Tuesday, March 16, 2010

...followed by a long period of silence.

Hey IITS Readers,

Sorry for the lack of news or updates...there was just nothing new to report. However, we're going to be at WonderCon between April 2nd - 4th and the Moscone Center in San Francisco and we'll have some new stuff for Islands in the Sky but as I said before, no new book. Sorry. =(

Genevieve and I discussed the project at length and I think the problem we have is trying to constantly do something new for each show we attend but never having enough time to do it. WonderCon in March/April, Fanime in May, Comic-Con in July, APE in October...it's just too much. This year, we didn't make the cut for Comic-Con so while we're still attending the other shows, we're going to try to use most of our IITS work time to work on better developing our comic...which is the most important thing overall. This means that we might not have anything new for the book for a year or more but the pressure of trying to develop something new for each show and our own personal lives is too much.

Islands in the Sky is an ongoing project for us and we're still dedicated to working on it but the realities of day jobs and personal life just make it very hard. We hope that our fans will still come to see us at the shows we do attend and whenever we have something new, we'll definitely share it with you all here. Thanks to everyone for being so patient while waiting for a new comic from us.

- Joseph

5 comments:

  1. I can wait however long it takes! I suppose I have limitless patience with this comic :P
    I do plan on attending Wondercon the 3rd though! Should be plenty fun! Any more new items for sale? :o

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  2. Heya Chris!

    Thanks for your patience and encouragement. It means a lot to us. =)

    We will have a couple of new things for new and old fans alike. They're still in the works but I think they'll turn out pretty neat.

    Thanks again, Chris.

    - Joseph

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  3. Sad to hear that you didn't make the cut for Comic-Con, it's the only one I attend. ;_;

    I look forward to seeing these new things you're working on whenever they are finished. ^_^

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  4. Sorry, Zac. Yeah, there are a lot of factors that go into getting a table for Comic-Con. You have to expect that at least 25%-33% of their tables for Small Press are "grandfathered" in...basically people who have been every year since forever. Technically, we were rejected last year too...but we got in on a cancellation from someone else. In that case, maybe we just barely didn't make the cut? This year, you had to register before the previous year was even over...and we had nothing new to show since it was only a few months after the show. /shrug

    We don't feel we have to gauge our success on just Comic-Con though...we just hope that whenever we do put out new material, that we're proud of it and we don't care which show we bring it to...as long as our readers enjoy it. =)

    - Joseph

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  5. Well I'm glad that you got a table for Comic-Con last year, seeing as that was how I was introduced to, and became a fan of, both of you.

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