http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/10/more-on-glamourpuss/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:55:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/10/more-on-glamourpuss/#comment-698950 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:23:36 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/10/more-on-glamourpuss/#comment-698950 Sim has avoided the book chains because of the returns policy. While a large corporation can avoid losses on returned books, a small company like Aardvark-Vanaheim cannot. In order to get Corporate support, Sim would need to surrender control, and there's no way that's going to happen. The direct market comic stores, on the other hand, are much easier to deal with (and he owes his livelihood to their support over the last 30 years). Sim has avoided the book chains because of the returns policy. While a large corporation can avoid losses on returned books, a small company like Aardvark-Vanaheim cannot. In order to get Corporate support, Sim would need to surrender control, and there’s no way that’s going to happen. The direct market comic stores, on the other hand, are much easier to deal with (and he owes his livelihood to their support over the last 30 years).

]]> http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/10/more-on-glamourpuss/#comment-695346 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:49:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/10/more-on-glamourpuss/#comment-695346 To be fair, for all the sound and fury about bookstores being more friendly toward non-superhero comics than the direct market, I've always been more likely to find <i>Cerebus</i> phone books in comic shops than in book chains. To be fair, for all the sound and fury about bookstores being more friendly toward non-superhero comics than the direct market, I’ve always been more likely to find Cerebus phone books in comic shops than in book chains.

]]> http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/10/more-on-glamourpuss/#comment-695170 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:58:54 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/10/more-on-glamourpuss/#comment-695170 That's an interesting statement he made about only serving the Direct Market since it served him so well in the past. I've never heard that argument before. I wonder if other self-publishers have that sense of loyalty to a type of retailer at the expense of others. Curiouser and curiouser . . . That’s an interesting statement he made about only serving the Direct Market since it served him so well in the past. I’ve never heard that argument before. I wonder if other self-publishers have that sense of loyalty to a type of retailer at the expense of others. Curiouser and curiouser . . .

]]> http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/10/more-on-glamourpuss/#comment-695094 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:35:00 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/10/more-on-glamourpuss/#comment-695094 Yes, Sim is a batshit crazy misogynist, but I can't help but appreciate the honesty of his approach - instead of claiming that his work is going to appeal to some currently underserved audience demographic, he just flat-out admits that he's telling a story to entertain himself, whether or not it'll entertain anyone else. Yes, Sim is a batshit crazy misogynist, but I can’t help but appreciate the honesty of his approach - instead of claiming that his work is going to appeal to some currently underserved audience demographic, he just flat-out admits that he’s telling a story to entertain himself, whether or not it’ll entertain anyone else.

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