UPDATE-
The Lone Star books on WOWIO are hitting the top ten on that site, earning a few bucks for the creators and for charity. Thanks to everybody trying a digital comic!
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I feel the need to make a tremendous apology and explain the circumstances around the release of the first Pantheon trade. The Pantheon trade has been delayed to the Spring. I took way too long in producing the color pages for the trade and blew the deadline. Rather than rush the project through the printer and risk a bad job, I have decided to wait.
By way of compensation for your patience, all of the individual Pantheon issues are available for free on Wowio. Advertisers support that small digital distribution outfit and publishers get a share of that ad revenue. Bottom Line: You get free downloadable pdfs and we get paid. Currently, we have almost thirty bits of fiction on Wowio with the rest of the Lone Star catalogue scheduled to be posted in the next few months. Books and comics include material from both Lone Star Press and Clockwork Storybook. The books free to readers include previously out of print books and comics such as…
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Banana-Tail by Mark McKenna
Heroic Tales #1- #10
Ex Parte #1 & #2
Force Seven #1- #3
Ace of Diamonds #0
SideChicks #1
Pending-
Force Seven #4
Special-
Mantlo- a Life in Comics
I got a hold of David Yurkovich and talked to him about his tribute book about the career of long time comics writer Bill Mantlo. Bill created a lot of the comics I loved in the 1970s and 1980s and eventually left comics behind to become a lawyer. One day while he was rollerblading, he was struck by a hit- and- run driver and has been left with permanent medical problems. Proceeds from the Mantlo tribute book go to defray the expenses of Bill’s long- term care. I have waived my usual setup and management costs to make sure that every dollar that comes in goes right to his brother Michael Mantlo.
And here is a bit from a press release that I cannot get run on the comic book news sites…
“Wowio is a win/ win/ win for us,” Lone Star Publisher Bill Williams said. “The fans get free books. Advertisers get eyeballs. Lone Star gets a check and the freelancers get royalty checks. There is something on the list for everyone. I think fans of Fables would be very entertained to read Down the Mysterly River by Bill Willingham. Short story fans would love the work in Beneath the Skin by Matt Sturges. And aspiring creators could do a lot worse than learning from Bill’s original scripts in the Pantheon script book.”
“Of course, comics fans get a look at the Pantheon mini-series, this time in color. While the first trade paperback was delayed, the heart of that material is available for free through Wowio. It’s a great time to be a comic book fan.”
The Complete Lone Star List-
The WOWIO Home Page
ABOUT LONE STAR PRESS:
Lone Star Press is an Austin- based independent comic book publisher celebrating ten years of making books and comics. Among the comics published by Lone Star are Bill Willingham’s PANTHEON, HEROIC TALES, EX PARTE and FORCE SEVEN. Lone Star Press produces the webcomic, SIDECHICKS which is also available on Graphic Smash.
ABOUT WOWIO LLC:
WOWIO opened shop on the Web in August 2006 dramatically expanding access to important written works by eliminating the economic, geographic, and logistical barriers of readers while also ensuring that content owners are fairly compensated.
WOWIO is one of the few sources where readers can legally download high-quality copyrighted ebooks from leading publishers for free. Readers have access to a wide range of offerings, including works of classic literature, college textbooks, comic books, and popular fiction and non-fiction titles.
WOWIO is a privately owned company with headquarters in Houston, Texas.