HISTORY: ED #1
Oh my goodness, it's ED #1. This was not a Candle Light Press production, but it is the first appearance of ZOO FORCE. This one dates back to early 1997, and was the first professionally printed book we'd worked on. Back then we were 3CG. I wrote ZOO FORCE, DAN CALLAHAN AND THE SAND PIRATES, and MAJOR DANJER AND HIS PLATOON OF DOOM. Carter wrote and drew NIKKI HARRIS, CYBERMATION WITCH, and drew MAJOR DANJER. Jer drew ZOO FORCE, and a fellow named Will Beard drew DAN CALLAHAN. Will makes his living doing professional cariacatures on the state fair/shopping mall circuit now, so we seem him infrequently.
We were all set to go monthly with this 48-page anthology, but a fellow named Marcos Guerra changed all that. He'd picked up a printing business from a friend and found himself spending more time cashing checks for front money than actually printing. ED #1 was printed by an outfit named Domino Printing, but scheduling didn't work out for issue #2. We went with Marcos and it all went blooey. Want a reason we're quite happy with print-on-demand? Try never having to deal with people like Guerra again.
The ED book was to be a rotating set of four story slots, sometimes filled with regular cliffhangers, sometimes with one shots. We had three issues in the can and half of the fourth when we saw that we couldn't continue with it. We still have a box of these around, and have found them in the occasional quarter bin. Mile High Comics claims it's worth 6 bucks in mint.
The name for the book came from a stash of shirts that my friend Brian inherited at work. Apparently there was a guy named Ed there who ordered a bunch of new workshirts and then quit or retired before taking delivery. They were standard light blue workshirts with a patch that said Ed in cursive. Each of us wore one over whatever else we were wearing at the con. It had a nice effect.
What we learned on ED:
1) Monthly anthologies are a bear.
2) Police can be very helpful with printers who won't pick up the phone after they're paid.
3) We can come up with more ED puns than you could possible believe.
--John
We were all set to go monthly with this 48-page anthology, but a fellow named Marcos Guerra changed all that. He'd picked up a printing business from a friend and found himself spending more time cashing checks for front money than actually printing. ED #1 was printed by an outfit named Domino Printing, but scheduling didn't work out for issue #2. We went with Marcos and it all went blooey. Want a reason we're quite happy with print-on-demand? Try never having to deal with people like Guerra again.The ED book was to be a rotating set of four story slots, sometimes filled with regular cliffhangers, sometimes with one shots. We had three issues in the can and half of the fourth when we saw that we couldn't continue with it. We still have a box of these around, and have found them in the occasional quarter bin. Mile High Comics claims it's worth 6 bucks in mint.
The name for the book came from a stash of shirts that my friend Brian inherited at work. Apparently there was a guy named Ed there who ordered a bunch of new workshirts and then quit or retired before taking delivery. They were standard light blue workshirts with a patch that said Ed in cursive. Each of us wore one over whatever else we were wearing at the con. It had a nice effect.
What we learned on ED:
1) Monthly anthologies are a bear.
2) Police can be very helpful with printers who won't pick up the phone after they're paid.
3) We can come up with more ED puns than you could possible believe.
--John
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