From: remus@panix.com   
      
   Nicky  wrote:   
   > The webcomic must take ages. It looks great.   
      
      Thanks.  I have another artist doing the inks (black lines); I'm just doing   
   the graytones and special effects at this point.  And the writing, of course.   
   Which takes a surprising chunk out of each month.  Never had to budget writing   
   time when I was the artist, because I always knew what came next.   
      
   > How are you going to self publish the webcomic - that must be more difficult   
   > than text only?   
      
      Frankly, I don't know.  There are sites that will do it, but I'm stuck   
   on the technical 'how'.  My word processor was barely able to create a one   
   chapter promo, and that was 50 Mbytes.  The full eight chapter graphic novel   
   will be half a gig.  I don't know any PDF or MOBI capable software that can   
   handle that.  I may have to sell it in one or two chapter installments.   
      
   > I am interested in the self pub business. Last time I was here it was such   
   > a no-no and now everyone is doing it ( seriously almost every writer I   
   > know has self pubbed something because we all have so much stuff!!)   
      
      From what I can tell it's a lot of trouble and there's an ominous air,   
   like it all might implode soon.  But if you're good at marketing yourself   
   or if you're a prolific writer then you can make a mint as things stand now.   
   And where there's money, respectability follows.  :)   
      
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   Remus Shepherd    
      New Webcomic:  Genocide Man             http://www.genocideman.com/   
      Life is funny.  Death is funnier.  Mass slaughter can be hilarious.   
      
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