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From: Sam Uzi <[e-mail]>
Subject: (cbiz) COMIX update (#1)
Date: 05 Jun 1998 01:01:51 -0700 (PDT)


greetings, everyone on my extended spamm list

update:

    SAM UZI COMIX now has 9 complete comix strips, including the three
original Sam Uzi stories!

http://kcd.com/samuzi/comix


...now get back to work




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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (cbiz) COMICS ART EXHIBIT
Date: 24 Jun 1998 14:15:56 -0500


     I am organizing a Comics Art Exhibit. I hope to open it at The
ArtCentre of Plano. If the ArtCentre does schedule the exhibit it will
probably be in Summer 1999.
     The ArtCentre Of Plano's mission is to encourage, promote
& support the arts & arts education.
     My mission in organizing this exhibit is the above & to give more
exposure to comics artists, to advance comics as a powerful, accessible
medium of literature & to inspire in people the idea that
comics are valid art, just as any other type or medium of art.
    If you'd like to submit one or more works for the exhibit, send a
35mm slide for each one. Write TF on the top front on each
slide, the title of the artwork on the front, with your name & the size
of the piece on the back. If you'd like your art offered for sale, write

FS & the price on each appropriate slide. (20% of selling price will go
to The ArtCentre Of Plano.) Mail to  RJ Camelot  / PO Bx 860276  /
Plano   TX   75086. Write CAE in big letters on the envelope or package.

Be certain to include a self addressed stamped envelope & a letter with
your return address, any other contact info, anything we should know
about you or the artwork you submit & a list of the slides enclosed.
     There are no entry fees. DO NOT send anything you want returned,
until you are informed that your work has been selected for the exhibit.

Shipping & shipping insurance are the responsibility of the artist. If
your work is selected for the exhibit, you will receive shipping
instructions.
     Artists & other interested parties may contact me at
[e-mail]
or  972-398-8622
or  PO Bx 860276   Plano   Texas   75086.

                 RJ Camelot           COMICS ART EXHIBIT

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From: "Donald D. Markstein" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (cbiz) Comics in Libraries
Date: 24 Jun 1998 17:07:20 -0400


TO EVERYBODY HERE WHO HAS ONE OR MORE GRAPHIC NOVELS IN PRINT --

I've been working on a project for about three or four months, aimed at
getting graphic novels  into libraries. I'll be the editor of the magazin=
e,
and probably the main reviewer at least at first. I'm hoping to have the
first issue out in just a few weeks.

This springs from a local retailer's attempts over the past year or so to=

sell graphic novels to libraries. The one stumbling block he kept running=

into was "Where was it reviewed?" It seems librarians are interested in
shelving comics-related items, but don't do so because they basically don=
't
know anything about the field.

So the deal is, we're going to put out a magazine reviewing comics, aimed=

specifically at librarians -- i.e., instead of telling the reader why
they're likely to enjoy a given book, we'll tell them what type of reader=

is likely to check it out, and how it's likely to rate in the estimation =
of
that type of reader.

I do NOT think I need to tell you how this sort of thing can benefit our
industry.

YOU CAN HELP.

Send me review copies of your books. The ultimate goal is to have the
entire industry's backlist (of appropriate books -- see below) reviewed, =
so
librarians can simply look up any title and have a good idea whether or n=
ot
it's right for them. So as many books as you send, that's pretty much how=

many will be reviewed.

Books for review should meet the following criteria:

1. They must BE books -- librarians aren't likely to put 32-page pamphlet=
s
on their permanent shelves.

2. They should have ISBNs -- librarians sometimes order books that don't
have them, but it's a big help if they do.

3. They must be in print and orderable as backlist. (Obviously.)

4. They should not be the sort of thing that is likely to freak out libra=
ry
patrons. This doesn't mean they must necessarily be suitable for all ages=
,
but those that go overboard with the graphic sex and violence will do us
more harm than good. Naughty words are probably not a detriment, because
most novels these days have them. Librarians are educated people, and mos=
t
are fairly tolerant toward people's varied taste in reading matter -- but=

many of their patrons are not.

If you'd like to contribute to the success of this project -- and, to som=
e
extent, ride its coat-tails -- material can be sent to me at:

Don Markstein
P.O. Box 55148
Phoenix, AZ 85078

Thanks.

Quack, Don


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From: "Donald D. Markstein" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (cbiz) Comics / libraries project
Date: 30 Jun 1998 18:27:41 -0400


Does anybody have e-mail addresses for Jamie Riehle (Kitchen Sink) and/or=

Wendy/Richard Pini?

Quack, Don


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