{"id":4224,"date":"2008-03-12T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2008-03-12T17:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/03\/12\/the-first-hereville-story-is-complete\/"},"modified":"2008-03-12T10:00:10","modified_gmt":"2008-03-12T17:19:58","slug":"the-first-hereville-story-is-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=4224","title":{"rendered":"The First "Hereville" Story Is Complete"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some folks here may remember my online comic, Hereville<\/em>, which was on hiatus for a few years. This past October I restarted Hereville<\/em>, which is the main reason I haven’t been as involved on discussions on “Alas” recently (and that’s the way it’ll be from now on, alas).<\/p>\n

Anyhow, I want to let folks know that the first Hereville <\/em>story, entitled “How Mirka Got Her Sword,” is complete — written, drawn, colored, and, earlier today, sent to the printer. Although of course there are some things about it I don’t like — some of the drawing on the early pages makes me wince — on the whole I’m very proud of this comic. I think it’s a significant step forward for me as a cartoonist.<\/p>\n

It’s being serialized online at hereville.com<\/a>, where a page appears every Wednesday. Right now it’s on page 17; the full comic is 57 pages long, so it’ll take until December 2008 to complete serialization. (The second Hereville <\/em>story will begin being serialized in January 2009.)<\/p>\n

For those of you who don’t want to wait, I’ll also be selling “Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword,” as a PDF file, as a CBR file<\/a>, and as a printed, full-color comic book. The electronic downloads will cost $4<\/del> $5 each, and will be available quite soon — maybe later this week, maybe next week. I’ll post an announcement.<\/p>\n

The paper version, which will cost $11.95, will premiere at my table at the Stumptown Comics Fest<\/a> at the end of April. In May I’ll begin selling copies by mail. I plan to accept pre-orders for the printed comic beginning next week in order to help defray the printing costs. I know $12 is pricey for a 57-page comic book, but: (Full-color) + (small print run) = (expensive!).<\/p>\n

I’m sorry that I can’t spend the time on “Alas,” or in the blogosphere, that I used to. But after a three-year period of “cartoonist’s block,” when I drew only rarely, it’s almost organismic-ly wonderous to feel driven to spend nearly all my free time creating comics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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