Well, quite a bit has happened in the Hollow Earth HQ since the last preview post. Quotes from printers have been received, discarded, negotiated and re-thought. Seems most printers who are interested in doing the stapling, cutting and collating don't have a price point for black and white.
After extensive discussions on print production standards with the extremely helpful staff at
That's Bang On, I've decided that Tales of the Hollow Earth will be going colour from issue 3 onwards.
If the proofs I've spent the last few nights working on are anything to judge by, I'm going to be going to
Thought Bubble with my best work ever. If you want to see what that looks like and maybe even obtain a copy, I'll be sharing table 131 with
Britt and
Cuttlefish Comics. That's where you can find me.
I think it looks amazing and i'm really happy with it. Here's the cover:
The story continues
Astrid Moriarty's investigation into the Boltzmann's Eye manifestations and also features
Gudrun Black, who first appeared in the four page strip:
Lure as part of
Daniel Clifford's all ages anthology A4 Adventure Comics.
That story will be reprinted as a backup story in the next printing of Tales of the Hollow Earth Issue 1, which will be recoloured to fit the new format.
The back cover features a drawing of Astrid and an Angler Fish, by mister
Ian Mayor. It's great.
Anyway, here's a preview page:
See you all at
Thought Bubble, yes?
