Comments on: A few links, just for fun http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/04/a-few-links-just-for-fun/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 8 Nov 2009 11:19:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Diego Jourdan http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/04/a-few-links-just-for-fun/#comment-2277060 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:48:11 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/04/a-few-links-just-for-fun/#comment-2277060 Hey Scott, "ROSWELL, TEXAS" rocks! Hey Scott, “ROSWELL, TEXAS” rocks!

]]> by: Scott Bieser http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/04/a-few-links-just-for-fun/#comment-2273620 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:29:06 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/04/a-few-links-just-for-fun/#comment-2273620 I think Steve Rude (also a Toth fan) comes close, and in many ways, so does Jaimie Hernandez. But Rude is slow, due to his hyper-perfectionism, and Hernandez can't seem to grow his audience. Which is a damn shame because he deserves a much larger audience. I think Steve Rude (also a Toth fan) comes close, and in many ways, so does Jaimie Hernandez. But Rude is slow, due to his hyper-perfectionism, and Hernandez can’t seem to grow his audience. Which is a damn shame because he deserves a much larger audience.

]]> by: Diego Jourdan http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/04/a-few-links-just-for-fun/#comment-2272444 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:35:27 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/04/a-few-links-just-for-fun/#comment-2272444 Peter said it better than anybody ever will. Plus, there's another problem...it's an industry controlled by the 'fans' in every level (editors, readers, and an increasingly number of artists too), so everything leans towards photo-traced realism, leaving little to no room for Toth-like elegance of design and composition. Peter said it better than anybody ever will.

Plus, there’s another problem…it’s an industry controlled by the ‘fans’ in every level (editors, readers, and an increasingly number of artists too), so everything leans towards photo-traced realism, leaving little to no room for Toth-like elegance of design and composition.

]]> by: Peter Krause http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/04/a-few-links-just-for-fun/#comment-2271756 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:14:09 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/04/a-few-links-just-for-fun/#comment-2271756 We all fall short of Toth. We all fall short of Toth.

]]> by: Sphinx Magoo http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/04/a-few-links-just-for-fun/#comment-2270475 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:13:57 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/04/a-few-links-just-for-fun/#comment-2270475 My only complaint about that Toth panel is that the sound effect might be more effective if it was masked to not hide the car. Other than that... wow. My only complaint about that Toth panel is that the sound effect might be more effective if it was masked to not hide the car. Other than that… wow.

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/04/a-few-links-just-for-fun/#comment-2270346 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:26:34 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/04/a-few-links-just-for-fun/#comment-2270346 Barnes & Noble's requirements can be found here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/cds2.asp?PID=8150&cds2Pid=8148 They are low-res, the enlarged covers are 400x600, although the website does offer sample pages as well. (Check out: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Zot/Scott-Mccloud/e/9780061537271/?itm=1) Most websites seem to be of that standard... 100x150 for the thumbnail, 400x600 for the enlargement. My pet peeve? Publisher websites which don't search ISBNs and EANs by all the variations. Some only find EANs if there are hyphens. Some titles only have the ISBN. And of course, I'm only searching because the publishers sent me crappy data to begin with, and I have to research the titles so my customers can find the title. If anyone wishes to suggest standardization, visit Editeur at: http://www.editeur.org/ Barnes & Noble’s requirements can be found here:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/help/cds2.asp?PID=8150&cds2Pid=8148

They are low-res, the enlarged covers are 400×600, although the website does offer sample pages as well. (Check out: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Zot/Scott-Mccloud/e/9780061537271/?itm=1)

Most websites seem to be of that standard… 100×150 for the thumbnail, 400×600 for the enlargement.

My pet peeve? Publisher websites which don’t search ISBNs and EANs by all the variations. Some only find EANs if there are hyphens. Some titles only have the ISBN. And of course, I’m only searching because the publishers sent me crappy data to begin with, and I have to research the titles so my customers can find the title.

If anyone wishes to suggest standardization, visit Editeur at: http://www.editeur.org/

]]> by: A few links, just for fun http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/04/a-few-links-just-for-fun/#comment-2270112 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:14:43 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/04/a-few-links-just-for-fun/#comment-2270112 [...] http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/04/a-few-links-just-for-fun/ asks Hoosgot, [...] […] http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/09/04/a-few-links-just-for-fun/ asks Hoosgot, […]

]]>