Archive for April, 2010

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04/21/2010

by Colleen Doran on April 21st, 2010
Posted In: A Distant Soil Webcomic
04/21/2010

In the Deeply and Profoundly Embarassing Department, this page and the last were accidentally switched during upload. So go back and read yesterday, which will either give you a sense of dejavu, or will be all new to you.

And now the comments threads for the last two pages make no sense.

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Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts

by Colleen Doran on April 20th, 2010
Posted In: Blog, Culture, Comics, Culture, Comics, Comics History, Culture, Film and Television

I was filmed for this nifty documentary about our pal Biff, I mean Warren Ellis. Isn’t he cute?

Filmmaker Kevin Thurman wrote me this morning:

“There were some great clips in the footage we got. I especially loved your sense of humor and candidness. You are quite a character. :)

Also, we made sure you resemble your age of 21 on film. ”

I told them I would hunt them down and murder them if they made me look bad on camera.

Their website is here.

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04/20/2010

by Colleen Doran on April 20th, 2010
Posted In: A Distant Soil Webcomic
04/20/2010

Something I learned at C2E2 this weekend;

I really need to be less candid about my sales and whatnot on A Distant Soil. A Distant Soil sells a lot better than some books – which shall remain unnamed – which also get great contracts.

Because their authors lie better than me.

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C2E2: I’m so tired I don’t even want to write this post

by Colleen Doran on April 18th, 2010
Posted In: Blog

That was pretty whiney, wasn’t it?

Another pleasant day at the show, but sales were pretty slow.

Wah. It’s Sunday.

Did not keep my word to stay in last night and relax. Instead had dinner with Jeff Smith, Terry Moore, Steve Hamaker, and Larry Marder et al. Surreality set in when everyone started talking with hand puppets. Then there was a hand puppet interrogation. So I waterboarded mine by dunking it in my glass.

I have no idea what any of that was all about, but we all seemed to think ourselves hilarious.

The food in this town is so rich and glorious I cannot say no. I think I gained about five pounds already. And I am a little out of sorts in my tummy. I did nothing for my state by having greasy bar food for dinner tonight.

Met many very nice people all weekend, bought some comics. Great graphic novels sales. This show was a fan’s paradise. Perfume, goth clothing, lots of fun t-shirts, many vendors selling old comics at awesome prices. Vintage comics in less than ideal condition were going for a song. I had to restrain myself.

I finally got to that fudge shop and bought a pound to share. That’s my excuse, and I’m sticking to it.

Not much drawing got done, but there you go.

Had several promising business meetings, all very positive.

Say, was that writer really serious when he asked if I would be the semi-regular fill-in artist, maybe? – on THAT book? God, I hope so. Too good to be true?

What book would that be? I hope beyond hope this thing happens…

Oh, and yet ANOTHER art school instructor told me my blog is now required reading at their school. That’s pretty awesome. I get cranky about how much time and effort I put into this thing. Thanks so much for letting me know it does some good.

I have to get up at 4 AM.

Which will be the only really bad thing about this show.

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C2E2 Day Two

by Colleen Doran on April 17th, 2010
Posted In: Blog

Felt terrible when I got up this morning, and made sure to dose with vitamin C.

I was also careful not to overdo the caffeine. Torsten Adair brought me a fabulous jar of chocolate covered espresso beans, which mock me, they mock me, as they sit untouched.

The show has been very, very pleasant with many happy fans. I signed a lot of autographs again today, but sales were slow.

Many people inquired about A Distant Soil, and others who had not seen the book in years who were excited to see it again. It was all quite nice.

Fans, staff, fellow pros, everybody is in a good mood. Getting varying reports of sales successes, but I am not in a position to report on the overall feel of the show, because me, Peter David and Jim Valentino are in the very farthest back row. There are a number of well-known pros who are quite approachable there because it takes three hours of wandering to find them.

The venue is extremely attractive, with high ceilings and lots of windows. It never seems crowded or dark.

I gave an interview for a documentary about Warren Ellis today, which would have been a lot more fun had it not been so freaking cold outside where we were filming. Thought I was going to lose necessary body parts. And some demented seagull plagued us with complaints. I believe I peppered my interview with choice swear words, which, I suppose, aren’t out of place in a documentary about Warren Ellis.

Didn’t buy a thing today, except for some vile drink called Sunny Delight and a banana. So now I am starving and going off to get food.

The nice man from the Dick Blick art supply store says he is trying to get Deleter on their list of products, which would make me a happy woman. This may solve my sad distribution channel problem.

All in all, not a great money show for me, and I continue to turn away commissions. The business side of me cringes when I do, but the side that values my relationships with editors thinks me very virtuous.

I’ve had to pack away most of my things to ship home early. Sorry to anyone who did not get by for some books. I even packed my banner. My flight on Monday is so early, I will not be able to ship my things out before I go, and the show ends too late for me to ship after it’s over. So, I packed it all in now.

I’ll be there later in the afternoon, but I have morning meetings which may delay me until after 1 PM.

I feel much better this evening, and am calling it night. Will get a long sleep and be fresh tomorrow.

Happy faces seen today: Jeff Smith, Gary Colobuono, Carla Speed McNeil, Billy Tucci, Bob Layton.

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