Comments on: Remembering the Self-Publishing Movement: Craig Thompson http://www.boneville.com/2008/03/01/remembering-the-self-publishing-movement-craig-thompson/ The official website of Bone, the comic by Jeff Smith Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:30:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: ZEITGEIST / “I’m Sick Of The Complaints” — An Anonymous Message From A Comics Insider On Diamond’s New Minimums http://www.boneville.com/2008/03/01/remembering-the-self-publishing-movement-craig-thompson/comment-page-1/#comment-165485 ZEITGEIST / “I’m Sick Of The Complaints” — An Anonymous Message From A Comics Insider On Diamond’s New Minimums Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:29:19 +0000 http://www.boneville.com/2008/03/01/remembering-the-self-publishing-movement-craig-thompson/#comment-165485 [...] deal with the facts as they are on the ground, and do something pro-active. Where are the new Spit and a Halfs, the Wow Cools? Or more recently, Global Hobo or the now-defunct USS Catastrophe? I realize the [...] [...] deal with the facts as they are on the ground, and do something pro-active. Where are the new Spit and a Halfs, the Wow Cools? Or more recently, Global Hobo or the now-defunct USS Catastrophe? I realize the [...]

]]> By: K. Thor Jensen http://www.boneville.com/2008/03/01/remembering-the-self-publishing-movement-craig-thompson/comment-page-1/#comment-98417 K. Thor Jensen Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:52:30 +0000 http://www.boneville.com/2008/03/01/remembering-the-self-publishing-movement-craig-thompson/#comment-98417 Xeric Grant's awarded twice yearly, actually, if I'm not mistaken. Xeric Grant’s awarded twice yearly, actually, if I’m not mistaken.

]]> By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Mar. 4, 2008: Mountain into molehill http://www.boneville.com/2008/03/01/remembering-the-self-publishing-movement-craig-thompson/comment-page-1/#comment-98351 Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Mar. 4, 2008: Mountain into molehill Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:08:20 +0000 http://www.boneville.com/2008/03/01/remembering-the-self-publishing-movement-craig-thompson/#comment-98351 [...] [Analysis] Craig Thompson explains how the Xeric Awards influenced the small-press movement. [...] [...] [Analysis] Craig Thompson explains how the Xeric Awards influenced the small-press movement. [...]

]]> By: dave roman http://www.boneville.com/2008/03/01/remembering-the-self-publishing-movement-craig-thompson/comment-page-1/#comment-98222 dave roman Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:21:31 +0000 http://www.boneville.com/2008/03/01/remembering-the-self-publishing-movement-craig-thompson/#comment-98222 I forgot all about those Spit and a Half catalogs! These self publishing post are bringing back a lot of great memories! I forgot all about those Spit and a Half catalogs!
These self publishing post are bringing back a lot of great memories!

]]> By: James Kochalka http://www.boneville.com/2008/03/01/remembering-the-self-publishing-movement-craig-thompson/comment-page-1/#comment-98169 James Kochalka Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:28:55 +0000 http://www.boneville.com/2008/03/01/remembering-the-self-publishing-movement-craig-thompson/#comment-98169 It's easy to forget how important Spit and a Half's distribution was as a motivating factor, thanks for reminding me Craig! Another big motivating factor was Factsheet 5. They reviewed pretty much every zine and minicomic. I know friends who created a zine or minicomic just so they could see it written up in Factsheet Five. Both Spit & a Half and Factsheet 5 were instrumental in building and maintaining a "scene" or network of like-minded cartoonists. But the Xeric was like a golden prize to shoot for. I applied but never got it... I think I applied for a Xeric for my early graphic novel The Perfect Planet, which I ended up just printing as a really thick minicomic... and won an Ignatz award for! Which leads to another great motivating factor, SPX! The only major comics show (at the time at least) to offer an industry award for minicomics! It’s easy to forget how important Spit and a Half’s distribution was as a motivating factor, thanks for reminding me Craig! Another big motivating factor was Factsheet 5. They reviewed pretty much every zine and minicomic. I know friends who created a zine or minicomic just so they could see it written up in Factsheet Five.

Both Spit & a Half and Factsheet 5 were instrumental in building and maintaining a “scene” or network of like-minded cartoonists. But the Xeric was like a golden prize to shoot for.

I applied but never got it… I think I applied for a Xeric for my early graphic novel The Perfect Planet, which I ended up just printing as a really thick minicomic… and won an Ignatz award for! Which leads to another great motivating factor, SPX! The only major comics show (at the time at least) to offer an industry award for minicomics!

]]> By: Mike Luce http://www.boneville.com/2008/03/01/remembering-the-self-publishing-movement-craig-thompson/comment-page-1/#comment-97778 Mike Luce Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:19:43 +0000 http://www.boneville.com/2008/03/01/remembering-the-self-publishing-movement-craig-thompson/#comment-97778 Craig's "Blankets" is one of the few comics I consider an actual graphic 'novel,' due not to its length but its density, if that makes sense. Obviously, "Bone," in it's all in one format would be another. While there may not be so many comics being printed for free in Kinko's, or in exchange for six packs, I think the internet has opened a position lost in those 'halcyon' days. Still, there's no arguing that things like the Xeric grant have opened up the idea that people who dream can make the leap from dreaming to making their own comics. So many people now famous started in the minis. I still have a whole collection of Tomine's original "Optic Nerve" minis as well as some of the Fort Thunder comics. It's great to know what those things have lead to for their creators. Craig’s “Blankets” is one of the few comics I consider an actual graphic ‘novel,’ due not to its length but its density, if that makes sense. Obviously, “Bone,” in it’s all in one format would be another. While there may not be so many comics being printed for free in Kinko’s, or in exchange for six packs, I think the internet has opened a position lost in those ‘halcyon’ days. Still, there’s no arguing that things like the Xeric grant have opened up the idea that people who dream can make the leap from dreaming to making their own comics. So many people now famous started in the minis. I still have a whole collection of Tomine’s original “Optic Nerve” minis as well as some of the Fort Thunder comics. It’s great to know what those things have lead to for their creators.

]]>