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  • Subject: [dr-fun-changes] http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/book-faq.html has changed.
  • Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:14:41 +1200

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> Visit ibiblio
> [DoctorFun_front_300w.jpg]
>
> Yes, Virginia, there really is going to be a Doctor Fun book.
> This brief FAQ will explain its many features.
>
> Why a Doctor Fun book?
>
> As one kind person told me when they learned there was going
> to be a book, "You'll finally have something to justify your
> existence." I was a little sore about this, but then after I
> thought about it I decided it might be handy to have something
> in hand to justify my continued existence. You never know.
> Anyway, that's a good a reason as any to publish a book.
>
> Who is publishing the Doctor Fun book?
>
> Plan Nine Publishing is doing the book. They specialize in
> turning web comics into ink and paper comics. And they do a
> great job. It's quite something to go to a convention where
> they have a booth and see a big rack of web comics turned into
> books, and then to see people dressed like giant teddy bears
> and kitty cats walking up and buying those web comic books,
> sometimes an armload at a time.
>
> Plan Nine Publishing's web site
>
> Why isn't there anything on Plan Nine's website about Doctor
> Fun?
>
> Keep looking. My old excuse was that I hadn't given them the
> cover art. But I have given them the cover art - for the front
> cover. My new excuse is I haven't given them the cover art for
> the back cover.
>
> Wasn't the book supposed to be last year?
>
> Sort of - sorry if I ruined everybody's Christmas shopping.
> Things slipped a little and we decided it would be better to
> get the book rolling in 2003 instead of 2002, since "ten years
> of Doctor Fun" sounded better than "nine years of Doctor Fun".
> So, things start for real in January, and the book will be out
> sometime in 2003.
>
> What's going to be in the book?
>
> The book will be between 120-140 pages, tall format, with two
> cartoons per page. Probably 115 pages will actually be
> cartoons, so that's sounding like 230 cartoons. By the time we
> start there will be about 2000 Doctor Fun cartoons to pick
> from, so this (hopefully the first of many) book will be a
> greatest hits. The book will be printed in CMYK color. There
> are some translation issues between the gamut of colors in the
> online images, and what can actually be printed, but that is
> my problem to fix, not yours. The resolution of the cartoons
> will be the same as what's online, because that's what there
> is, however, I have clean copies of the files in a non-JPEG
> format, and some images will be tweaked on a case-by-case
> basis to look better in print. All the captions will be
> typeset, of course. I've seen other color work Plan Nine has
> produced, and it will be a quality book.
>
> Since many black and white cartoon books have a special color
> section in the middle, I'm thinking of doing a special
> section, maybe 20 pages, of black and white pen and ink
> cartoons, just for the book. I haven't drawn off the computer,
> other than doodles, for years, so it would be fun to clean out
> the Rotrings (more likely, buy all-new Rotrings) and go at it
> again. These would be all-new cartoons, not redraws of old
> material.
>
> How much will the book cost?
>
> Plan Nine hasn't set a price yet, but it will be in line with
> similar books they publish.
>
> Where can I buy the book?
>
> Most likely directly from Plan Nine's web site, but their
> books are also now available in selected comic book stores,
> and I'm planning to be at their booth at a couple conventions
> (Dragon*Con in Atlanta looks likely). That's the big marketing
> plan so far.
>
> I don't live in the United States? Will I be able to order
> this interesting book?
>
> Plan 9 has sales offices in Canada and Europe (look over at
> the right side on their home page) - I don't know about other
> places.
>
> Why won't the book be a giant coffee table size printed on a
> seven-color press?
>
> Hello, real world. It would cost too much to produce and
> nobody would buy it, even the people who say they would buy
> it.
>
> Can I preorder the book?
>
> That's up to Plan Nine. Better wait until I least do the cover
> art.
>
> Which cartoons are going to be in the book?
>
> Well... it's probably going to be easy to pick the handful
> that everyone would agree absolutely have to be in the book,
> and then picking the rest is going to be the hair puller. You
> can help - e-mail me your favorite ones. No formal poll here
> (we know from the last poll about the book how much y'all hate
> polls) and no guarantee that everybody's favorites are going
> into the book, but I'll consider every suggestion I get. Why
> not take some time during my Christmas break to browse the old
> ones? Basically we'll take what I want in the book, what Plan
> Nine wants in the book, and what I've heard from you, and hash
> it all out. And in the end I'll pick all the cartoons I want -
> so there. Just kidding.
>
> I really hated that poll...
>
> Yes, we know that everybody hated that Doctor Fun poll.
>
> Is there any relationship between Plan Nine and ibiblio?
>
> Other than they are both way cool and located in North
> Carolina, no.
>
> Is there going to be other Doctor Fun stuff I can buy?
>
> Maybe - that's still up in the air. Stay tuned.
>
> Back to Doctor Fun
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