Print-Only Comics Story Round-Up

Here are a couple of article brought to my attention that I believe don't have on-line iterations:

* the new financial model being utilized by PictureBox, Inc. was the subject of a write-up in Print. The article notes that the boutique publisher started out as a book-packaging company and/or with investors that saw the books got made. It also cites the publication of the Gary Panter art book and the work put it on a massive Andy Warhol monograph as causes for "investing too much time and money for too little paycheck."

The solution is two-fold, according to the article: 1) "a new website with print on-demand services and online versions of all the books so people can flip through them before buying." And 2) the previously-discussed subscriptions service, which the article describes as based on the company being able to reach about 15,000 loyal followers through social networking sites and an e-mail list.

* the latest issue of Monocle has two comics articles of interest. The first is a short interview with South African cartoonist Jonathan "Zapiro" Shapiro, who finds himself settled into a curious relationship with that country's new president, Jacob Zuma. Zapiro notes that the difference between Zuma and his immediate predecessors is that Nelson Mandela has a fine sense of humor and Thabo Mbeki would never complain about a cartoon because he would feel it beneath him. Zuma, on the other hand, is currently pursuing a huge lawsuit against the cartoonist for his portrayal in two separate cartoons.

Zapiro also puts his worries out there about press freedom in an interesting way, saying that his fear is that a political culture of bullying and favors might become the national culture.

The other article is a profile of Kami no Shizuki creators Shin and Yuko Kibayashi, which is more standard but still highly amusing and makes the pair sound awfully laid-back and cool.

thanks to Ng Suat Tong for the first item
 
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