That is true.There's always two sides of the coin.
And this thing happens often since 2002. Since the
advent of the internet it has almost made comic books
a thing of the past.
I've said this this before we as fans need to look at
both sides of the issue then make our decsion.
I've realised that myself it does take time for
something like that to become popular.
Yes had people at the time known Jim it would've sold
like hotcakes and no problems.
So that's my two cents and all ican say is let's be
patient,wait and see.
--- radiocomixcog <radiocomixcog_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I just answered this over on our forum and thought I
> might as
> well copy and paste the answer over here again.
>
> But first- the Skunkworks graphic novel is NOT sold
> out. In fact,
> during inventory we found MORE boxes of it in the
> storage. No
> danger of it selling out any time soon, sadly. (We
> like it when
> things sell out, that means they've finally made
> back their printing
> costs!)
>
> Anyway, here's the copied message:
> "This isn't appropriate for public consumption, as
> it involves
> personal and private business information that no
> company
> discusses. Jim actually knows the reasons why the
> payments
> are late- they are the same reasons everyone is paid
> late.
>
> But, even though it's private and even though I have
> explained
> this MULTIPLE TIMES on Jim's Yahoo group, here it is
> again.
>
> We LOST MONEY making the Skunkworks: Reflections
> book. To
> the tune of a couple thousand dollars. Guess how
> much it cost
> to print that book? Close to $3 grand. The
> distributor orders for
> the book only brought in about $1 grand- comic
> retailers simply
> had no idea who Jim was, and so the book sold very
> poorly to
> local comic shops, where we make the bulk of our
> money from.
> Jim always knew from the get-go on that book that
> once the book
> made back its printing cost, all the money left over
> would go to
> him. The book is *just now* starting to break even.
> Thus, once it
> finally does, Jim will get paid whatever is left
> over the printing
> cost.
>
> Regarding the other comics, Jim is in the same boat
> as all our
> freelancers- basically, the same deal as above. A
> comic has to
> make back its printing costs (which are paid to the
> printers up
> front), before any royalties are generated or able
> to be paid. This
> is standard operating procedure in ALL publishing
> industries.
> Jim will get paid, just as everyone here will get
> paid. It just takes
> a really long time these days, as the comic industry
> has been in
> decline since 2002, and the salad days of making a
> book's cost
> back immediately have gone the way of the dodo. Now,
> we have
> to take a much more long-term view of things, and
> every sale at a
> convention or online is precious, as every single
> sale brings us
> that much closer to making a book profitable. Comics
> cost
> money to make- and we work other jobs to make that
> money to
> bring those comics out. No one is getting rich here
> at Radio
> Comix.
>
> I also find it disheartening that even though I have
> discussed all
> of this with Jim at length, he still feels the need
> to send fans over
> here to badger us about it on his behalf. Much as I
> would like to, I
> can't pay Jim money that hasn't accrued yet. (And
> for the final
> record, the total we owe him is only a few hundred
> dollars. Like I
> said before, no one is ever going to get rich in
> comics. Not even
> us publishers...)"
>
> To be totally honest, that Reflections book almost
> caused
> serious, permanent repurcussions here at Radio due
> the
> amount it cost to print. Other books had to be
> cancelled because
> the shock of losing that large an amount of money in
> one chunk
> screwed things up for years here. If I'd known, we
> would have
> changed how the book was done. Hindsight is always
> 20/20 and
> it's too late to go back and change things now
> though.
>
> Anyway, I've got to get to work. Yes, at a day job,
> just like 90% of
> the other people I know in the comics industry.
>
> --Elin
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Received on Fri Jan 28 2005 - 21:57:39 CST