Posted: 19th April 2012 by Noel Burns in Uncategorized
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We survived C2E2 and met some great people while we were there. I expect things are going to really start hopping around here. Not like they aren’t already. I just wanted to take a moment and let you know that I am starting to get a number emails already from the show. I will be returning those in the next day or so. We are busy right now catching up on orders that sat over the weekend. All of those should be squared away by this afternoon. From there we are moving on to more orders. I promise I will take the 3 to 4 hours to get to all my emails by this weekend.

Thank you all for your interest and I look forward to working with most of you.

Noel

C2E2

Posted: 5th April 2012 by Noel Burns in Uncategorized
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Hey all, still kicking around here. I am hoping to make sure I post something everyweek after we back from C2E2.

Speaking of C2E2 we are going to be table 719 and we are going to have a couple of great creators helping us out at the event.

Rachel Deering – The Writer and Letterer for Anathema will be there all weekend. http://kck.st/H4COs1

Kari Smith – The Creator and do it all for the webcomic Plume will be there on Saturday. www.plumecomic.com

Here is a list of some of the creator’s books and prints you will be able to find from us:

Rachel Deering – Anathema

Kari Smith – Plume

ComixTribe – SCAM, The Red Ten, The Standard and Runners

Brian Buccellato – Foster

Jason Bienvenu – The Kingdom

Jamie Gamball – The Hero Code

Karl Altstaeter – Emerald City Blues

And there will be many more as we check with creators.

So Stop by Booth 719, the one across from Marvel Comics :)

Noel

 

 

We haven’t Gone Anywhere

Posted: 17th March 2012 by Noel Burns in Creator Program, Journeymen
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Hey all,

I am sorry there has been so much delay between post. There have been a number of reasons, but the one that has kept me very busy is the fact you are all talking about what a good job we are doing and new clients keep asking to work with us every week. THANK YOU for that! We haven’t really done any advertising or promotions yet. We trying to get all the processes in place we will be using to make this operation run as smoothly as we can. Still your word of mouth alone keeps bring more business our way.

A few updates on what we have going on.

1) Indie in Advance is not dead by a longshot, but we are looking to do it as a website first and catalog second. It is our belief that by putting much of this online it will help speed up ordering and accuracy for retailers. We are still looking for help with the website as we have a lot of plans that need to be put into place.

2) Journeymen The first issue of Journeymen is well underway, but due to a couple of issues with accidents, family emergencies and other events it is running behind schedule. Rather than rush to put out a product that is less than the best we can do we are delaying to make sure everything is top-notch. Now this does bring us to the future of Journeymen. This first issue has taught us a lot about what we can expect in terms of production and planning for mistakes. Because of this we are in the process of trying to determine how we move forward with future issues of Journeymen. Right now the idea with the most traction is to make Journeymen a bi-annual book rather than quarterly at least till such a time comes that we can make sure books can be done in this short of time. Expect to see more in the next week about this as we move forward.

3) Just an fyi. We will be attending Planet Comicon in Kansas this coming weekend. If you are going to be there we would love to hear about and try to make sometime to sit down with people who wish to talk with us. We are always up for talking shop.

Well I need to get back to printers and some more books out the door still yet today. I will be working to make sure the updates are happening here again on a regular schedule. There will be lots of news coming in the next few months so check back often. Thank you all for your interest and support of IC Geeks Publishing

Noel Burns

Journeymen Makes Funding

Posted: 12th January 2012 by Noel Burns in Journeymen, Kickstarter
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Our Kickstarter has made it’s goal. There are still 38 hours till the Kickstarter closes so if you wish to get your very own book and be a part of the first Journeymen. Your name in it and all. Stop by http://kck.st/rOEZXt and find your incentive. To all of those who have backed us already. Thank YOU! We have 75 backers at my last check and I am amazed by the support.

From all the creators who are working on Journeymen and myself we offer you one last time our Thanks.

Noel Burns

Well you all managed to do it. Thank  you so much for that in all we 84 backers for a total of $1717. I just can’t seem to quit saying Thank you enough. Stay tuned for more Journeymen Updates and remember Issue #2 is currently taking submissions.

Catalog Sample

Posted: 4th January 2012 by Noel Burns in Creator Program, Retailer, Submissions
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Please click the image to access our sample catalog and see what we intend to put out as new means for retailers to buy new indie books. We are proud to present Indie In Advance.

Indie In Advance Sample Catalog

Retailers who are interested to receive and hear about our new books should please email us at retailer@icgeeks.com

Creators who would like to be submit their books for our catalog can do so at creatorsubmissions@icgeeks.com please put Attention Indie In Design in the subject.

Journeymen Issue #1

Posted: 31st December 2011 by Noel Burns in Journeymen, Kickstarter
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Wow! It has been an amazing month having to go through all the great submissions that were sent in. I would like to thank everyone who did submit and even if you weren’t selected this time I hope you will consider submitting for future issues. You never know what will end up working for each issue. For example this one we were looking for certain art styles and we feel like we were able to get those with the artist chosen. That doesn’t mean other artist had bad art just different styles. That is what I hope will be one of the draws for Journeymen. Each issue and story are going to be different. Well I suppose I have been rambling enough for now. I think I can guess why you are all here. Without further ado…

The stories that were select for the first Journeymen are:

Little Sister by Don Pankievicz

Most stories start out with the question. What if…? Little Sister ask that question about childhood horrors and explores the out come of learning about things that go bump in the night.

Mascherata by Yannick Morin

Harlequin, Pulcinella, Pantalone and all the others – imagine a world where they’re not simply characters but a way of life. From the moment you’re born, it’s already determined what mask you will wear and thus what kind of person you will be. When one man is given the choice between going on with the day-to-day charade or breaking out of his chains, what will he choose? The rough freedom of the pariah of the comforts of a better cage? For you the choice might be simple but not in this world. For where this story takes you, you wear the mask, you play your role and you live the life you’ve been given. Such is the way of MASCHERATA

Steadfast in Peril by Laura Morley

When searching for heroes, one seldom starts among the ranks of the mailmen.
Jago Smith, a young widower in 1910s England, certainly didn’t join those ranks with dreams of fame and glory. But when tragedy strikes during an ocean voyage, ship’s postmaster Jago seizes his shot at heroism with the verve of the greatest adventurer. With the waters rising and his life flashing before his eyes, Jago fights to prove that a struggle without hope is not always a struggle without meaning.
Based on a true story, Steadfast in Peril features a little-known tale of quiet heroism in the face of an infamous tragedy.

Creative Teams on Each Story

LITTLE SISTER

Penciler: Reoddy Rillf

Inker: Steve Collins

Letterer: Adam Wollet

Colorist: Yurisa Duarte

MASCHERATA

Penciler: Nate Johnson

Inker: Charlie Mok

Letterer: Greg Sorkin

Colorist: Santosh Kumar Rath

Steadfast in Peril

Penciler: Gary Welsh

Inker: Kent Archer

Letterer: E.T.Dollman

Colorist: Joaquin Pereyra

Cover Artist: Walter Musonza Barna

Anthology Editor: Steven D. Forbes

I have to say I am staggered by the talent that has agreed to work with us on this first issue. This is only the start of a long hard road, but the end result will be great. For those of you have already backed our Kickstarter project thank you. For those who have been waiting to see just what it is we are bringing then now is your chance to make your decisions about supporting us. I hope you will help us out. On the Kickstarter page you will see some samples of the penciler’s work and some of Walter’s work as well. Those who back the project will be able to see pages as they progress from concept to actual pages that will be found in the comic.

This is just a reminder that Issue #2 submissions open at midnight 1/1/12 and go through 2/29/12

 

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays All.

Posted: 25th December 2011 by Noel Burns in Journeymen, Kickstarter, Submissions
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Merry Christmas and other holidays.

Now on to some business. We have managed to get over 1/3 of our funding for the Journeymen Kickstarter.

I also wanted to you everyone know that the submissions for the second Journeymen will be opening on January 1st. Please, get those stories ready and your latest art work ready to send in.

And finally, due to the holiday we will be posting Kicking it Geek Style on Monday instead.

Thank you all for the great year we have had and we will are looking forward to what 2012 brings for us.

Noel

Journeymen Update 12/18

Posted: 18th December 2011 by Noel Burns in Journeymen, Kickstarter
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Our Journeymen Kickstarter has started off well. We are now made 10% of our goal in just a few days. Thank you all, those of you who have backed us already. Now if you want to find out what is going on with Journeymen before anyone else is, than I recommend you become a backer for Journeymen. We will be posting things long before they are made public on the Kickstarter. You can find the Kickstarter here http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/225256428/journeymen-anthology-1?ref=category

Now, for those of you who were unable to get submissions sent in or maybe just want another shot at being published then you should know that we will be taking submissions for the second Journeymen on January 1st, 2012. So get those pencils warmed up and the your computers ready to go. I would love to see us double the amount of submissions for Journeymen #2.

Kicking it Geek Style Feature: FYVR

Posted: 18th December 2011 by Noel Burns in Journeymen, Kickstarter
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It is Sunday again and that means Kicking it Geek Style has been posted again. This week Thane Benson was kind enough to ask to participate in Kicking it. Found out what he had to say about Kickstarter and his project. You can find the Feature here: http://www.icgeeks.com/kickingitgeekstyle/2011/12/18/1218-feature-fyvr/

In addition for those who have backed our Journeymen #1, will be finding out just which stories are going to be used for the first Journeymen.

Journeymen Update

Posted: 16th December 2011 by Noel Burns in Journeymen, Kickstarter
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Journeymen
Morning all,

I wanted to let you all know that we have started a new Kickstarter Project to see about helping with funding for Journeymen. You can find it here. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/225256428/journeymen-anthology-1 We would be most grateful if you can become a backer, but if you can’t we understand. Still we would like your help by clicking through to view the project. We are testing a theory if we get the views if it will increase where we stand on the Kickstarter page. Please, help us spread the word with your Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and any other methods you can think of to use.

You will find a number of different incentives on the Kickstarter Page. If you can think of something that you would like to see then please let us know. We are always looking to offer what our customers are interested in. Retailers we will also be trying to offer you specials and new ways to get Journeymen in your stores. We would love to hear from you as well. Let us know what you think.  What helps an anthology sell for you? Please send suggestions to nburns@icgeeks.com

Finally, if you want to find out what stories we will be doing or see some samples of the art that will be used they will be posted to the Kickstarter first. That is going to be the place to find exclusive intel on what is happening at the ICGHQ.

Thank you All,

Noel Burns

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