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Originally posted by psyjax:
*current project is a self-publication that i hope to reprint via fantagraphics*
Ah, self publication!
Hehe, yes. You should have a chat with Dave Sim or Scott McLeod on that. They have some interesting thoughts 
I have a friend who wrote them e-mail on the subject and they responded with mixed results. One said Self-publication is a dead end road, the other said it was the only way to go.
As far as i know, Fantagraphics is interested in compleat work and will publish anything of quality. One of my teachers is Ted Stern, he does Fuzz and Pluck for Fantagraphics. I also head Sturm, the guy who did Golem's Mighty swing. He was an awsome teacher! He was all about self publishing, but after pitching his story for Fantagraphics, they picked him up overnight. Now the guy is nominated for an Eisner.
Go figure.
Whatever...
Comix is a hard road to travel, a dieing industry overrun with stupif superheroes and bad art. I hope I am one of the lucky few to one day participate in it or at least, one of those brightly shining gems that crop up every once in a while.
Oh ya, Jeff Smith has some interesting thoughts on Self Publication too if I recall corectly. And don't forget Will Eisner!
Shit... This is one hell of a digression. Ok ok... enugh off subject crap.
This is worse than when Void stated talking about his army days.
i'm a little ambivalent on Dave Sims' opinion of anything--he's a rather mysogynistic fellow, from what i understand
i've self-pub'd before--granted, off a photocopier--but it still was one of the most gratifying experiences of my high school art career.
the cool thing with fgraphix is that they're Just a publisher, more or less, not like with marvel/image/dc-wildstorm cos they don't do the staff artist work-for-hire runaround.
trust me when i say that i more or less know what i'm getting into--i've done a lot of reading up (between Scott McCloud's books & Creator's Bill of Rights and the Comic Book Rebels interviews to the various submission requirements for various indie publishers, i'm doing my homework)---the thing with me is that i know what i wanna do and i totally accept that lack of dignity that the industry has at times....
eisner is really one of the industry standards, yknow. i mean, as far as Creative superiority.
the spirit is a classic series, and a perfect example of all we could hope for. granted, he wasn't the best in regards to work practices but who is anymore *coughsandpointsattoddmcfarlane*hypocrite**
incidentally, what school are you in then?
i'm not going to skool for cartooning/illustration (probably a mistake on my part) but i plan to get an associates degree at AI and then move on.....
