[brydeemer]

Discuss.

Links are in the show notes.

Bry

[Fade2Black]

I'm downloading the episode right now.
I can't wait to hear it.

[Mr.Square]

I enjoyed the episode. Just checked out Michael's site. His artwork is awesome.

Damn kids and their video games.

This post has been edited by Mr.Square: 24 October 2008 - 08:25 PM

[Fade2Black]

Several months ago, I met Michael and his spouse Kathy through the Strangers in Paradise Fans Forum. They are some of the sweetest and most down to Earth people I've ever met on any forum. This was the first time I have actually heard either of their voices, as all of our correspondences have been via email and forum posts. Thank you CGS for making this possible.

In addition to Michael's own site, he also helped design some of the banners used on the Strangers in Paradise Fans Forum. His wife, who posts under the guise 'Anzeliek' on the SiP Fans Forum, frequently posts artwork by Michael specifically made for her or for the forum. I realize this is a shameless plug, but much of her husband's work is posted in sub-forums only accessible to registered SiP Fans members, so if anyone is interested in seeing more of Michael's work, feel free to join.

I just finished listening to the episode. My initial reaction was one of surprise. I wasn't expecting a detailed account of the harsh realities faced by artists trying get a break in the industry. I guess I was taken aback because I'm so used to the positivity Kathy and Michael exude on the SiP Fans Forum. I tend to take my accessibility to Michael's artwork for granted. I'm so used to seeing his personalized avatars, e-cards, and other artwork that his wife Anzeliek posts on the forum, that I forget what I'm actually looking at is his livelihood. I hope this episode results in additional exposure to his work for he certainly deserves an audience.

[the_standard]

Great episode very informative. Micheal sounds like a nice guy. I checked out his site,his fubar stuff looks really cool. also followed links to ivans site, man his backgrounds are great.

This post has been edited by The Standard: 25 October 2008 - 02:04 AM

[Fables]

ORPHANIMO!! looks simply amazing, wow. When I was younger, my folks use to give me some Bede that was translated into portuguese and it had a similar feel to ORPHANIMO!!. I wish I knew were that stuff was now.

[Rahsan_Ekedal]

This was a really great episode, and it was intriguing to hear to about Michael's trials in the Flemish/Belgian market. I'm a bit disheartened to hear that they're experiencing readership problems similar to ours, but at the same time, it seems that smaller sales numbers for each album are still viable as a business model, at least in France, and that is definitely nice for creators.

I also liked hearing that creators are generally allowed four to six months for a 40+ page album! That sounds great to me! The American monthly schedule is a killer - the book i'm working on right now actually has a bi-monthly schedule, which seems absolutely luxurious to me in comparison to my last monthly book, so doubling or tripling that is hard to imagine! I guess the only danger of such an expanded schedule would be getting too comfortable and ending up in crunch time anyway as the deadline nears.

So, Bryan, I think we should organize some sort of CGS contingent to go to the Angouleme convention (am I spelling that right?) in the next couple of years. I'd be all for that - it'd be great to see it and make contact with some of those European publishers!

[brydeemer]

So, Bryan, I think we should organize some sort of CGS contingent to go to the Angouleme convention (am I spelling that right?) in the next couple of years. I'd be all for that - it'd be great to see it and make contact with some of those European publishers!

I'm hoping to make Angouleme in 2010. That gives me a year to save up and get prepared.

It just sounds way too cool to not see it at least once in my life.

Bry

[Rahsan_Ekedal]

I'm hoping to make Angouleme in 2010. That gives me a year to save up and get prepared.

It just sounds way too cool to not see it at least once in my life.

Bry

Great, I'll have to do a little research and see if I could afford it that year. I guess it all depends on how well 2009 goes for me! That is a good season for airfares to France, I imagine.

[Poozer71]

Wow, I loved this episode. Michael's a fantastic talent and I feel the same pains he feels about getting his work out. I still wanted to prop him up and let him know how great his stuff is. I'm definitely going to order some of his work.

[rkbrasse]

Great show. Thanks for doing the work to get it done.

[iainclifford]

Great episode, guys. Michael Vincent's art is really fun and expressive. Orphanimo sounded cool, by the time this gets a US publisher and comes out in English I might even have a kid who can read it. So I've got like 10 years or something.

Largo Winch looks awesome, cinebook has some excellent properties in their publishing library that I'll be slowly checking out. Just waiting for payday and hopefully I can get it before the next episode. 3 weeks you say, there's time.

Nikopol was published in English by Humanoids, there were two editions;

The softcover was published under the DC/Humanoids deal and is 176 pages for $14.99. It the standard trade size, well height wise you get an extra 3/4 inch in the width of those trades.

The hardcover edition is scarce, it's also 176 pages but is the large oversized Humanoids format and retailed for $39.99.

I have the softcover and am furiously searching for the Hardcover. Bilal's art needs to be enjoyed in the oversized format.

[ProfessorP]

Bryan, have you seen this? Looks interesting.

http://eurocomicart.lupjournals.org/

PP

[Sebastien Choqueriaux]

hello, i just discovered exploring bede podcasts and i like it very much ...
i have to listen each podcast 2 or 3 times to be sure i have understand everything but it's ok ...
i'm going to listen the 5th one, see you soon on the forum ...

[brydeemer]

hello, i just discovered exploring bede podcasts and i like it very much ...
i have to listen each podcast 2 or 3 times to be sure i have understand everything but it's ok ...
i'm going to listen the 5th one, see you soon on the forum ...

Excellent! I'm glad you like it. I was hoping that we would get a few listeners from France and Belgium.

Bry

[Sebastien Choqueriaux]

you've talked with michael on the state of the bede market ...
here are some indications for 2007 (french market) ...

there was 4313 books edited, 3312 new ones and 1001 re-edition ...
on the 3312 new volumes, there was 1428 mangas, 1338 bd, 227 comics & 319 graphic books ...
some bd volumes (like XIII or Largo Winch) reaches around 500000 sales each, 90 volumes were sold over 50000 ...
on the manga side, each naruto volumes is sold around 200000 (wich represent nearly 20% of french manga market) ...
for the first time since manga arrives the market is now stable (43% for manga, 40% for bd ...)
bd/manga/comics reaches now 1/3 of the global book market ...

This post has been edited by Sebastien Choqueriaux: 17 December 2008 - 09:42 PM

[Mangoman]

Hey all,

First time poster, I have been listening to this podcast for about a year now. And find this new bd podcast pretty cool. I myself don't read a lot of bd more American comics and manga. and this podcast has made

me go and buy a few. so thanx for that.

I have a question/ proposition for Brian. Have you read Storm by Maartin Lodewijk and Don Lawrence yet, cause that is my fav bd and I would like to hear your tought on it in your podcast.

I know they have translated at least a couple of the to english. Now my prop. is that if you raed a few and like it but can't find more in english I will buy a few in Dutch translate them on a separate paper and send

them to you free of charge.

What do you think?

[brydeemer]

Hey all,

First time poster, I have been listening to this podcast for about a year now. And find this new bd podcast pretty cool. I myself don't read a lot of bd more American comics and manga. and this podcast has made

me go and buy a few. so thanx for that.

I have a question/ proposition for Brian. Have you read Storm by Maartin Lodewijk and Don Lawrence yet, cause that is my fav bd and I would like to hear your tought on it in your podcast.

I know they have translated at least a couple of the to english. Now my prop. is that if you raed a few and like it but can't find more in english I will buy a few in Dutch translate them on a separate paper and send

them to you free of charge.

What do you think?

I think this sounds like a great proposition.

I'll check it out and see if I can get my hands on them.

Thanks!

Bry

[Mangoman]

I think this sounds like a great proposition.

I'll check it out and see if I can get my hands on them.

Thanks!

Bry

No problem. hope you like them!