Latest changes to http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/ 2004-04-09: network trouble on the list. Sorry. _______________________________________________ 0a1,139 > 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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