Terry Moore's Blog, page 16
January 26, 2012
The latest from me around the web
(note: some of these links I'm showing you because I want you to know the addresses. Notice that wherever I am on the web, my name is TerryMooreArt. Simple to find.)
I discuss the challenges of getting orders for an indy book in a mainstream market in this very recent interview. Note that this site is doing a series of interviews with me as I release each issue of Rachel Rising. Be sure to check out the previous articles.
I added a bunch of art to my Deviant Art page, along with descriptions and stories to each piece. http://terrymooreart.deviantart.com/
To see just a big collage of my art, check out my Tumblr archive. When I discovered the gorgeous art archive pages of Tumblr, I knew I wanted to make one, too. Some have comments and stories attached. http://terrymooreart.tumblr.com/archive
I posted an instrumental I recorded in Garage Band on SoundCloud. This is the music you'd hear if you were watching the SiP series on screen and we got to the part in the story where Emma and Katchoo are hiding in Hawaii from Darcy, then Emma' OD's and walks into the ocean during a storm and Katchoo has to go in and save her. Look at that scene while listening to this and you will have a hint of what a SiP tv series would be like. There is a first version, then a longer reprise version. Both are useful in the media telling of the story. Enjoy, because that's as close as we'll probably ever get. SiP is impossible to explain to Hollywood people who haven't read the book. So I intend to have things like this in the final digital book version… if you think it's good enough. Let me know. http://soundcloud.com/terrymooreart
I tweet my twats every day on Twitter. Tweck it out. https://twitter.com/#!/TerryMoore
Everything I've printed, including the latest issue of Rachel Rising, issue #5, is available on our store page. If you order direct from us, you can ask for a signature on your books and I will happily oblige. You have to ask though, it's not automatic. http://www.strangersinparadise.com/store.html
If you find new articles on Rachel Rising, let me know and I'll repost the links here. I'm going to pull together a list of Rachel posts and make a page for them.
January 19, 2012
New Year, New Look, New Art
I freshened up the page a little for the new year. You can see the new header and events calendar, of course, but I also made all new links on the header. Check them out. Now you are just a click away from my Twitter page, or a very cool collection of my sketch art on my Tumblr page, or you can hear my music on my SoundCloud page. We all have multiple hangouts on the net, but now you have one spot (this page) that leads to all my web activity.
And, you can't help but notice Stephanie in the background. Do you recognize her, and know which of my books she's from? If not, you've got some reading to catch up on!
Looking forward to 2012 and all the new things coming our way. I'm planning some very big things this year. Add this page to your daily feed to stay up to date!
As a thanks for visiting the page, here's a first look at a future Rachel Rising cover. Yes, those are bodies shooting up out of graves… what a lovely sound that must make.
January 18, 2012
January 5, 2012
My tweets on digital for 2012-the whole rant
Because it's on my mind CONSTANTLY, I began posting on Twitter a couple of comments about digital books future and before I knew it, I'd written a short speech, which is impossible to read backwards in the Twitter feed, so here it is gathered in one place and from top to bottom, the way it's supposed to be read.
The canary in the mine for books is music sales. Digital sales topped physical for 1st time in 2011. http://tinyurl.com/6vbfb3b BUT…
Analysts say digital sales is NOT where music is headed, but instead to streaming access. New generatino doesn't care about owning, just access.
Notice that music digital sales are driven by the youth market, hence who's on top, like Lady Gaga & Adele. Comics needs youth to survive digital.
So, like music, digital book unit sales will someday give way to flat fee access to a lot. This means a giant is needed to hub the books.
@polianarchy Like public libraries? —Talking about how to sell stories in the first release. Libraries may go from book buy to access fee.
Whether unit sales or streaming access, the income stream for writers needs definition. We need a breakthru artist to show how.
Books have 1 BIG advantage over music: we are lossless digital files. We look better on the devices than in print. We need to trumpet that.
Comics can look beautiful on devices yet still be too lo-res to print. That is ideal, & inherent to our medium. Digital is perfect for us.
This is all good for the reader on the go, but nothing compares to the physical. Digital vs print is like porn vs a real lover.
So book stores may become more special, stocking elite, pricey versions of stories read cheap & fast online. Like buying DVDs of TV shows.
If Best Buy is selling TV shows you watched for free, my LCS will sell you a TPB you read via filesharing.
Maybe the LCS's will each have a server of inventory. They pay a pass-thru fee direct to publisher for books based upon hits.
That isn't too different from now with print. And it prevents one mogul from creating a server monopoly of Top 100 & ignoring indies.
What we DON'T want is one main comics hub promoting the TOP 100 digital sales to death. That's already killed one medium.
BTW: Porsche's Christophorus is the 1st dig. mag I'd rather read than its print version. Check out the free ones to see beyond scanned crap.
Making books for the dig world will spawn new stars, as old skills fade & new ideas blossom. Those who love creating the new will thrive.
Scan and upload is NOT what digital comics will be about. Creating for the digital experience will be the goal: horizontal & vertical stories.
Horizontal story is the main one you read; the vertical is the depth of footnotes & alternative stories/media throughout.
So one issue of Rachel might have the main story, plus each character's version, plus my music as soundtrack. I will hide easter eggs.
What we have to do is NOT make digital books that look like boring multi-media blogs or inanimate video games. That is the creator's challenge.
And finally, my work is not digital yet because there isn't a single penny in it for me. When that changes, I'm there. This isn't a hobby.
January 3, 2012
Hot Girls Cold Feet
Want a 64 page book of my pin-up art, in color? Well it just came out. Hot Girls Cold Feet is in your LCS or online dealer. If not, order direct from me and get it signed. Look for the girl falling off her bed and pick 'er up.
December 9, 2011
Rachel Rising #4 is here!
You can order your copy now at our webstore. Look for this bizarre cover:
December 6, 2011
December 2, 2011
Echo Complete special offer!
Just in time for Festivus, you guys!
Order a ECHO Complete Edition HC or SC at my site & I will sign & remark it (little sketch, my choice). Now til 12-20.http://www.strangersinparadise.com/store.html
November 28, 2011
Art Sale Price Corrections
Oops, I posted a couple of prices in error. Sorry! While I have that fixed, here is the correct pricing and more details about the art listed in the new sale.
They are all roughly the same 11 x 17 size with variations in almost every page because they're all hand cut. So let's just say they are about that size, with variations due to hand cut paper.
sip3.64.10 is half page at 11 x 12.
Interiors pages are all $425. Covers $1000. Exceptions are:
sip3.64.9 $350
sip3.64.10 $250
echo28 cover $500
sip 28 cover $500
Original Art Sale starts today. SiP, Echo & Rachel Rising...
Original Art Sale starts today. SiP, Echo & Rachel Rising page art and covers! http://www.strangersinparadise.com/gallery.html
Just a sample of one of the pages being offered, from Rachel Rising…
And what original art looks like up close, in your hand. It's like holding gold, pure golllldd… *drool*
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