It's been a while, so let me deliver my final report on the service and product.

 

ComixPress

My ComixPress proofs were upload on 13 April 2010. About 9 days before I needed to receive them in Monroeville. I reviewed and okayed them. I was apparently sent an invoice 3 days later on 16 April 2010 and then a follow-up invoice on 20 April 2010. I received neither. However, I did receive a notice from Jodi on 21 April 2010 asking if I received the invoices. At this point, it was too late to have the items on time for the convention, so I cancelled the order. If I use ComixPress in the future, it will be only when I'm not in a time crunch. It's really disappointing that it took almost 4 weeks for them to send invoices (that I did not receive).

 

Ka-Blam on the other hand came through and we had the books a couple days before leaving for the con. My problem with the Ka-Blam books is simple the quality and printing.

 

1) The Strathmore covers don't bend too well, so the spine is more crinkled than creased. The process of folding the cover breaks the inks, so if you have a black band running along the front and back covers (like I did on the Tiegre book), then the black ink in cracked on the spine.

 

2) I had a element on both covers that was supposed to be parallel to the bottom edge of the cover. Because of the trimming on the cover, these elements were not parallel. For the extra $2 for the cover, I expected better attention to printing.

 

 

I don't think there will be a problem selling the books that I did receive, however, I will not be ordering any more.

 

 

I just went to the comic book store for the first time in about a month. I know it's been about a month because there's a new issue of Savage Dragon in my pull box. There was also a new issue of Orc Stain. I've dropped Orc Stain singles in favor of Orc Stain collections and removed a lot of comics that I were one shots that I have already purchased.

 

With that said, here what I did buy today.

 

 

Groo: The Hogs of Horder published by Dark Horse by Sergio Aragones and Mark Evanier

 

The Stand: Soul Survivors adapted from the Stephen King novel written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa with art by Mike Perkins

 

Echo Volume 3: Collider by Terry Moore

 

Savage Dragon #162 by Erik Larsen

 

 

 

Avengers: The Children Crusade #1 written by Allan Heinberg, pencilled by Jim Cheung, inked by Mark Morales and Jim Cheung

 

 

 

Daytripper #8 by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba

 

Criminal Volume 5: The Sinners written by Ed Brubaker 

Madman Atomic Comics Volume 3: Electric Allegories by Mike Allred

 

 

 

Conan Volume 8: Black Colossus written by Timothy Truman art by Tomas Giorello and Jose Villarrubia

 

Richard Stark's Parker: The Man with the Getaway Face - A Prelude to The Outfit adapted by Darwyn Cooke.