http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/08/spring-2007-xeric-grant-winners-announced/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 8 Nov 2009 09:12:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/08/spring-2007-xeric-grant-winners-announced/#comment-150680 Thu, 10 May 2007 20:10:50 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/08/spring-2007-xeric-grant-winners-announced/#comment-150680 [...] I am one of 5 artists who have been awarded a 2007 Xeric Grant. The grant is given out twice per year by the Xeric Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Peter Laird, one of the creators of the ever popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Since the Turtles started off as a self-published comic book, the Foundation was founded in 1992 to support comics self-publishers by assisting with the printing and distribution costs of publication. [...] […] I am one of 5 artists who have been awarded a 2007 Xeric Grant. The grant is given out twice per year by the Xeric Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Peter Laird, one of the creators of the ever popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Since the Turtles started off as a self-published comic book, the Foundation was founded in 1992 to support comics self-publishers by assisting with the printing and distribution costs of publication. […]

]]> http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/08/spring-2007-xeric-grant-winners-announced/#comment-150583 Thu, 10 May 2007 15:29:26 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/08/spring-2007-xeric-grant-winners-announced/#comment-150583 [...] The Beat reports on this year’s Xeric grant winners, including links and samples of each person’s work. Among them is Kevin Colden, who is just fine with getting the honor, since he declined his grant money for the Fishtown comic that he just launched online. [...] […] The Beat reports on this year’s Xeric grant winners, including links and samples of each person’s work. Among them is Kevin Colden, who is just fine with getting the honor, since he declined his grant money for the Fishtown comic that he just launched online. […]

]]> http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/08/spring-2007-xeric-grant-winners-announced/#comment-150163 Wed, 09 May 2007 21:25:21 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/08/spring-2007-xeric-grant-winners-announced/#comment-150163 [...] The rest of the Xeric Nominees for this year have been covered quite nicely by Heidi MacDonald at The Publishers Weekly Blog. Congrats to all of them too, but someone’s gotta give props to the Queer Canadian artists. :) [...] […] The rest of the Xeric Nominees for this year have been covered quite nicely by Heidi MacDonald at The Publishers Weekly Blog. Congrats to all of them too, but someone’s gotta give props to the Queer Canadian artists. […]

]]> http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/08/spring-2007-xeric-grant-winners-announced/#comment-149996 Wed, 09 May 2007 16:11:55 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/08/spring-2007-xeric-grant-winners-announced/#comment-149996 [...] And even more interestingly, (via Heidi MacDonald), we have Kevin Colden’s Fishtown: The press release notes that Colden “serialized his comic book online just before receiving the acceptance letter from Xeric. The feedback has been great! So, he’s decided to continue posting and decline the grant money — not an easy decision — but he’s still a Xeric winner!” [...] […] And even more interestingly, (via Heidi MacDonald), we have Kevin Colden’s Fishtown: The press release notes that Colden “serialized his comic book online just before receiving the acceptance letter from Xeric. The feedback has been great! So, he’s decided to continue posting and decline the grant money — not an easy decision — but he’s still a Xeric winner!” […]

]]> http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/08/spring-2007-xeric-grant-winners-announced/#comment-149723 Wed, 09 May 2007 09:04:59 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/08/spring-2007-xeric-grant-winners-announced/#comment-149723 [...] Ryan Alexander-Tanner, Kevin Colden, Erik Evensen, Sam Gaskin, Steve MacIsaac, Tyler Page and Jeremy Smith are the first winners of Peter Laird’s Xeric Foundation grants for 2007, and will split over $27,000 in funds earmarked for comics self-publishing efforts. Heidi MacDonald has links to the winners; you can learn more about the Xeric Foundation at its website. [...] […] Ryan Alexander-Tanner, Kevin Colden, Erik Evensen, Sam Gaskin, Steve MacIsaac, Tyler Page and Jeremy Smith are the first winners of Peter Laird’s Xeric Foundation grants for 2007, and will split over $27,000 in funds earmarked for comics self-publishing efforts. Heidi MacDonald has links to the winners; you can learn more about the Xeric Foundation at its website. […]

]]> http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/08/spring-2007-xeric-grant-winners-announced/#comment-149608 Wed, 09 May 2007 05:26:25 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/08/spring-2007-xeric-grant-winners-announced/#comment-149608 Good for them and good for Xeric. It's damn hard to get on in this biz, and no one has to help anybody, but they do. I feel good every time I see new winners. I see good will in this world. Good for them and good for Xeric. It’s damn hard to get on in this biz, and no one has to help anybody, but they do. I feel good every time I see new winners. I see good will in this world.

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