Comments on: The Perils of Colleen Part IV: Once again, with screaming… http://adistantsoil.com/2009/07/01/the-perils-of-colleen-part-iv-once-again-with-screaming/ The Official Website of A Distant Soil, the legendary graphic novel series from Image Comics. Wed, 23 May 2012 04:33:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Perils of Colleen Part III: When the Comics Industry Outscrewed Motown | A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran http://adistantsoil.com/2009/07/01/the-perils-of-colleen-part-iv-once-again-with-screaming/#comment-6698 The Perils of Colleen Part III: When the Comics Industry Outscrewed Motown | A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:30:05 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=1099#comment-6698 [...] CLICK HERE FOR PART IV. [...] [...] CLICK HERE FOR PART IV. [...]

]]> By: apoehler http://adistantsoil.com/2009/07/01/the-perils-of-colleen-part-iv-once-again-with-screaming/#comment-1644 apoehler Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:01:09 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=1099#comment-1644 Wow, this is fascinating stuff. I believe I still have all the Foglio Starblaze books and at least one of the Mage books, which I bought from a Waldenbooks in Lakewood, New York. In those early days of the graphic novel market I always wondered why the Starblaze stuff didn't do better, considering the end product tended to be head and shoulders above the flimsy 80-page 'novels' DC and Marvel had on the same Walden shelf (mostly the DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel series and multiple copies of God Loves, Man Kills/New Mutants). Eventually I noticed the Starblaze books never moved off that shelf, except for the ones I bought. Wow, this is fascinating stuff. I believe I still have all the Foglio Starblaze books and at least one of the Mage books, which I bought from a Waldenbooks in Lakewood, New York. In those early days of the graphic novel market I always wondered why the Starblaze stuff didn’t do better, considering the end product tended to be head and shoulders above the flimsy 80-page ‘novels’ DC and Marvel had on the same Walden shelf (mostly the DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel series and multiple copies of God Loves, Man Kills/New Mutants). Eventually I noticed the Starblaze books never moved off that shelf, except for the ones I bought.

]]> By: Colleen http://adistantsoil.com/2009/07/01/the-perils-of-colleen-part-iv-once-again-with-screaming/#comment-1590 Colleen Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:32:50 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=1099#comment-1590 OMG, I had almost forgotten about all that. The stuff is all on file in a box in the attic should I ever need it. AMAZING stuff. What times we had! LOL! The Woman left a trail, didn't she. The "digest" book thing was HILARIOUS! Oh, the trauma! How could our PRECIOUS BOOK be vandalized by that AWFUL publisher??? And then years later, TRA LA! Look our work is MANGA SIZED! Isn't it WONDERFUL? TOO funny. From one Very Bad Publisher to another. Kind of amusing, in retrospect. Some of those old GN's were really nice, but a lot of what they published was utter crap, too. If they had cut the line by half, and hadn't dicked over the creators, I think they'd be around today. Failmill: best description ever. OMG, I had almost forgotten about all that. The stuff is all on file in a box in the attic should I ever need it. AMAZING stuff. What times we had! LOL! The Woman left a trail, didn’t she.

The “digest” book thing was HILARIOUS! Oh, the trauma! How could our PRECIOUS BOOK be vandalized by that AWFUL publisher???

And then years later, TRA LA! Look our work is MANGA SIZED! Isn’t it WONDERFUL?

TOO funny.

From one Very Bad Publisher to another. Kind of amusing, in retrospect.

Some of those old GN’s were really nice, but a lot of what they published was utter crap, too. If they had cut the line by half, and hadn’t dicked over the creators, I think they’d be around today.

Failmill: best description ever.

]]> By: Arlnee http://adistantsoil.com/2009/07/01/the-perils-of-colleen-part-iv-once-again-with-screaming/#comment-1589 Arlnee Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:07:47 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=1099#comment-1589 oh, and one other thing (said Columbo) I hate to admit it but I owned almost every GN that company printed, and would gladly buy them again. Many are on my "best thing evar" list, although some have been swiped by unscrupulous friends. Like my Mage books (yet another friendship dissolved by the words "but I did return them to you!"). And my Mythadventures books (same here, different person). And I have no idea what happened to my Thieves World set, either. But I can't think of a single GN I didn't own at some point (even the CJ Cherryh one--and I still don't understand wtf that book was about!) It will always be to me a tragedy that so much talented work came out of that failmill, that so many people deserved so much better treatment, and that if that publisher had had two brain cells and a conscience to rub together it would have been a win for everyone--publisher, creators, and readers. oh, and one other thing (said Columbo)

I hate to admit it but I owned almost every GN that company printed, and would gladly buy them again. Many are on my “best thing evar” list, although some have been swiped by unscrupulous friends. Like my Mage books (yet another friendship dissolved by the words “but I did return them to you!”). And my Mythadventures books (same here, different person). And I have no idea what happened to my Thieves World set, either. But I can’t think of a single GN I didn’t own at some point (even the CJ Cherryh one–and I still don’t understand wtf that book was about!)

It will always be to me a tragedy that so much talented work came out of that failmill, that so many people deserved so much better treatment, and that if that publisher had had two brain cells and a conscience to rub together it would have been a win for everyone–publisher, creators, and readers.

]]> By: Arlnee http://adistantsoil.com/2009/07/01/the-perils-of-colleen-part-iv-once-again-with-screaming/#comment-1588 Arlnee Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:59:07 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=1099#comment-1588 wow do I remember all this. I remember the "digest" book in question and also remembered laughing my ass off when their "manga" version came out. I once bought a box full of the original "digest" ones for a dollar apiece and made bank reselling them on Ebay. I also remember having a letter from "the Woman" to the person who was doing the scanlations of Eroica (pre internet), since said scanlator knew I loved ADS and there were more than a few mentions of it in the letter. Which I then forwarded to you. I remember we had some lulz over that one. Hope you found some use for that. Pre Internet Wank. So old there are no screencaps. You just had to have been there :-) Ah, the good ol' bad ol' days... wow do I remember all this. I remember the “digest” book in question and also remembered laughing my ass off when their “manga” version came out. I once bought a box full of the original “digest” ones for a dollar apiece and made bank reselling them on Ebay.

I also remember having a letter from “the Woman” to the person who was doing the scanlations of Eroica (pre internet), since said scanlator knew I loved ADS and there were more than a few mentions of it in the letter. Which I then forwarded to you. I remember we had some lulz over that one. Hope you found some use for that.

Pre Internet Wank. So old there are no screencaps. You just had to have been there :-) Ah, the good ol’ bad ol’ days…

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