Year 2 Sales Report

Keep track of my Year 2 sales progress here:

Event	Issue 1	Issue 2	Watermarks Sketchbook	Poster
CORE Sneak Peak! July 24, 2006	7	12	-	-
The Watcher Comics Issue 2 Premiere July 29 2006	28	10	2	-
Chicago Wizard World August 3-6 2006	109	107	22	12
Fan Expo Canada September 1-3 2006	112	149	17	34
Toronto Word on the Street September 24 2006	-	-	-	-
New York Comic-Con February 23-25 2007	-	-	-	-
Year 2 Internet Sales	1	5	-	-

Unconfirmed:
Toronto Comicon
San Diego Comic-Con International
Philadelphia Wizard World

Crozonia Issue 2 is available now!

Just got the books from the printers, and once again, they did a stellar job. Crozonia Issue 2 is now available in the online store through PayPal! You do NOT need a PayPal account to purchase books online. Just a credit card will do.

Crozonia Online Store

Sketch Card Update

The Sketch cards from Vista Print turned out great! The printing was great, and should make a nice giveaway, or a collectors piece if I sketch on the back of it. As always, here is the price breakdown:


Oversized Postcards (8.5" x5.5")
Quantity 1000 for 99.00 US
Image Upload fee 9.98
Shipping 13.03
Canadian Taxes 20.65 CAN
Total $141.45 US

I'm sure there may be better quotes available, but this price is pretty good.
Get your free sketch card at The Watcher Comics Premiere!

Crozonia Issue 2 Premieres at The Watcher Comics, July 29

The second issue of Crozonia will make it's premiere at The Watcher Comics,
during the Toronto Beaches Jazz Festival on Saturday July 29!

Jim Su, local Beach artist of Crozonia, will be doing free sketches, giving away free postcards, and autographing copies of his latest book. The Beaches Jazz Festival is one of Toronto's largest events, as over half a million visitors gather on Queen Street to enjoy great music, great food, and now great comics!

It's going to be a great event! and great for the kids!
Saturday July 29, 3-5pm, 7-9pm
The Watcher Comics, 2219 Queen St East

Ashcan Artbook

I am currently producing an ashcan Artbook that will have lots of goodies. Here's the cover. 32 pages, B&W + Colour Cover. $5

Sketch Card

I am printing oversized postcards that are 8.375" x 5.333. The back will be white with the logo and website address (www.crozonia.com). I will be marketing them as Crozonia Sketch Cards. From now on, I will only sketch exclusive on the back of these cards. They will be sold for $5 each. A pretty cool collectible!

The print run on these cards is 1000 for $110 + Shipping. If there are better deals out there, let me know! These cards will be sold for only $1 each at conventions. For special events such as Word On The Street and the Issue 2 Premiere at The Watcher Comics on July 29, they will be given away for free! More details on the Premiere soon.

Issue 2 Update

Production on Crozonia Issue 2 will wrap up in a couple of days! I will be sending the disk to the printers some time this week. For those of you interested in the printing details, H&E Copy will once again be printing the book.

The specs are:
-8pt cardstock cover
-28 page interior - 801b glossy paper
-3000 print run
$3500 CAN

I was able to get a better price than the first issue because I was a returning customer. The unit cost per book for Issue 2 was $1.33 CAN compared to $1.53 CAN for Issue 1. This is largely attributed because I reduced the number of interior pages from 32 to 28 to save $350. There's also the 1% GST cut starting July 1. Woohoo!

This should also help with mailing costs. Issue 1 (with bag, board, envelope) wieghed in at 161 g, slightly over the 150g limit for letter mail. Having 4 less pages should put it under the wieght limit, or I might have to downgrade the cover.

Matchbox Missions on sale now!

Exclusive to Toys R Us around the world!

Crozonia Sales Year 1

Toronto Comicon marks the end of Crozonia Year 1, where I debuted the first full colour issue.
Hope this sales data is usefull for other publishers. It's certainly been usefull for me.

Event	Issue 1	Issue 2 Ashcan Preview	Poster
CORE Sneak Peak! August 2 2005	25	-
Chicago Wizard World August 4-6 2005	184	-
Fan Expo Canada August 26-28 2005	195	-	22
Toronto Word on the Street September 25 2005	87	-	5
New York Comic-Con February 24-26 2006	138	35	10
Toronto Comicon April 24 2006	48	21	7

Toronto Comicon Sales

Yesterday I exhibited at the Toronto Comicon. The exhibitor room (Constitution Hall at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre) was about 1/3 the size Fan Expo (Formerly Canadian National Expo). Fortunately I benefitted from repeat customers for Crozonia having "sown the seeds" in Toronto last summer. Even though I didn't have Issue 2 ready, alot of people were quick to buy the Issue 2 Preview Ashcan. I
Hopefuly this bodes well in Chicago.


Sales:
Issue 1 - 48
Issue 2 Ashcans - 21
Posters - 7

Two Movies, and a Convention.

This weekend, Silent Hill premieres. Look for the grey child transformation. I worked on that shot. Then there's the second weekend of The Wild. And on Sunday, there's the Toronto Comicon where I will be exhibiting Crozonia. Sales data to come.

Disney's The Wild in theatres now!

This is the movie that I worked on for two and a half years! It is the largest animated production in Canadian history! Please check it out!
Official website at disney.com/thewild

Cover to Crozonia Issue 2

Coming this July!

Matchbox Package Illustrations

Some of my Matchbox illustrations from last year are finally appearing in toy stores. Eventually I will have a mini site with all the Matchbox illustrations that I'm allowed to show. Here are some photos:

Production Page

I have posted a production page to track the progress of Crozonia Issue 2. There's only 4 months left to finish up Issue 2, send it to the printers in time for Chicago Wizard World in the beginning of August. Production Page

New York Comic-Con Report

This is the first time my wife, Kijin and I have been to New York. We absolutely loved it! Saw an off Broadway musical called the Altar Boys. Brilliant and halarious. I highly recommend it. Went to Korea Town often and had some great meals there.
As for my overall impressions of New York Comic-Con, I can say it was well run and the organizers at Reed Expo did all they can to make it successfull. In fact, a little TOO successfull. There was overcrowding on Saturday, so people were turned down admission to the show. Even though the show was busy, I found that my sales were down from Toronto and Chicago. This was probably due to a variety of factors. First, I shared a table with another artist. So instead of a 6' table, I was only working with a 3' table. And I had nowhere to put my banner other than behind my seat. That was unfortunate because many people passed by the table, and I had to work hard to get people's attention. By the end of Saturday, I was exhuasted. The second factor is the limited time. I had do leave three hours early on Sunday to catch my flight, so that cut into the sales as well.
Issue 1 @ $3.00 : 138 sold
Issue 2 Ashcan @ $2.00 : 35 sold
Posters @ $10.00 : 10 sold

Eventually I'll add a chart to my website for aspiring publishers to compare sales. Hopefully it will be valuable information for them.

Ready for New York Comic-Con

This week was really busy! Over at Core DP, I am working on two movies, Silent Hill and Firehouse Dog. Then I had a last minute Mattel freelance project that I couldn't turn down. But I still managed to get the Issue 2 Preview printed yesterday, and boy does it look good! It will be onsale for only $2. Comes with an 11 page preview, and some pinups and sketches. The full colour version of Crozonia Issue 2 will debut in Chicago Wizard World.
If there are some books left over from New York, I will make them available at the online store.

New York or Bust!

Oh yeah! New York Comic-Con is only a few weeks away (Feb 24-26). There will be an exclusive ashcan printed just for this show. The cover may be in colour, still crunching down prices.

Some great Comic Book Stores!

Here are some of the comic book stores that picked up some issues of Crozonia #1. I'm greatfull for their support, especially since Crozonia isn't being distributed yet. Eventually, I will publish the retailer list in upcoming issues of Crozonia. Hopefully that list will grow.

Uncanny Comics - 227a First Street South, Kenora, Ontario
Silver Snail - 367 Queen St. W., Toronto
The Beguiling - 601 Markham St., Toronto, Ontario
Comics & More - 1325 Danforth Ave, Toronto, Ontario

Disney's The Wild Trailer now online!

The Trailer is now online! Tell me what you think of it!
www.movies.com