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August 18, 2009 7:15 pm

More answers and/or comments...

@NaveenM - I'm curious in what regard (concenring the UI).  Aside from the 'style' aspect (and sorry Josh, I grew up on Tron.  Tron is my life.  That's a joke. Really.).  I'm not asking that to be snarky at all, I'm genuinely curious.  The style/look aspects, and the "I don't want ANY UI" aspects I totally get, so when someone has concerns or issues with the UI aside from those, I'm genuinely interested in learning what they are.  We *do* try to listen here at LongBox Central...

@beatdisciple - Already happening. There are a few creators who plan on 'leading' on LongBox, and going to TPB/HC after the story is complete.  In those cases there has been a lot of discussion back n forth on page size/format/etc.

@broderboy - as Conor commented, yes, for current titles there is no 'scanning' involved, the output is direct from the digital layout files.  From a creator's POV, you can't get much more WYSIWYG (unlike print where there is a difference between what the creator sees on the screen (most of the time) and what ends up coming off the press)

and thank you to everyone for the enthusiasm and excitement.  I can't wait to get this is everyone's hands.

 

August 18, 2009 4:39 pm

@Tex it really doesn't. We don't require exclusives, and it doesn't affect any of the discussions ongoing. 

 I started writing about 5 different things after that, but it all goes into NDA-territory, and I can't do that.  So. Hard. Being. Quiet. About. Shit.

August 18, 2009 2:58 pm

Ok, I'm actually going to try and answer questions (because I'm crazy like that)

@SteenAR - Current release date is October 2009.

@Zombox - Most single issue titles will be $0.99 Publishers across the board have been fine with this.

@Jim - There is a 'no frills' option, that turns off the page animations and the UI shell so you are just seeing the pages.

Also - the UI is skinnable.

@drakedangerz - Hadn't thought about having a 'reset spoilers' option, but it'd be easy to do.  Hmmm, excuse me, gonna go talk to the programmers. BRB. Also, yes archival material will be a part of the catalogue as well as current material and there are suggested publisher guidelines for the composition/percentage of archival-to-current material released.

@thisisegan - I think Gobo covered most of them, there are a few more publisher announcements coming up in the near future.

@PraxJarvin - We're currently dealing with the content people want to read (i.e. comics that are out in print), that is created on a portrait aspect ratio as opposed to landscape.  For 'first run' content done as periodicals on LongBox, then moving to print collections, I see a high likelyhood of creating using a landscape aspect ratio, since they won't be restricted to the standard format that most retailers prefer to rack in terms of format for a monthly book.

I'll try to answer more questions later...

August 6, 2009 5:06 pm

"@UncleBob unfortunately we have to - you'd be surprised at the number of people who walk right in front of the camera - it happened once really badly during my chat with Rantz - people just don't look where they're walking at the con...so we have to block people from interrupting the shoot.  such is the challenge of SDCC"

I was kind of bummed that you guys didn't leave that in... everyone's responses to this guy obviously wandering through the shot... when he had to manuever his way around the phalanx srrounding it, was priceless.

August 5, 2009 3:33 am

But nah, let's make fun of the nay-sayers. Cause ya know...they aren't part of your success. I'm sure most people are perfectly happy with change and will ease into this new and untested world of yours. *holds ear* What's that?....Oh most people are afraid of change?....and the nay-sayers are a good portion of comic readers? Well let's not give that information to him.

I certainly was not making fun of any naysayers... I was commenting on the fact that the internet *tends* to be fill of skeptics and snarky individuals, who jump to conclusions or slam things without the benefit of facts, details, etc, and that I was happily surprised that the reaction to LongBox so far on the internet has been much more positive than what I would expect, given the normal internet modus operandi.

 

August 1, 2009 6:54 pm

Pic of Ron & some asshole during an interview...

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs191.snc1/6416_1116250543350_1139575685_30340977_3440357_n.jpg

August 1, 2009 12:55 am

(and from what I heard went down after the Longbox panel in San Diego, many retailers are plenty pissed).

?? That was just a scuffle... I mean, none of the punches actually LANDED, and...

(I'm joking, I'm joking.) I actually talked to retailers at the show and the ones that I spoke with seemed (at least to my face) eager to find a way that they and LongBox could work together.  Which is our ideal as well.

July 28, 2009 5:01 pm it'll be announced in the next couple weeks.  We were scrambling to have paperwork done by SDCC, but it just didn't happen in time.  Not spilling the beans is quite honestly killing me at this point... argh...

July 24, 2009 1:23 am

I can't comment other than to say...  Can I just say that I fucking hate keeping my mouth shut about things until the appropriate time?  Can I say that?

 

Oh, and more news incoming...

July 15, 2009 12:09 am

More information and content RE: LongBox...

A VERY extensive and detailed interview with the boys over at Comic Geek Speak went up today... Get some popcorn, a soda, and take a bathroom break because it clocks in at 2 friggin hours.

http://www.comicgeekspeak.com/episod..._speak-850.php

Enjoy!