The Curious Who Anthology

[exilewood]

Well, I certainly need someone to do lettering for our strip. I can't do it at all!

[JMWhiteley]

Additionally, have you thought of using any digital publishing platforms for the anthology.

I only ask because I got a Kindle for Christmas and whilst it's an excellent gadget for reading books, there seem to be precious few comics worth reading available (if any of you know any different, pray tell).

The reason that there's few comics is pretty obvious - no colour and a small screen (9cm × 12cm). 

However, as this is likely to be published in A5 it might just work.  You could use a cheapy black n'white version to try and flog the opulent full-colour print edition.  It will also maximise availibility, as you can get Kindle apps for iPad, iPhone as well as Android devices.  And you can read Kindle books on your computer.

The only problem I can foresee is that the print edition would have to carry letters a minimum of 5mm in height in for it to remain readable when it is shrunk down for the digital edition.

Anyway, some food for thought there (perhaps).

[CrazyFoxMachine]

Cthulouis - I actually took a stab and decided it might just work better in black & white. It's a bold strip I think colouring would mute the impact of it.

HoU & Whiteley (regarding lettering) - I'd say you scower the tutorials on this site. I'd recommend Adobe Illustrator (which is what I'd use) - but I'm sure old Jim has plenty of freeware alternatives. His tutorials are invaluable.

Whiteley - I definitely thought about a digital version - but only really in a PDF format. I'd have no idea how to adapt this for eReader devices at all - !

[Cthulouis]

Cthulouis - I actually took a stab and decided it might just work better in black & white. It's a bold strip I think colouring would mute the impact of it.

Fair enough, I'm cool with that. 

[JMWhiteley]

Fox - I haven't got illustrator, but I know there are freeware alternatives, so I'll look into that if you think it has a serious advantage over something like Photoshop (which I do have, and know how to use).  Were you planning on having some unified font throughout?  I would assume that this project is covered under what Blambot would characterise as a 'not for profit' project.  If so, are we alright just using any of the royalty-free fonts from that site?

With regards to the e-publishing for Kindle.  I've looked into some tutorials and it doesn't look too difficult.  All you need to do is create a zip file with all the pages in some web-friendly image format (JPEG, GIF etc.) along with a HTML file with all the image files imported in the order they are to appear for publishing.

[Mitahane]

Owen : I guess the pdf file is the best idea for now...

JMW : fonts in toshop are pixelized, meanwhile in illustrator they're vectorized. This is a huge difference regarding printing issues, pixels are cubes of a fixed size, vectors are only directions interpretated by the software which makes you able to resize it at wil without losing quality. Anyway, to print a book, it's even better to put the text after in a software like "Indesign" or "Xpress", all the pics should be .jpg or .eps, 300 dpi CMYK, sized with bleed. Print this in .pdf with the settings of the printing company you're working with then wait for it to come !

[CrazyFoxMachine]

I'll stick to PDF - but these are all discussions for when everything is done and dusted I'd say.


In regards to lettering, I'm more than happy to do lettering if people aren't certain. I'll be using free ones from BlamBot but there's no need to have a similar font throughout -

[JMWhiteley]

Mitahane - Cheers, I've downloaded a freeware alternative (Inkscape) to have a play with.  Just about getting my head around it.

Owen- A PDF is probably the best way, as pretty much everything natively supports it.  The only reasons I suggested Kindle is so it could offset some of the money lost in printing and there are knob all comics available for it at the moment.

[CrazyFoxMachine]

This is an appeal for help. I need a logo - !

Preferably without copyright consequences - and compact like our beloved prog. Not a banner.

It should read - Dr WTF?! (with question-mark and exclamation mark)

due to the urgency of this plea the person who helps will receive TWO PINTS OF YOUR FAVOURITE LIQUID.

PLEASE HELP.

[Bhuna]

O, I'll have a word with our designer at work tomorrow and see what he can knock up for you. Is that OK?

Should have page 3 finished sometime today and I'll email you and Locust the page

[CrazyFoxMachine]

WhapOW



My immense thanks go out to Mr Mike Carroll who is QUICKER THAN LE FLASH.

Cheers Bhuna but I think we're there. LET'S JUST HOPE I DON'T GET A CEASE & DESIST FROM THE BBC

[chilipenguin]

Nice!

[House of Usher]

I hope his favourite liquid isn't Chanel no.9 or Bollinger. Either one could be expensive.

[JMWhiteley]

That looks pretty slick.

[CrazyFoxMachine]

A teaser for my strip written by Christov. I encourage all artists reading this to send me a mail with a decent teaser image and I'll slap the logo on it for you - lets get the promotional horse trotting.