Comments on: Ben Towle’s Midnight Sun

by: Paul

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:21:51 +0000

I’m a bit late coming back to this (after a brief and pleasant correspondence with Mr Vado) and I am of course pleased that Ben is able to finish his story. Offering up the remaining issues as (very reasonably priced) downloads is a very sensible solution. Had that made it into the press release I would have had no complaint, and I apologise for my snarky tone and wish both Ben and SLG the best with this and future ventures.

by: Dan Vado

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:57:57 +0000

Not part of the press release (and my fault for that) is that it was always part of the plan to offer the last parts of the series as downloads on eyemelt. I understand the above posters frustration with having spent money on the first three issues, but people not buying our comics is what made this a necessary thing. Viscous cirlce I suppose, but once something falls dramatically below 1,000 copies its pretty easy to assume that at minimum there is no market for this kind of thing in comic book format or in comic book stores.

by: Peter

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:52:21 +0000

I bought the first three issues in digital form at eyemelt.com– I’m glad to hear both that the series is going to be finished and that it’s going to be available in a trade.

by: Ben Towle

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:10:03 +0000

Thanks so much for the mention, Heidi!

..and, Paul: as Jennifer mentions above, the “floppy” series was just the victim of some unfortunate timing. If you run into me at a convention (or contact me via my website) I’ll make sure you get a copy of the book without shelling out for the material you’ve already purchased.

-B.

by: Jennifer de Guzman

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:05:48 +0000

Paul,

That is why we do not publish many serialized stories anymore. Midnight Sun began being published just before it became clear to us that the direct market will not support our individual issues. We had to choose between losing money on the series or getting the whole story published in graphic novel form. I’m sorry that you are understandably upset, but it was a decision that had to be me made. We had to err on the side of letting Ben complete his story in a form that would gain his excellent work a wider audience.

by: Paul

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:46:11 +0000

You have to go to the SLG website to read that “…this 144 page graphic novel collects the three issues of the SLG Publishing comic book series and then adds in what would have been issues 4-6…” So SLG has stopped publishing a series I’ve already laid out $9 on and they’re going to make me buy it again if I want to read the rest of the story. Classy. Remind me not to bother taking a chance on a comic from SLG again.