Latest changes to http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/ _______________________________________________ 1,139d0 < Last-Modified: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 05:03:37 GMT < < Visit ibiblio < [DoctorFun_front_300w.jpg] < < Yes, Virginia, there really is going to be a Doctor Fun book. < This brief FAQ will explain its many features. < < Why a Doctor Fun book? < < As one kind person told me when they learned there was going < to be a book, "You'll finally have something to justify your < existence." I was a little sore about this, but then after I < thought about it I decided it might be handy to have something < in hand to justify my continued existence. You never know. < Anyway, that's a good a reason as any to publish a book. < < Who is publishing the Doctor Fun book? < < Plan Nine Publishing is doing the book. They specialize in < turning web comics into ink and paper comics. And they do a < great job. It's quite something to go to a convention where < they have a booth and see a big rack of web comics turned into < books, and then to see people dressed like giant teddy bears < and kitty cats walking up and buying those web comic books, < sometimes an armload at a time. < < Plan Nine Publishing's web site < < Why isn't there anything on Plan Nine's website about Doctor < Fun? < < Keep looking. My old excuse was that I hadn't given them the < cover art. But I have given them the cover art - for the front < cover. My new excuse is I haven't given them the cover art for < the back cover. < < Wasn't the book supposed to be last year? < < Sort of - sorry if I ruined everybody's Christmas shopping. < Things slipped a little and we decided it would be better to < get the book rolling in 2003 instead of 2002, since "ten years < of Doctor Fun" sounded better than "nine years of Doctor Fun". < So, things start for real in January, and the book will be out < sometime in 2003. < < What's going to be in the book? < < The book will be between 120-140 pages, tall format, with two < cartoons per page. Probably 115 pages will actually be < cartoons, so that's sounding like 230 cartoons. By the time we < start there will be about 2000 Doctor Fun cartoons to pick < from, so this (hopefully the first of many) book will be a < greatest hits. The book will be printed in CMYK color. There < are some translation issues between the gamut of colors in the < online images, and what can actually be printed, but that is < my problem to fix, not yours. The resolution of the cartoons < will be the same as what's online, because that's what there < is, however, I have clean copies of the files in a non-JPEG < format, and some images will be tweaked on a case-by-case < basis to look better in print. All the captions will be < typeset, of course. I've seen other color work Plan Nine has < produced, and it will be a quality book. < < Since many black and white cartoon books have a special color < section in the middle, I'm thinking of doing a special < section, maybe 20 pages, of black and white pen and ink < cartoons, just for the book. I haven't drawn off the computer, < other than doodles, for years, so it would be fun to clean out < the Rotrings (more likely, buy all-new Rotrings) and go at it < again. These would be all-new cartoons, not redraws of old < material. < < How much will the book cost? < < Plan Nine hasn't set a price yet, but it will be in line with < similar books they publish. < < Where can I buy the book? < < Most likely directly from Plan Nine's web site, but their < books are also now available in selected comic book stores, < and I'm planning to be at their booth at a couple conventions < (Dragon*Con in Atlanta looks likely). That's the big marketing < plan so far. < < I don't live in the United States? Will I be able to order < this interesting book? < < Plan 9 has sales offices in Canada and Europe (look over at < the right side on their home page) - I don't know about other < places. < < Why won't the book be a giant coffee table size printed on a < seven-color press? < < Hello, real world. It would cost too much to produce and < nobody would buy it, even the people who say they would buy < it. < < Can I preorder the book? < < That's up to Plan Nine. Better wait until I least do the cover < art. < < Which cartoons are going to be in the book? < < Well... it's probably going to be easy to pick the handful < that everyone would agree absolutely have to be in the book, < and then picking the rest is going to be the hair puller. You < can help - e-mail me your favorite ones. No formal poll here < (we know from the last poll about the book how much y'all hate < polls) and no guarantee that everybody's favorites are going < into the book, but I'll consider every suggestion I get. Why < not take some time during my Christmas break to browse the old < ones? Basically we'll take what I want in the book, what Plan < Nine wants in the book, and what I've heard from you, and hash < it all out. And in the end I'll pick all the cartoons I want - < so there. Just kidding. < < I really hated that poll... < < Yes, we know that everybody hated that Doctor Fun poll. < < Is there any relationship between Plan Nine and ibiblio? < < Other than they are both way cool and located in North < Carolina, no. < < Is there going to be other Doctor Fun stuff I can buy? < < Maybe - that's still up in the air. Stay tuned. < < Back to Doctor Fun < _________________________________________________________ < < < These pages maintained, and contents copyrighted, by David < Farley, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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