Re: About the Nerd Boy book

Joaquim G�ndara wrote:
> Turns out that I can't just smack every NB strip ever into
> a book and sell it. For one, I'd rather not sell stuff with
> other people's intellectual property in it. That means that
> NB20, NB173, and (of course) the guest artist week is out.
> There's also some stuff that are just linkdumps or rants,
> so I'd rather not have NB133, NB180, NB189 and NB252 in there.
> That messes with the numbering, and I don't want numbers in
> the book anyway, so that means NB128 and NB143 don't make
> any sense. NB201 is just a stupid filler, that one is most
> definitely being left out.
> 
> NB147 would be severely out of context in a book. It's fine
> on-line after Christmas, but out of the blue in a book it's
> just meaningless.
> 
> Of course, I'd like opinions on this. If there's anything
> that you think really needs to be in the book (except the
> stuff that would basically infringe on copyright), then tell
> me.
> 
> I also want to restrict the first book to the first year,
> more or less. Otherwise there's a chance I'd just get stuck
> in all the editing and stuff and just never finish the book.
> I found that NB284 feels very much like an ending. That's
> 133 pages, plus some kind of foreword and some new story arc.
> 
> Thoughts?

If I had done Guest Art for NB, which I haven't, and it didn't get put 
in, which there is no possibility of due to former admission, because of 
copyright concerns I would be, rightly or wrongly, quite forlorn of the 
missed opportunity.

Otherwise, a big rally *ra* *ra* and tally *ho* for the book. One hopes 
none of these concerns will slow you down as the book will be great 
regardless of your choices in this regard and it sounds like you know 
what you should do already.

I published someone else's book, its a surprising amount of work.

An excited *ta* *ta*

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