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| Posted on 3/14/2008 4:45:34 PM |
|  | | Guess what happens in 5 little days, y'all? (I am counting as of tomorrow morning.)
DARK IVORY #1 WILL EXIST AS A COMIC BOOK. That you can like, buy. I'm still trying to wrap my head around that. I'll be holding its smooth glossy pages in my sweaty girl geek hands.
We've been talking about it for soooo long. It's just weird.
- and just WAIT 'til you guys see #2..ai yi yi.
-- Ms. Eva
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/14/2008 9:32:41 PM |
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Cool. Can't wait to get my copy.
And yes, this has been a long time coming. Congratulations on a dream come true.
She never knew beauty in red hair, freckles,
and eyes that mirror the color of mourning,
until she found herself reflecting in the tears of Dawn.
~Poppy~
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/14/2008 10:14:45 PM |
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| | | When will the ltd. edition be available @ L.D.C. ?
Life is not all lovely thorns and singing vultures, you know................Morticia Addams
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/15/2008 2:42:26 AM |
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| | | Congrats to the realisation of a dream Eva, I have already secured my copy.
Courage isn't the absence of fear,
it's the presence of fear with the will to go on.
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/15/2008 8:39:17 AM |
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 | | Vorzheva |  | | Posts: 240 |
| | | Congratulations Eva, I can't wait to get my copy!
The moon of the night
enlighting our thoughts
it's silver beauty
slicing down at our hearts
~ me 1990
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/15/2008 3:45:41 PM |
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 | | pooh | | | Posts: 38 |
| | | Congrats Eva! I'm sooo! excited to get a copy in only a few days!
steven finley
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/15/2008 4:21:08 PM |
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 | | smitty_hts | | | Posts: 31 |
| | | Congrats and Good Luck Eva. I hope she does really well. It sounds like she's a real labor of love. I have been waiting since I bought Dark Ivory 0. I can't wait.
On another subject. The Dark Ivory Spikes COJ I bought is incredible. It looks even better in person. I just need the Dark Ivory statue now to go with it.
If you could see the future, but couldn't do anything to change it. Would you still want to know?
Harry Dresden
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/15/2008 6:29:24 PM |
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| | | *frantically searches for an online comic shop that takes money orders.*
The Golden Rule is "Do Unto Others As You Would Have Others Do Unto You" -- which works pretty well for everyone but masochists.
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/15/2008 8:29:25 PM |
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| | | Mere days away from a new beginning. I am pretty geeked.
It has felt really good doing some comics again. I have 10 million stories that I wanna tell, and I have got to get them out there somehow.
And it has been great working with Ms. Hopkins :)
JML
"He who hesitates is lost."
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/16/2008 8:53:46 PM |
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/17/2008 12:08:15 AM |
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| | | It would be cool to see what other stories are simmering in that head of yours...
All things in time...
Obsidian Stone, anyone?
Yeah, it takes me a long time to get to stuff. But it eventually DOES come out! I could name 2 dozen dream projects from my fellow professionals which i am certain won't be hitting the shelves anytime soon. I rub elbows with these guys, and everyone has some dream project that they are gonna get to "once they find the time..."
Simple truth -- you need to bite the bullet and MAKE THE TIME.
2008 is the year of Dark Ivory.
2009 is Dawn's 20th. So we'll see some Dawn stuff.
2010...
Only Arthur Clark knows about that one.
JML
"He who hesitates is lost."
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/18/2008 12:40:50 PM |
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| Razor5 | | | Posts: 328 |
| | | Obsidian Stone and more Esque would be cool. 
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/19/2008 9:29:15 AM |
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| | | Hi everybody,
DARK IVORY is in comic book shops TODAY. Right now. Why are you still sitting here reading this, when you should be trotting off to the store to pick yours up? Just look for this HOT cover:
Thanks for your support in the years - YEARS - it took to see things happen. I know I've been blabbing about it pretty much non-stop, & I think it's great that so many of you are interested.
I hope you like reading it almost as much as I enjoyed helping create it.
OK, back to work on DI 2. & @ 11 am, I am off to my local comic book store. I will be catching up on many Emails I owe people later this week.
I hope to see many of you soon, at all the conventions Joe & I will be doing!
Cheers,
Ms. Eva
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/19/2008 11:11:26 AM |
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| ErikB1082 | | | Posts: 37 |
| | | our diamond shipment will be in within the hour and the first thing i plan on doing is reading Dark Ivory :) One of the many joys of working behind the counter, lol. I get to read all the great stories hours before everyone else.
We open at 1PM (small town means fewer hours open) but I know that all five copies that we ordered should sell by tomorrow night without a problem.
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/19/2008 12:09:24 PM |
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 | | Solstrom | | | Posts: 124 |
| | | Eva,
Again congrats to you and Joe on what is clearly a passion project. There is a unique satisfaction at seeing a long-gestating dream come true. So enjoy the day!
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/19/2008 5:03:47 PM |
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| lseter | | | Posts: 509 |
| | | Loved it! Grabbed mine almost right out of the shipping box today- beautiful cover and a nice big book. I like the story so far and I'm most happy about amount of dialogue to artwork, a perfect combination. It's great to have an entire Linsner book again with a new character and now with Eva's personal touch as well. Can't wait for the next installment! Good job people!
"Darker, David, Darker!"- I know.
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/19/2008 7:24:45 PM |
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| | | I hope this means that the Aussie book stores will also have them in today (or will we be made to wait a little longer?) Either way, can't wait, and congrats again!
Courage isn't the absence of fear,
it's the presence of fear with the will to go on.
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/20/2008 4:57:29 PM |
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| ErikB1082 | | | Posts: 37 |
| | | our shop got 5 in and by the time i was done filling in custom orders, we had one on the shelf that a regular picked up for himself 2minitues after i opened the shop! I just had to backorder another 5 and see what happenes.
the book was great and thank you for the great read guys :)
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/20/2008 5:54:52 PM |
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 | | jen7nikole | | | Posts: 584 |
| | | you shoulda seen me when i entered the comic store. i looked like a mad-woman- big eyes and hands out and ready to grab that first issue. and i read it as soon as i got back home. IT WAS FANTASTIC! can't wait for the next one. congrats Joe and Eva!!!
You get what everyone else gets- you get a lifetime
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/20/2008 7:52:16 PM |
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 | | tomkjr | | | Posts: 929 |
| | | Like we didn't know this would happen?? Dark Ivory stuff always flew off the shelf, even before this release! I think now DI will move even faster...way ta go guys!!! All the hard work and long hours for Joe & Eva. You guys deserve it all. YAHOOO!
~Tom
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/20/2008 11:56:34 PM |
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| | | Both my local shops were sold out day one. :( I'll get mine eventually. Congratulations to all of team Linsner. You guys are some of the hardest working folks in your industry
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/21/2008 12:01:53 AM |
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| | | you guys are starting to scare me into thinking it wont be avaliable when i finally get to my comic store. damn i wish i had a car!
The Golden Rule is "Do Unto Others As You Would Have Others Do Unto You" -- which works pretty well for everyone but masochists.
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/21/2008 12:16:49 PM |
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 | | CGaver | | | Posts: 277 |
| | | It sounds like a lot of stores under ordered on this. I know a store just outside of Columbus where I live that I know would have ordered a bit heavy on this because they have a linsner section. At least they used to, I just haven't managed to get out there yet.
I'm suprised a store would only order 2 copies. I'd have thought this would be a 10-20 copy purchase.
"Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional."
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/21/2008 12:57:33 PM |
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/21/2008 2:32:00 PM |
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| | CGaver | | | Posts: 277 |
| | | I remember that time too. I also remember having a warehouse full of Pitt #2 because it was so late when it finally shipped it was made returnable. I remember some stores would order no less than 1,000 on any early image #1. It was nuts. Valiant book orders were crazy too during that time. My logic on this one though had nothing to do with it being a #1. If I had a store I'd have ordered a little heavy because people buy books with good art and good stories and I would want at least a few to have around for back issue sales after #2 hit. If a retailer know's their customers they know who they can recommend the book to as well. I could see issue #2 having a larger print run though. Any retailer caught short on this one won't make the same mistake twice.
"Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional."
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/21/2008 7:25:56 PM |
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I will finally be going to get my copy tomorrow. I have to drive an hour to get it (hour there, hour back actually) so I had to wait until the weekend.
She never knew beauty in red hair, freckles,
and eyes that mirror the color of mourning,
until she found herself reflecting in the tears of Dawn.
~Poppy~
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/21/2008 7:39:25 PM |
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| | | would anyone with an extra copy or two be willing to trade a copy of Ivory for a drawing? lol
i dont think i'll be able to get to the comic shop any time soon.
yes? no? maybe? lol
The Golden Rule is "Do Unto Others As You Would Have Others Do Unto You" -- which works pretty well for everyone but masochists.
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/21/2008 7:43:52 PM |
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/21/2008 7:54:01 PM |
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| | | awesome! i'm sending you an email! thanks!
cant afford to pay someone to take me to the comic shop in fayetteville. we're on short time at work. so this will do perfectly. :D
The Golden Rule is "Do Unto Others As You Would Have Others Do Unto You" -- which works pretty well for everyone but masochists.
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/22/2008 12:34:32 AM |
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| | | dont forget to write me back! lol
check you spam folder if you've already checked your mail.
The Golden Rule is "Do Unto Others As You Would Have Others Do Unto You" -- which works pretty well for everyone but masochists.
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/22/2008 11:55:04 AM |
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| | | My comic store here is a big, busy shop, and they only had about 8 more copies when I picked mine up on Wednesday. I don't know how many they ordered though............
Life is not all lovely thorns and singing vultures, you know................Morticia Addams
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/22/2008 2:40:27 PM |
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| | Solstrom | | | Posts: 124 |
| | | The shop I go to had nearly 15 copies on the shelf when I went Wednesday. I went back today for something else, checked to see how many they still had, and there were just two left...
Eva and Joe, be careful, I think you just may have a hit on your hands....
Solstrom
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/22/2008 7:35:51 PM |
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 | | jwwebb | | | Posts: 808 |
| | | If a retailer know's their customers they know who they can recommend the book to as well. I could see issue #2 having a larger print run though. Any retailer caught short on this one won't make the same mistake twice.
For some of the people posting it sounds like the retailers had no idea... For the area I'm in, the ordering is more so according to that tastes of the person ordering and the obvious selling books. Anything new is secondary.
For any shop owners/workers out there not fitting in this category, notice that I said 'in my area'...
BTW, checked the book out, and I was surprised. The previews that were shown did not really convey how the book was gonna pan out. I was expecting something to actually "happen" to Ms. Fontaine in the first issue besides what does happen, but other than that I have to say it's pretty real... Dialogue includes up to date stuff that definitely adds a familiarity that makes the story more real--I've heard some of that stuff either actually said or something close. The coloring is more moody and fits each setting--like the greenish cast in the skin tones in Sampson's room. It makes the book feel more like looking at storyboards for a movie. Good job, Eva & Joe! Plus, Jeff does an excellent job with his lettering placement and stylings--I don't think I would change a thing--it just works.
Excellent work, guys!
My deviantArt page | My home page | Uncanny Inspirado
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| Re: 5..4..3..2..ONE.. 3/23/2008 8:44:04 AM |
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 | | Comicnerd | | | Posts: 316 |
| | | Well Eva, I got the book, read it, and all I gotta say it what a big steaming pile of.....awesomeness.
I really like the pace of the book so far along with the introduction of characters. You give us a little without giving it all away. The dialog between Ivory and Samson seems genuine and real, not forced or cheesy as I have seen in some other comics. The last panel was good too, not a huge cliffhanger, but enough to get me to say "ooo, who are these guys". Great job Eva, Oh, and the pictures are nice too.
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