lounak to ship out the books via their infrastructure, that's going to let me do a lot more with less. Will be taking them the first batch of books to go out next week.
I've also used the problem as an excuse to try to get as many copies out in person as I can, one on one or at small gatherings. Something made more possible by the fact about a quarter of my support in the crowdfunder came from Montreal and Toronto. My home town and current city of residence. That's worked out quite well, putting a more personal touch on things for some supporters. Wish i could do that for all of them really. Money saved on shipping aside it's really great getting to meet people. Sometimes just in passing, on other occasions my visits have lasted an hour or so as we talked about whatever.
The tour portion of this adventure is about half way thought as planed so far. Earlier in May I had my first official launch event at The Dragon in Guelph. Then there was the madness of TCAF 2014, followed by events in Kingston and Montreal.
All wen't pretty well all things considered. Though i'm acutely aware I could use at least one if not two assistants to help plan and promote all this stuff.
This coming weekend [the 24th and 25th] I've got an in store event at The Paradise comic shop in Toronto, and then i'm tabling at the Toronto Indie Arts Market Small Press fair at the Gladstone.
The following weekend I'm Back in Montreal tabling at FBDM, which will be my first time exhibiting at the home town comics festival. Also nice as it's just blocks from my home. The FBDM runs the 30th to the 1st of June, but i'll just be tabling the 31st and 1st.
Then the 7th, i'm in Ottawa. I'll be at the Comic Book Shoppe on Bank street, and i have a table at the small press book fair that i'll check in at for the last couple hours. My friend Liliane Menard will be taking care of things for the first half of the small press show there.
And then on June 14th and 15th, Mark Sable and I have a table at the ReedPOP NYC Special Edition show. He'll be there both days and I'll join him at the table on Sunday. Saturday, to maximize exposure for Dream Life, i've got a small half table at the New York Comic Fest. Bit nuts doing two shows the same weekend but I found out about the festival after and suspect from the guest list it's the kind of event I NEED to have Dream Life at so he ho, lets go!
Late June I'm going to try to make it out to the east coast of Canada, but nothing is finalized and I think after doing shows ever weekend till mid June, i might need to stay home for a couple of weeks to recover first!
I've done a couple podcasts in the midst of all this. Tired and rambly, I think I talked too much but you can catch them here, and here.]]>
Tell folks about the digital deal – 6 of my books in all as HD PDFs & CBRs, and SadOceanSpaceBear's Dream the Dark Dream to listen to while you read.
Or encourage them to preorder Dream Life | a late coming of age. They can get the full suit print option, Dream Life and 3 issues of Revolver including Vol#3 which has the first bit of Dracula: Son of the Dragon in it. My new project with Mark Sable. And i've got a whole whack of art up to bid on, ranging from $75 for Sea of Red [cheep because it's parts of pages, i did that one in pieces] to $250 for some of the new work, and i think my best, on Dream Life itself. If anyone wants to help in a BIG way and get some of my work for their wall along with the book, prints, and the music too, now's the time to do it! Below is a thumbnail gallery of the pages and pieces on offer.
So, yeah, in the last leg of the successful Kickstarter to print my next graphic novel, If you can manage to time your pledges to hit the mark that puts my kickstarter over one of three stretch goals, I'll draw your deepest darkest dreams for you. Or alternately bright and silly ones are an option.
These "dream sketches" will be reproduced as one of a set of postcards included with physical rewards, so everyone wins! And if your winning pledge includes a copy of Dream Life, I'll send the original sketch to the lucky backer with their book! Alternately if they go all digital they only need cover the postage to get it.
"Dream Life | a late coming of age" book one is my first long form solo work. An unconventional narrative–what i've been calling neorealist comics. It tells the story of five childhood friends, loosely based off peanuts archetypes, as they confront derailed expectations, reality checks, ethical & physical traumas, and loss. It showcases some richly drawn and hopefully narratively subtle pages, designed to lead you through and show the story in a lyrical fashion.
A labour of love since I finished "Therefore, Repent!" with Jim Munroe in 2007, the project was delayed by the usual grab bag of artists' banes. Health and economics, etc. I've been chipping away at it committedly if not slowly at times, and posted the work as a webcomic for a while. Earning me two nominations for it in the Joe Shuster Awards [2013 & 2011]. Completed now, "Dream Life" will be officially Launched at TCAF 2014 in Toronto this coming May, and toured across Canada after–exactly how far depending in part on the success of the Kickstarter!
The Kickstarter campaign ends March 31st.
Some notable responses to the work so far that i've been lucky to get in the last few weeks. This first is from a friend, and one I know my original collaborator at the early conception of Dream Life, Jonathan Sugerman will be happy about as he's a fan of Joe's!
"Salgood Sam is a gifted draftsman. In Dream Life you can see he's enjoying himself immensely drawing every page of this sprawling story. Beautiful stuff." – Joe Ollmann
"Those of us not blessed (or cursed) with an active sleep imagination can fill the gap with Salgood Sam's pitch-perfect simulacrum of the oneiric state, "Dream Life"."
"Those of us who love and cherish our involuntary interior rambles can enjoy more of a good thing, by diving into Salgood's universal trance adapter "Dream Life"."
"Those of us who like to stretch out on the couch and become immersed in a compelling story terrifically told and beautifully drawn can scratch that particular itch as well, via Salgood Sam's powerful virtuosic graphic novel "Dream Life"."
"The rest of us will just have to get along as best we can." – Jim Woodring
"I recently read Salgood Sam's new graphic novel, "Dream Life", and it is sensational.
The story is thrilling, heartfelt and heartbreaking. And the way Sam presents his narrative (a long-overdue-coming-of-age story), weaving events, past and present with a large cast of characters is evocative of a dream and a tour de force of comics storytelling." – Batton Lash
The Kickstarter – 61 page preview – The trailer on youtube – pitch clip on youtube – Details of the unlockable stretch goals!
Galleries of art people can get as rewards, 1 2 & 3
bleedingcool.com: Dream Life: A Late Coming Of Age – Salgood Sam's Labour Of Love
My recent appearance on 24 panels a second talking Dream Life and Crowdfunding
The Two Page Spread Tumblr post
Art from Dream Life showcased on the kickstarter tumblr
My last general status update and call to action post on youtube]]>
Made a little clip calling for a hand getting the word out for the stretch goals. I might put up some more art, and I'm pondering if it makes sense to set up some specific retailer rewards now. But in general I think mostly what this needs is more eyes! I'm doing my bit to get those, and I'm asking for your help in that too.
I've got a good number of books left before we hit the caps, lots of art, and several affordable digital options including one that for just $10 gets you Dream Life, five issues of Revolver, and SadOcensSpaceBears' Dream of a dark Dream in mp3 format! And that lets me print two copies of my book AND you'll get all your files within a week of the end of the drive!
Why go for the stretch goals? well the 3k lets me print 200 copies and visit about 6 retailers along the Windsor to Montreal transit corridor. That's great, but a modest launch. Already we're looking at improving that, here's what the goals represent.
$5000 = 500 books, and the tour goes to Ottawa, Quebec city, out to the east coast to make one or more stops there. Maybe even able to jump across the border a little to upstate NY and Vermont. Pop over to Detroit when I'm in Windsor.
$10000 = 1000 books, maybe a few more as they start to get a lot cheaper to print. And i can entertain taking the tour west of the great lakes, ideally all the way out to British Columbia! Possibly to Seattle, and other major american cities like New York City, Chicago?
This is a little speculative, I'm still working out the details but I travel on the cheap so at least some of that is doable if I can find retailers and accommodations to accommodate. I wish I drove, being a city boy and conscientious objector to fossil fuels most of the time I've never learned and get around via bike and mass transit. But it would be handy right about now. I will make due though.
So all to say, i'm very happy we passed the all or nothing line, but I want to do this right. And we've got the time left to get there. And we've gotten this far with really, not a hell of a lot of people when you think about it? 103 now, at this rate we could reach 10k it with probably 300 or so backers. So backers pass the word! Lets get more people on board!
Thanks for your pledges and support and all the things, l love you all to bits. Here are some relevant links: My twitter. The Facebook page for Dream Life a late coming of age, The official site, though it's in a bit bare bones at the moment. The free preview on Issuu, embeddable and sharable.
Now here's me butchering the only song I know all the words too, because I had a typo in one of the reward tiers promising a singing event.
Someone suggested this might be scaring off people!
har har! :)
I had it up as a web comic for a long time as part of the TX comics group, it earned me a Webcomics Creator nomination in the Joe Shuster Awards a couple times –
For the new book launch, I have a 61 page preview for download or viewing via Issue.
The old pages have been edited and such, so I've taken them down on the main site but you can still read them here on Facebook and here on Google+. I kind of like the full screen experience on those pages better anyway.
Thanks to everyone who left comments on the old posts, it was really nice having some kind of feedback when i was posting them that way. It ended up being ill paced I think to the format, so I was not surprised it seldom got a lot of traffic, but some days a good 50 to a 100 people would come and read the whole story! And some of you left very encouraging and flattening notes. You guys helped me keep feeling positive about this project through many darker days and hopeful what I was doing would find a wider audience. Also thanks to Larry Cruz who helped me come up with a great way to describe the narrative style I've been trying to develop with this story. I'll be continuing to use this for some time I expect! :)
"Dream Life is one of those weird comics … It's more like an orchestral piece, only you allow the artwork, rather than the music, to buffet you through the emotional highs and lows of each movement."
[link] – Larry Cruz – One Punch Reviews – 4 out of 5
I'm working on getting up a gallery of art that will be on offer as a reward to post in the next day or so. Already two of my 90's era pages are taken! Encouraging.
I'm going to be working on the two covers so i can get dummies of each version of the book made soon, the limited run of 90 books for the Indiegogo backers, and the Launch edition for TCAF and beyond.
I'm going to be contacting some other shops including those that have stocked Revolver in the past, but right from the start I can say it will be available at The Beguiling, The Dragon, and Strange Adventures.
But that said I really hope I can entice to get the books direct from me via this kickstarter! You can get a full sweet of all three issues of Revolver, and Dream Life for just $50 and help get a nice handful of copies made for the big launch! The same set of books, and a couple more issues of Revolver, AND a downloadable copy of a really cool album [more to come in a separate post about that shortly!], are also on offer as a grand digital option!
It seemed almost like a message when I saw this "How Much Time Have You Wasted on Facebook?" app from TIME.com. I plugged in an estimate of my daily average here out of curiosity, it took a while to do its thing. lol. I use it to promote my work often so not "wasted" I feel, but the app says 108 DAYS, 7 HOURS, & 33 MINUTES Since Sep 15, 2011. And I've posted 10,865 things to my feed in that time? Does that include my other four fan pages there [1][2][3][4]? Rough estimates that makes about 10 to 11 posts a day av. Sounds about right anyway.
I've been reluctant in the past to post "off topic" on my own site so much, keeping it mostly about work. But I think I'll try diversifying things now. So here's some stuff that I've noticed or had thoughts about in the last two days, and some work.
While I'm to my knowledge Ashkenazim on both sides of my family, and considered a full blooded Jew under Jewish law. I am also an atheist who was raised outside of the temple entirely. Never had any indoctrination at all.
I've always felt an outsider everywhere, and it started in part from realizing when I was a kid that Jewish tradition suggested that my being raised like that meant that to some, I'm a gôy. In the original Hebrew it means a Jew ignorant of the Jewish religion, as well as a non-Jew. So potentially that's me.To some orthodox minds anyway. I would point out I'm not ignorant, having read about my heritage and been present some family events of a religious nature and enjoyed them for their social merits.
In the past and often today, many Jews like to think of themselves as above or immune to racism. But that's hardly the case. No one is. And a lot of traditional doctrine, like that bit I just mentioned, always rubbed me the wrong way for its intrinsic race based nationalism. To my mind racism=nationalism=racism and I loath both, you know? And I see both as artifacts of culture, not real in any material way other than the way we deal with the idea of them.
A Israeli friend of mine recently lamented that if we were in 1800's France, he would be supporting Herzl and I'd be opposing the movement. It's possible, assuming I had the same philosophical leanings. I can understand the Jewish quest for homeland at that time. But If my mind was the same as today, I'd reject his racially driven world view. Though at that time it was pretty much most of the worlds world view. But If I had my modern mind, I'd be fighting the illusion of Race at home in Europe, rather than promoting a colonial idea that what involve the displacement of another ethnic group in order to make us feel safer–but in the end putting us in greater peril I think.
I have been wondering about the details of his side of this story. I was around for the news when it first came around and recalled it being much less cut and dry than the recent tweets and backlash made it seem. Glad someone kept their notes. I'm well convinced Woody is
a hard person to deal with or be involved with. No strike that, is really quite ethically compromised given who Soon Yi was when he started his affair. But It's always felt a bit fishy the way Mia Farrow handled all that as well. Since posting this Dylan has now had her say, and i'm inclined to support her as a victim. But there is also the problematic nature of memory and vague nature of a lot of the incidents he's accused of. But I don't think she's lying. In any case, bloody messy business.
Check out this clip here of him doing some of his magic. This is really deeply zoomed in. Crazy details. It's been ages since i tried Scratch-board techniques. Not since high school i think. Sam Agro said "Like a creepy Franklin Booth". Agreed. gorgeous!
A few days ago i saw a cool report about how scientists had worked out a way to watch molecules involved in the forming of memories! Cool in of itself, and I was reminded of it again, upon seeing another post of that cornball Dr. Emoto rice test from a FB friend with the comment "If you think your thoughts have no influence on the physical world, think again!"
Along with commenting on that posting, it inspired me to post about the breakthrough in active brain imaging along with this thought: For those that wish to promote the idea that our inner thoughts have a real impact in the outer world around us. I use inner and outer here pointedly. Because really, that's a false dichotomy propagated by the way we perceive thoughts vs the physical. Good old Descartian dualism that seeks to elevate humanity and life by saying there is something other, special, about us that definitely separates us from the rest of the stuff and beasts and holds the promise of immortality for many.
Well, here's my thoughts. Our thoughts have influence on the physical world in two ways. One*, when they lead to actions. Ok, obvious maybe but worth pointing out. Most of the time, even if you are unaware of how, this is what is going on. Two**, they are in fact properties of the physical world–of your neurons. They were never separate from the physical world in the first place. If you thought so, you were misled, like most of us at one time or another. To that end, look at this…and think about how as you do, it's happening in your own skull as you form a memory of it.
** Having a thought causes other neurons to respond and all kinds of interesting brain chemistry to happen. They are not nonphysical things. Imagining them as something that happens in another place/space/without forms, this is a popular but unfounded idea. * A lot of the new age meme about the impact of our thoughts attributes the consequences of subtle behavioral interactions and body language to the supernatural. It is unlikely that you never show any of your negative or positive feeling on your face, stance, or the way you interact with others. Depending on how observant and sensitive people are to that they might know you feel in general terms good or bad about them, or they may just have a gut feeling about it. But one way or another most of the time they will pick up on something even if only subconsciously. So, intentional or not, a lot of your thoughts lead to actions, including pointed inaction and intentions even unconscious ones. And all that has an impact.
Well written. Resonates with my own thoughts witnessing how age anxieties mess with the minds of most women I've known. It gets to guys too but not nearly as intensely. Also this struck me due to the fact I once witnessed a few older female comic creators whose work I admired, go from trying to armor themselves over their mixed feelings of being seen as elder ladies, not getting noticed as much, and being catty about Molly who one of them had sat next to at a show. She did not approve of the 20 something Molly's penchant for corsets and bustiers.
Personally I've always been of the mind to, and encouraged my partners to try to age gracefully. Fit as we can manage, into whatever decrepitude inevitable entropy has in store. My hair has several silver strands now. I like them. They have been earned.
U.S. Government and Top Mexican Drug Cartel Exposed as Partners:
*Sigh. premise for the next HBO series?
Speaking of HBO crime stories, I have been most impressed by True Detective. Very tightly written so far. And the cast is killing it. More please.
Ok, lets get into the work….
Right now I'm "penciling" my the final few pages for Dream Life book one. It was supposed to be done a year ago, but last Feb I had some test and found out I'm Diabetic. At the time i said little, I was not sure what it would mean or how it would impact anything other than my penchant for surgery coffee and energy drinks was going to have to come to an end. It runs in the family, so not a total shock. It had me worried for a bit but I responded to meds well, and between diet and an increasing amount of exercise I've been doing really well with controlling my levels.
At the time though, I was about to enter crunch time on Dream Life and I realized something I was trying as a short cut for doing the tones wasn't cutting it and I'd have to do some of them over – and that there were things I wanted to fix with the story that I'd only just noticed in the last round of edits. I only had under 20 pages of 160 left to work on, many mostly done even. But in the time left, and with the news about my health, a hard bird to make it for TCAF 2013 was out. Not unless I wanted to risk some serious health problems. At 42 [now 43] and having dodged a bullet with cancer, I'm not screwing around with that for anything. So I put off Dream Life of a bit while I got other commitments done, and got healthier. And this month I'm wrapping up that last bit of the book finally. I have to say, I do like me some delayed gratification.
One of the bits of new work I'm doing is a scene I've had in mind a long time. It's a long scene that exploits place and a lot of public art to tell a story about a person. Posted to the right here is a page from a scene of PJ walking through the city having just arrived, reconnecting with the town and internally resolving some heavy stuff from earlier in the book. On the left is the bottom later page from the end of the same sequence. I'm working in red felt tip pen here. For pencils I use many different things, whatever my mood calls for. Sometimes it's even pencil!
This panel background, the one with the trees painted upside down on the overpass structure, is from photo reference I took of public art on the Gardiner Expressway in about 2008 or so. Rodney Graham's Tree Portraits wrapped around the pillars beneath the Gardiner Expressway, creating an inverted forest within a concrete jungle. [1][2][3]. The last location in this scene is set in a nearby space inspired from some other public art too. Found near the Toronto Music Garden, in the Spadina Quay Wetlands. I changed it to suit the story with PJ, from what looks like a small factory building to a house.
A lot of Dream Life is set is a semi fictional version of Toronto. In that I am basing it on real places but take liberties liberally to suit my storytelling desires. As I was walking the route from my script for this scene, taking location shots for reference. Passing through his inverted forest seemed perfect. it echoes the earlier scene that happens in a forest under trees, and just generally evokes a lot of appropriate things about PJ in this moment. Been looking forward to drawing it since I was there taking the ref shot in 2008. Originally had planed to used it much later in the story. Part that would not fit in this first book. But after realizing I was going to have to break the story up to get it done and publish it, I felt PJ's narrative was weak as is. So I found a way to bring this forward, and in a way make it far better and more meaningful as well, I hope.
I was going to leave it at that for this post. Plenty NO? And I felt unsure if this was something I had any business posting about here. But then looking over the post not mentioning this in my journal entry from the last two days seemed far to conspicuous.
See the thing is I didn't really know Debra. From the sounds of it I wish I'd known her better. Only met her a few times in her capacity as a volunteer at events and at Kevin's shop once I think, or maybe twice. Through the years I've gotten to know Kevin Boyd well professionally but didn't have much knowledge of his personal life. I only recently learned of Debra after he opened his comic shop I think. And probably a lot of what I did know of her came from Facebook. So far I had learned she was involved along with some other mutual friends in Toronto's comics scene, as a lawyer, volunteer, and shutter bug. And one of the core founders of a regular saturday night ladies night at the lounge. Always active it seems, she posted a reminder for their gathering saturday, and then took a nap and never woke up.
It was almost totally random seeming. Young and very vial person many people I know knew suddenly was no longer there. Word today was SUDEP, Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy. I'm informed by Kevin that no one really knows what it is, what happens. Just that it does. 50.000 times a year on average! I had no idea.
As the publisher for Sequential I posted her death notice for our site and asked a friend of hers, Rachel Richey who recently joined the team to pen a personal remembrance we'll be putting up in a day or so. The shock-wave of regret and condolences after Kevin posted of her death on Facebook January 26th has been a little epic. The impact of her enthusiasm disposition and volunteering extended well outside of the Toronto Comics scene, online and via all those who had met her at events.
Reading some of my other friends and Kevin's laments of her sudden passing, It's certainly made me ponder mortality and life more than a few times over the last two days, and think I missed something not having spent more time around her.
An official final posting was put up on her profile, it read…
Debra Jane Shelly, aged 39 (April 23, 1974-January 25, 2014)
Our precious Debra passed peacefully in her sleep on Saturday afternoon from an epileptic seizure. Debbie will be forever remembered as a genuine and kind soul with unparalleled wit and a spectacular smile. She was the adored daughter of Scott and Susan Shelly of Oakville, ON. Debra was the loving partner of Kevin A. Boyd. She was the world's most cherished older sister to Karrie Shelly Singer (Dave), Cristie Shelly Schultz (Mark) and Greg Shelly (Laura Waters). Debbie was a doting aunt to Caleb, Noah, Liam, Ana, Sidney, Kaitlyn, Michael and Lauren. We will miss her dearly….
[redacted ceremony info as i don't think it's really for the public as much]
Debbie was a ray of light in all of our lives- please feel free to come dressed in your most cheerful colors in tribute to our sunny girl. In lieu of flowers, donations are appreciated to Epilepsy Toronto in Debbie's honor here.
So right this second I'm constructively procrastinating a bit before starting in on the last 6 pages of Dream Life. Check out some glimpses of that on Instagram here. The FB page could use more likes too. The last six are a final, all new scene I decided to add after a proofing of the book. And then it's actually done. O_o
I start a new session of my Dynamic Drawing class as well, teaching once a week. Looking forward to it but an added challenge. Meanwhile I've got some back mater to curate and write for the backers edition for the indiegogo drive. Cover for that is already mostly done, and the template for the Launch edition. I've also got Revolver vol 3 completed, it's going through final proofing and edits. I think I may rewrite the forward once again. But a lot of stuff is getting, done. It's a nice big pile. Scary too sometimes.
The plan is to have them all printed and present at TCAF. A launch proper for Dream Life my latest graphic novel, along with a full suite of self published Salgood Sam, with Revolver one to three. Financing all that, definitely a challenge on the current income. Scratch that, probably not on.
I'm thinking I'm going to try the killer app that is a kickstarter style drive as pre-sale and focus point of a big promotional effort to get word out about the books. Have some number crunching to do and a lot of planning. Some quality time with a calendar too. Probably have to do it in two months time latest! So while getting the packaging wrapped up and teaching! Hah. Ok, this will be fun. Hey anyone tells you self publishing is no trouble…punch them.
No not really, i'm not into violence. But kinda…
So no call to action for that just yet, but expect one. In the mean time, I would like to encourage to you pick up the first two Revolvers. And now to show off a little of the art from both Dream Life, and Revolver Three. Please share this with people, help raise the flag?
The story of five friends. Dreams, drugs, & denial all failing to weather the arc of life unscathed. Each coming to terms with lives peter panned, and in danger of going off the rails.
It's received some recognition as a web comic, and support from both grants and crowdfunding! Damn I feel like I really milked a luck goat on this one. It is in fact, not even the whole book I had in mind. So I really hope people like it, so I can make the second half, or two-thirds almost I suspect! That would be wonderful.
The Launch edition will be a 161 pages of story, B&W, 8″x10″ trade paperback. My longest work to date, and most significant solo effort. Not necessarily important to anyone else but me, but I'm pretty pleased with that. :)
This spread comes from a scene in the later half I really like. It's a work of contemporary fiction, with healthy doses of magic realism, & influenced by cinematic neorealism. There's a Pulp Fiction inspired subplot, and several interwoven storylines. I hope it to be an engrossing and lush reading experience.
So far Revolver has been a critical success, but slow seller, in part because there is only one me and I still have to spend most of my time drawing. Not to beat a dead horse but that's something you could help with big time! Find me on twitter here, and RT about the books!
Revolver Three is going to be an exciting one for me, as it contains two all new stories, drawn mostly in just the last half a year.
I'm starting a new series of short works to collect, caled A Bastard's Tale. Here on the left is a page from that. They run together but are meant to work as short stories too. Tailored to the anthology series format. It's a memoir, about my father Lionel, and growing up in a counter culture.
My first attempt at something this intensely personal, and frankly scares the shit out of me eh? Hah. But I feel like having thought about it for a long time, I've finally found a way into how I would enjoy sharing some aspects of that story. I was thinking of it at first as JUST a book just about Lionel, my father. But I realized in the end my way into that story was via my POV, so that would be an honest way to do it and it provided me with a good starting point finally. Often a big hurdle, that first step. A Bastard's Tale is going to be fun as I have a more open pallet in terms boundaries on my drawing styles and techniques.
The bulk of the third vol of Revolver will be given over to something else, completely different…
In early 2013 Mark Sable and I had a successful Kickstarter to finance the production of the artwork for a new story, Dracula Son of the Dragon. A 60+ page novella, first in a series of 4, that i'm serializing in B&W in Revolver in quarters as I complete it. Part historical fiction, part horror fantasy, chronicling Vlad the Impaler's transformation into the vampire Dracula.
Revolver Vol Three marks the launch of the series with the first installment. Backers for the Dracula Kickstarter are digital subscribers for the most part, who get an early bird link for their digital subscriptions. So i'm really keen for them to all get their first look at what their support helped get done. That's 300+ subscribers already! The final colour printed collection of Dracula Son of the Dragon is going to be late, but at least it will appear in some form at TCAF 2014 in Revolver three!
While the two projects are very different, there is also an interesting synergy between the these installments of both, featuring a young boys relationship with his father. Unplanned but cool. There's also an assortment of pin ups and comic jams again, I really tried to curate an enjoyable reading experience. I want Revolver to be the best of me. Something I can hold up with unqualified pride of craft.
I included an informal query about the digital subscription when we started collecting info from backers, and so far i'm very pleased with the number of thumbs up! So thanks for that, and your amazing support!
So that's what's up with my comics and stuff! A lot eh? Tell me about it. And tell your friends too OK?
Like Dracula and Dream Life on Facebook, buy a digital or print copy of Revolver, and then review it!
Read the first 100+ page preview of Dream Life and then share it with your friends, with word of it's pending release! I can't do this stuff for long without you, the readers.
Thanks and cheers!
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Oh sweet lord, danielle, what the funk are you doing back here??? Damn it, thing, you must be some sort of masochist to keep coming back for more. I thought we took care of you months ago when you made fun of the fact that my father was some sort of asshole for dying of lung cancer.
51- Never underestimate the truly stupid
Yo Mama got a peg leg wit a kick stand!
Trying to get Danielle to stop commenting is like having sex with Kobe Bryant. You can kick and scream all you want, but it's still going to happen…………
Come on, Paris is so doable… and who's the chick in the pic 4? Looks great too…
DanYELL's Momma's armpits are so hairy it looks like she got Buckwheat in a headlock!
"the internet will help to create virtual communities that compensate for walls we put up in the real world" hahahaha
Paris must have gotten a boob job…the chick working the mic looks like Micha Barton…since she isn't on OC anymore- maybe she needed extra cash
DanYell's Momma is so poor she can't even pay attention.
I hate to say this but I think the doctors are doing a great job of making Paris hotter. Weird, or I am just earth shatteringly horny.
Biatcho! Hi! Great to hear from you again!
Ahem, if you're name isn't:
Biatcho, Jrzmommy, or Richport…shut the fuck up. Simple as that. Post your little posts and go on about your pathetic day. There's no reason to stop and wonder "now why is Danielle talking" "why does she keep posting". That's between the three amigo's above and moi..
Italian Bologna whatever the hell, mind your own business.
NotaGirl ButaMan, mind your own business.
PS: Writing in CAPS is my gig, give it up.
Seriously jrz….buckwheat? in a headlock? I KNOW you can do better than that!
Last week I ran into manielle's momma walking down the street with a pig under her arm.
I asked "Where'd you get that pig?"
The pig responded "I won it at the fair".
You're earth shatteringly horny. It's OK. Just touch yourself. It's by far safer than going near Paris.
I found this and thought it was funny……
Please lighten up a little people all the keyboard punch ups are getting a little lame :(
Danielle you are seriously a major twat and someone should flick AIDS on you. You being here made it everyone's business because the people who aren't hated don't want you here. FUCK OFF!
@54 – Stallion, you should tell that one to basketball fan dmarie.
She may dump Ferret for you!
Can someone post a short explanation on this DanYell person, a superfish dossier, if you will. I have missed a couple of days
Paris Hilton also suck weenies hollow. It's true. I read it on the internet.
sorry, that made me sound like horny chinese hooker with immigrant grammar who suck weenie long time.
this site would be ok if it weren't for the childish playground-level fights that break out and suck all the fun out of reading the comments. if there were some cleverness and originality that'd be one thing, but what do we have here, for example? "your mama" jokes. if i were 10 years old, i might be rolling with laughter (or maybe not, these are all pretty old).
DanYell has to work for theSuperficial sent to drum up business!
Nobody is that ignorant to come back after the berating she got last time.
Barbado, it started back in maybe the summer. I can't remember the exact thread….Rich, Commish, can either of you? she's just an uneducated bucketmouth that is fun to scream at. I like to refer to her as our collective emotional tampon.
In pic #3 the bitch is so stoned, funny!!
wdfjwfpojfdwopjfdows, #69–So go outside and play hide and go fuck yourself with SJTLQ, Edna, Rock and Roll Takeover and all the other little fucking pains in the ass that make the rest of us unhappy. We don't need you here.
If I touch myself thinking of Paris, can't I contract something by osmosis?
Boring as hell… Paris, Lindsay and Anna Nicole oh yeah and Madonna all fucking suck. We need some funner people to rag on
Thank you.
Hide and go fuck yourself. Classic, I'm dying over here.
barbado – my relationship with manielle dates back to March or April or some shit like that. She got all feisty about racism on the ficial and then I called her a nig. It's been game on ever since and her only means of responding to people is writing back exactly what you write and elaborates by adding "you can do better than that".
Oh & we caught her in a shit load of lies about where she attends college and shit, we beat her down and she admitted she lied and then ended up trying to apologize to us, especially for saying my dad was an asshole for dying of lung cancer. She is a waste and it's futile going back & forth with such a loser but when you're bored it's fun. Game on bitches.
Hmm.. wear rubber gloves. It's like "The stranger" but with protection and you don't need to sit on your hand until it goes numb!
#61. Uh….I heard that on that show: "Biatcho and Incest". Good television.
#64, tsk tsk. Do I need to remind you that YOU were the one to post something about ME first? Maybe YOU should FUCK OFF…consider that, fucktard.
ahhh, I'm getting light-headed from the legions of fans that seem to have gathered while I was posting. Please go away. No autographs today.
I don't know why you people don't like me. I mean seriously, what did I ever do to not be in your little club? It really makes me sad to be treated like I was at school all over again. I think I'm going to go suck on my dog's dick for a little until the pain stops. Hell, I might even lick my pussy. Not my own, I'm talking about my cat. Even I wouldn't lick my pussy. It pusses.
P.S. I eat my own bugers, it's good, you should try it.
#73 sure thing. you must be one of those moderators who seem like ordinary commenters. very ordinary commenters.
*clearly a fan*
@78 Funny… Great Idea….OR you can touch yourself using one of those incubator things with the gloves that you stick you hands in….Then for sure you can fantasize about Paris' slimy hole and be safe whilst touching your own clean goods.
#82, i apologize, i'm not a moderator and i don't have any right to tell people to leave. sometimes i get carried away. my life has been a bitter disappointment, so this place is all i've got. look at how many times a day i post comments.
79- 64 was in response to your general message to us all. I realize you are severely retarded, but try to follow along. It's annoying to have to spell it all out for your sorry and apparently very large ass!
You realize we are in the fucking twilight zone now…
I can't believe Biatcho & Incest made its way to the States! Fucking sweet! I knew it was big in Belgium & Tennessee, but now its made its way to the projects of DC! I can't wait for all of the royalty checks to start rolling in. I am going to celebrate tonight by fucking my brothers & sisters in size & alphabetical order.
Here we go again, I'm fucking out of here…..
@60 Italian Bologna…..fucking weak, fuck off!!
Oh, I see, thank you,
Carry on :)
BYE DANIELLE! I guess it's time to go work your shift at KFC? Have fun!
Oh, mah gawwwwwwd! I'm laughing my ass off!
I'm using it. In fact, I'll probably be on the news for using that one.
#89. Listen, you little fuck, I'd advise you to log off under my screename before something bad happens to you, got it? Nothing is more pathetic than an impersonator. Get a life you cumsucking whore.
Yep, tonight we all gotta have Cocktail Hour, what do ya think?
As if. My trainer is gonna beat the four hundred pounds of bottle caps off my ass tonight.
#91. Right next to the McDonald's your entire family works at, right?
The chick Heidi's with is the winner of Germany's Next Top Model..Heidi was the main judge on that show…
Pretty Baby,
Great idea! It's quitting time on the east coast…so CHEERS!
Danille- Don't tell me to mind my own business you stupid cunt, I'm not the one who comes on here acting like a fucking retard. Is that all you can come up with against me. You need to do a little better then that. Get a fucking clue, and stop being sucha stupid bitch…..
DaniElle, you fucking sweatrag. Geesh, spell my damn name right.
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS….said it again. Are you going to jump through the computer now?
Take your fugly ass somewhere else and post you dumb crackwhore.


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- Aug 31, 2007
Frankfurt Preview: Peugeot's 69 MPG 308 Hybride HDi Concept
"HYBRID!" "DIESEL!" Arguments about which one's the better everyday fuel economy solution sound like old Miller Lite commercials sometimes. Next month in Frankfurt, Peugeot's going to show off its latest stab at mashing them together with the 308 Hybride HDi show car, and if there was ever a happy medium, this might be it. Due as a production vehicle in 2010, the 308 Hybrid combines a stingy-to-begin-with 110 HP 1.6L diesel with an electric motor that produces an additional 22 horsepower. Power's channeled to the front wheels through a 6-speed gearbox that can be operated in full automatic or sequential manual modes. The net result places the hybrid on essentially equal footing with the standard-production 308 2.0L diesel.
Performance numbers are basically the same, with the Hybrid delivering better in-gear acceleration than the regular diesel car. Naturally, it also boasts big-time fuel economy numbers. In the combined-cycle, it gets 69 miles to the gallon (yes, the US gallon). In urban driving, the number goes up to 78 MPG. All the usual hybrid traits are found here. At startup and at low speeds, the electric motor provides motivation, and when the diesel kicks in, the car will call upon the electric powerplant to help with acceleration when necessary. Stop-start tech is standard, of course. The 308 Hybrid concept also has a Zero Emissions mode that's designed to let the car operate freely in "heavily regulated urban centres" (hello, London!). And even when it's not running as a ZEV, its emissions output complies with the Euro 5 standards coming in 2009. The 308 hybrid emits just 90 g/km of CO2 vs the 308 2.0 diesel's 146 g/km.
All of that in a package that is nicely equipped, including a panoramic roof. If Peugeot can keep the production vehicle's pricing generally in line with the rest of the 308 range, they might find Europeans lining up, checkbooks in hand in a couple of years.
[Source: Peugeot]
* World Premiere at the Frankfurt Motor Show
* Powered by an HDi diesel hybrid power train
* Emits only 90g/km of CO2
* 83 mpg in the combined cycle
* To be launched in 2010
At the Frankfurt Motor Show Peugeot will showcase its new 308 Hybrid HDi, which emits just 90g/km of CO2 and reduces fuel consumption by 58 compared to an equivalent 308 diesel HDi model.
In addition, the engine has been designed to meet the future Euro V directive which comes into force in 2009 and offers the possibility of driving exclusively in electric or "ZEV" (Zero Emission Vehicle) mode for journeys in regulated urban centres.
The excellent aerodynamic performance of the 308 hatchback and the use of Michelin's new Energy Saver tyres, which reduce rolling resistance, help to enhance further its performance.
A step towards commercialisation
Compared to the previous 307 Hybrid HDi demonstrator presented in 2006, the focus of the development has now switched to concentrating on the packaging of the hybrid technology into the structure of the new 308, and to ensure its compatibility with the future Euro V emission standards.
To ensure a competitive purchase price, priority has been given to using as many components as possible from current Peugeot vehicles. This has enabled the number of specific parts associated with the hybridisation of the 308 to be reduced by around 30% compared to the previous 307 Hybrid HDi demonstrator.
A simple, automatic technology
The vehicle is started by a customary ignition key but, unlike a conventional vehicle, this does not start the diesel engine. Instead by pressing the accelerator pedal with the gearbox in automatic mode, the electric motor powers the vehicle. The diesel engine only operates when required and is controlled by a stop and start system. All the powertrain operating modes are controlled by a Power Train Management Unit (PTMU) according to the driver's requirements.
The driver is informed in real time of the powertrain operating mode by a schematic diagram on the vehicle's colour multifunction display. Other information is also available, such as the battery charge status or the power train operation mode.
Well equipped and without compromise
The comprehensively equipped demonstrator has all the standard equipment of a Premium Pack 308 and also includes a panoramic glass roof and the RT4 multi-media system with a retractable colour display screen. The level of standard equipment, interior space, interior brightness, dynamic qualities and driveability are no different to those of the standard 308.
General dynamic performance is also comparable to a standard 308 HDi. In-gear acceleration, however, both in town and on the open road, is improved with the Hybrid HDi. Indeed, during in-gear acceleration, the diesel engine is backed up by the electric motor which is able on demand to deliver a power boost of up to 31 bhp (and 96 lb ft of torque).
Optimised Hybrid HDi technology
The parallel hybrid power train consists of a 1.6 litre HDi DPFS 110 bhp diesel engine and an electric motor with a continuous output of 22 bhp and a torque of 59 lb ft. The Power Train Management Unit (PTMU) selects the right distribution of power from both units to meet the requirements of the driver and minimise fuel consumption.
The electric motor alone is responsible for starting and driving at low speed, while only the diesel engine is used on open roads and motorways, with both units coming into play simultaneously to provide quicker acceleration. The system is fitted with a 6-speed electronically controlled manual gearbox able to operate in automatic or manual sequential mode.
To extend the battery range, kinetic energy recovered during phases of deceleration and braking is used to recharge the batteries. A special button provides access to an all-electric "ZEV" Zero Emission Vehicle mode. Operation of the diesel engine is then restricted to more pronounced acceleration phases or high speed driving. This "ZEV" mode provides total absence of exhaust emissions and noise pollution.
Technical description of main specific components
The electric motor is of the synchronous type with permanent magnets, developing a continuous power of 22 bhp and a torque of 59 lb ft. However, intermittently its output can attain 31 bhp and 96 lb ft.
An inverter regulates the 150 to 260 volt current from the high voltage battery pack supplying the electric motor in accordance with the torque requirements determined by the Power Train Management Unit (PTMU).
A new generation battery pack has been developed which delivers an output of 200 volts. It is housed in the spare wheel well and does not, therefore, reduce the available boot volume. The batteries are of the Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) type.
A converter converts the 200 V from the battery pack into 12 V to supply the vehicle equipment in phases of solely electrical operation.
Managed braking maximises the recharging of the batteries during phases of deceleration and braking. An Intelligent control of the braking optimises the distribution between regenerative electric braking and traditional dissipative hydraulic braking. The braking management system gives priority to braking efficiency over the recovery of energy.
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Cheap Flights to Nairobi
Though its surroundings are the domain of rare and vicious wildlife, largely untouched by man, the Kenyan capital of Nairobi is as modern as any city in the United States. Many who travel to Nairobi quickly leave behind the clusters of skyscrapers and traffic-packed roads to embark on safaris in the highlands, deserts and mountains beyond, an experience that powerfully drives home the contrast between this dense metropolis and the nature reserves that lie in its shadows. But if you book one of the many cheap flights to Nairobi to get up-close looks at lions, rhinos and leopards in the wild, consider spending at least a day or two in town. Nairobi's nightlife may prove to be every bit as wild as your safari.
Which Airlines Fly to Nairobi?
Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) is the busiest air gateway in Kenya and all of Eastern Africa, though there are no direct flights from the United States. There are, however, flights from multiple major air hubs in Western Europe and the Middle East region; British Airways covers flights from London, EgyptAir flies in from Cairo and Emirates offers service from Dubai. These three cities are well-connected to major airports serving every U.S. region.
Nairobi Flight Tips
The busiest airline that flies to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is Kenya Airways, which connects Nairobi with the three cities mentioned above and other logical transfer points including Amsterdam, Paris and Rome.
Quick Travel Guide to Nairobi
Stories of high crime and the challenges of overcrowding in the rapidly-growing urban center often compel visitors to use Nairobi only as a gateway in and out of Eastern Africa, but those who do are missing out on a crucial part of the Kenyan experience. As one of the most important political and economic centers on the continent, Nairobi is a living example of how the third world is reaching toward the future. The city's excellent restaurants, famous dance clubs and fantastic museums are not to be missed, and some of the hotels in Nairobi are among Africa's best.
Of course, just as Nairobi's urban offerings are worth exploring, so are the natural features that surround it. But you don't have to go far; Nairobi National Park juts right up against the southern city limits, so you can see lions, buffalo and even the endangered black rhino without embarking on any far-flung safaris. Not much farther away, the AFEW Giraffe Centre gives you the opportunity to get up close with the endangered Rothschild giraffe, and even let one eat right out of your hands.
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This exactly! I have two girlfriends who each have 7 month olds and found out last month they are expecting again. One planned and the other an oops.
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If this wall could talkby Daniel Inskeep
Set of folded stationery cards printed on bright white, smooth card stock to bring your personal artistic style to everyday correspondence. Each card is blank on the inside and includes a soft white, European fold envelope for mailing.
Here is a composite image I created in Photoshop. This isn't a real place. I created perspective with multiple textures, added some bricks, then comped in my digital sketches. Let me know what you think, thanks!
These eyes are gorgeous, I myself I'm obsessed with eyes, these one are one of my favorite!
Good work!
Good work!
Me too Ivette, I automatically start drawing eyes when I touch pen to paper! I have to consciously force myself to draw other things. thx
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|12 He will show you a large room upstairs, already furnished. Make preparations for us there."
|12 He will show you a large upper room, all furnished. Make preparations there."
|13 So they went and found everything as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover meal.
|13 They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.
|14 When the hour came, he took his place at the table, and the apostles with him.
|14 When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table.
|15 He said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;
|15 And he said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
|16 for I tell you, I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God."
|16 For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God."
|17 Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he said, "Take this and divide it among yourselves;
|17 After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, "Take this and divide it among you.
|18 for I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."
|18 For I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."
|19 Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."
|19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me."
|20 And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, "This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.
|20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
|21 But see, the one who betrays me is with me, and his hand is on the table.
|21 But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table.
|22 For the Son of Man is going as it has been determined, but woe to that one by whom he is betrayed!"
|22 The Son of Man will go as it has been decreed, but woe to that man who betrays him."
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Sales Enablement Stone Age Edition: You Can't Make Stuff Like This Up
Posted by Ellen Carney on January 7, 2010
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Yesterday, Brad Holmes blogged about 2010 being the year where sales enablement moves from concept to reality. Yep, it's tempting to think that tech firms and their marketers have all been madly working to enable the sales organizations with fabulous sales-enabling digital media like video customer testimonials, blogs, tweets, Facebook pages, and, of course, the company Web site. But once in a while, you get reminded that some companies have a long way to go just to cover the basics, never mind get to what Brad called a "breakthrough."
Last month, I was writing my Hot Banking And Insurance Tech Vendors In 2010 report series. These reports are where I identify emerging vendors who are doing interesting business technology stuff to help banks and insurers tackle business problems, like helping claims adjusters value a homeowner's personal goods lost in some natural disaster or improving and measuring teller cross-selling performance. I was writing the blurb about one such interesting company, and needed to verify a couple of points from my interview with content on the firm's Web site. Hmmm . . . That's odd; this Web site is a just static landing page with just their name and address. Maybe I entered it wrong, let me try that again . . . funny, I'm back to that static page again. I'll Google it — maybe this company has multiple domains. Nope, it doesn't . . . I better check with their PR/AR firm, I've gotta be doing something really wrong. You guessed it. This company, which was going to be included in a report that was one of my top reads in 2009 didn't have a real Web site. According to their PR firm, their client has just been too busy selling to bother, instead relying solely on word of mouth . . . in 2009. Show these people a calendar! When prospects (and analysts) hear about a company and want to learn more, the first thing they do is to go to the Web, either through a search engine or directly to the vendor's Web site. Even when they talk to a vendor sales rep, buyers and prospects cross-check what they heard with what's on the Web to test for accuracy — message and content synched, confidence built; out of synch, confidence (and sale) blown. This firm's logo slide featured work that they'd done for some pretty enviable clients in the UK and New Zealand; imagine the possibilities if this firm had even just a few meaty content bits on a Web site. They went from hot to frosty, and despite pleas and promises from the PR firm that they'd have a Web site up before the end of 2009, their Web content has not progressed beyond that static landing page. So, shame on this firm's founders, marketing team, and their PR firm for failing to execute on the most basic sales enabler — the Web site.
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