Comments on: Jeff Smith on the old days http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/13/jeff-smith-on-the-old-days/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:26:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: The Artist / Entrepreneur: Jeff Smith : ComicsPundit http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/13/jeff-smith-on-the-old-days/#comment-88121 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:07:49 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/13/jeff-smith-on-the-old-days/#comment-88121 [...] (discovered via Heidi MacDonald) Technorati Tags: Bone, Captain Marvel, Cartoon Books, Comic Industry, DC Comics, Jeff Smith, Self-Publishing, Shazam [...] […] (discovered via Heidi MacDonald) Technorati Tags: Bone, Captain Marvel, Cartoon Books, Comic Industry, DC Comics, Jeff Smith, Self-Publishing, Shazam […]

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/13/jeff-smith-on-the-old-days/#comment-87314 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:55:25 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/13/jeff-smith-on-the-old-days/#comment-87314 Back in 1994, when I became a bookseller, Bone was one of the few alternative publishers availabe to the book trade (via Ingram). What others were available? Dark Horse, First [sic], Marvel, DC, and WaRP Graphics. That was it. And the occasional title over in the Humor section from the mainstream publishers. So thank you, Mr. Smith. Not for producing such an enjoyable comicbook, but for helping make graphic novels available to bookstores and libraries, and for being such a wonderful spokesman! Back in 1994, when I became a bookseller, Bone was one of the few alternative publishers availabe to the book trade (via Ingram). What others were available? Dark Horse, First [sic], Marvel, DC, and WaRP Graphics. That was it. And the occasional title over in the Humor section from the mainstream publishers.

So thank you, Mr. Smith. Not for producing such an enjoyable comicbook, but for helping make graphic novels available to bookstores and libraries, and for being such a wonderful spokesman!

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