T Campbell's Blog

Last chance to boost orders on the first issue.

Other orders of business today:

Changed Graphic Smash policy slightly (see yesterday). Popular strips like The Guardians with concrete plans to return, and completed strips by still-active GS cartoonists like Mnemesis and The Twisting, will be available to the public again.

Dentist's appointment passed without incident, thank goodness. I've had a morbid fear of dentists since sixth grade, when I didn't pay attention before going in for what I thought was a checkup, and ended up getting my baby teeth pulled. You remember that.

Plot consultations for Brian Daniel and The Marvelous Patric. Advised Jamie Robertson on nudity in Graphic Smash.

Made some serious headway on a page for Meanwhile, the Comics Podcast. Should be ready by Saturday. Meanwhile, y'all have another podcast.

Got news that we needed the solicitation copy for Penny and Aggie #3 like, a week ago, and we have to get it in NOW to stay on schedule. Still haven't confirmed that unconfirmed artist, so I reshuffled his work to issue #4 and wrote up copy in twenty minutes. Crisis averted. Went ahead and wrote advance copy for #4 so we don't do this all over again next month. We would, too.

Did some e-mail rabble-rousing for a Comixpedia roundtable and a Modern Tales panel at the San Diego Comic-Con.

Met a new artist for a new project. Yes, another one. I know what you're all thinking, "dude needs help." But not to worry. This project has a nice long deadline, a small pitch-to-project ratio (meaning the pitch takes far less work than the project) and we're playin' for pretty big cash stakes-- large publisher interested. We'll see how it goes...

With all this, just no room for the accounting homework. Shucky darn. But my relief is short-lived, for it will still be there tomorrow, and allow me fewer breaks than if I had started today. Learn from me, dear reader...