Thats why we should have a little donation thing to help you pay for
the publishing costs.
Just a shot in the dark, would you consider bringing back some out of
print portfolios if that system was up?
~Mew the Skunk~
~Needs to put away $300 so he can order all of the Skunkworks
portfolio's at the same time.~
--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Take a wild, friggin guess"
<a_change_of_plans_at_...> wrote:
>
> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, Thog of Cave People <thog@>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Jan 14, 2008, at 9:02 AM, Take a wild, friggin guess wrote:
> >
> > > Ed stated he needs more folios,
> > > but I'm currently in no condition to handle the printing.
> >
> > Out of curiosity, what is involved in doing the printing?
>
> Given the nature of the subject matter, I usually try to go to the
> printers around 2 or 3am, when there's less of a chance of old ladies
> and little kids around. I usually end up hogging about 2 of the
> color copiers, and I supply my own paper. Depending on the size of
> the order, I can be there anywhere from 30 minutes to a couple
> hours. After all the printing is finished, I have to sort and
> collate all the work, then polybag them, recount the total order and
> check it with Ed's order, and finally, ship it off.
>
> But right now, I'm limited to lifting no more than 5 pounds, so
> doing a lot of printing is pretty much out of the question. It's not
> like I can have someone else do it, either (since most people work
> during the day and need their sleep at night); besides, I'm a bit
> picky about how the printing is done.
>
> Ed knows I should be able to get to the task in about a month, so
> he said he was cool with that.
>
> On a related note, I spent nearly 8 hours printing, sorting and
> collating the stuff for MFM07 (which was a fairly small convention
> and I only brought a few copies of the more reecent work); past
> conventions would sometimes set me back 3 or 4 thousand dollars for
> printing, and anywhere from 3 to 5 days for the actual printing and
> sorting. A portion of the stuff printed was Ed's, so I had to
> separate the orders and ship his stuff out before actually jumping on
> the highway to reach Memphis. I ended up dropping around $1,400.00
> for that printing bill. And people wonder why I get pissed when the
> artwork shows up online illegally scanned. Hmmm...
>
> --JMH
>
Received on Mon Jan 14 2008 - 12:03:56 CST