[Groop] Fw: Sergio's stuff.....

C Haxton Promethea at kc.rr.com
Fri Jul 11 01:33:00 PDT 2003


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "phil yeh" <philyeh at gte.net>
To: "Promethea" <promethea at kc.rr.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: Sergio's stuff.....


>
> Dear Chris:
>
> Just wanted to drop you a line that Sergio makes an appearance in Patrick
> Rabbit #12 which has just come out.  Please mention this to any other fans
> that you may be in contact with.  This new bilingual adventure in English
> and Spanish will continue for the next year or so and Sergio will be in
this
> series many times to come......
>
> Thanks again for the past support.
>
> All our books can be ordered on the http://www.ideaship.com website.
>
> Phil
>
>
>
> on 1/14/02 1:47 PM, Promethea at promethea at kc.rr.com wrote:
>
> > <x-charset iso-8859-1>Hi Phil -
> >
> >
> > Thanks again for the fast reply - we seem to be having technical
> > difficulties with email delivery to gte.net.  My computer is stiff
giving me
> > its X-mas present - a fan failure and now squirrelly behavior -
apparently
> > the effects of inadequate cooling..  it's been essentially down the past
ten
> > days or so.
> >
> > I live in Parkville, MO - just barely north of Kansas City, MO.
> >
> > Everything sounds fair enough.  I assume, however, that my delay in
replying
> > also means I have probably missed some of the available issues ... what
is
> > available, and at what rate[s] - please recall I am after full sets of
> > Winged tiger [or at least one set, and extra #s 2 and 7], Frank on the
farm
> > and  Penguin and pencilguin #3.
> >
> > warmest regards,
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Phil yeh" <philyeh at gte.net>
> > To: "Promethea" <promethea at kc.rr.com>
> > Cc: <philyeh at gte.net>
> > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 9:03 PM
> > Subject: Re: Re:Sergio's stuff.....
> >
> >
> >> Dear Chris:
> >>
> >> Thanks for the follow through regarding your daughter's school.
> >> Where in the country are you located?  This will definitely help me
> >> out in terms of planning our 2002 tour.
> >>
> >> As for the web site - unfortunately, Ana Holzbach does this on a
> >> volunteer basis and we love her for it but she has not been able to
> >> update the book section in months in terms of what books have sold
> >> out and also  regarding credit card orders etc. -- she is off to
> >> Portugal (where she is from) for the Holidays and we hope to have the
> >> thing running very smoothly in 2002.
> >>
> >> Truly, we just ran out of issue #7 --- it was a special issue and 48
> >> pages to boot...
> >>
> >> If you want 5 complete sets of the series so far (#11 is out in
> >> March) --- that would be issue #2-10--- we have listed them in our
> >> comics for $4 each postage paid and $12 for 4 issues---- I would sell
> >> you the entire set (9 books) for $27.00 per set if you want to buy 5
> >> sets -- round that off to $25 per set including the last 5 Sergio
> >> issues.... I am scrambling here to just find the five copies... my
> >> sons are requested to always save back 100 copies of each title (we
> >> print 10,000 of each book) and in the case of issue #7, they just
> >> filled orders as they came in before we noticed that they were almost
> >> all gone!
> >>
> >> Like I said earlier - we are going to reprint the collected books in
> >> 2002 - hopefully by the summer in 2 trades.....
> >>
> >> So for $25 per set x 5 sets = $125
> >>
> >> I will also throw in five copies of Frank on the Farm for free if you
> >> want 5 sets of the comics.
> >>
> >> As for Penguin and Pencilguin #3 -- it's still $5 per copy.
> >>
> >> That's the best offer that I can make to bring the price down for
> >> multiple sets.
> >>
> >> If you find that you only want 1 or 2 sets of all the issues of the
> >> ideaship series #2-10 ---
> >>
> >> we could make it $4 each (including #7) or $36.00
> >>
> >> Those prices will include the shipping --- if you live in Ca., please
> >> add 7.75 sales tax. on the total.
> >>
> >> I am trying my best to work with you here -- I too am not weathly
> >> (understatement of the century) and we are just trying to cover our
> >> costs!
> >>
> >> All of this is for shipping in the USA of course, I am assuming that
> >> you live in America.  Thanks again for the interest in our books.
> >> Send along a street address and I will fire off a sample school
> >> packet either to you directly or to your school principal -- I just
> >> taught an art class to first graders today and then an after school
> >> progam to kids 5 through 10... I have been speaking to kids of all
> >> ages for the last 16 years and our program has been very successful.
> >> We distribute our comics through the schools -- that is the reason
> >> that every single issue sells 95% of the press run in the first 3-6
> >> months after we publish it--- we do not sell through the comics shops
> >> - Diamond distributors refuses to carry our books even though we pack
> >> them with some of the best guest artists in the world... they are
> >> non-violent and have substance and Diamond just doesn't believe that
> >> they would sell in the comics shops.
> >>
> >> It's been an interesting past decade as we have watched the comic
> >> book industry slide into serious trouble all the while refusing to
> >> even carry our comics.
> >>
> >> Like I said, we don't concern ourselves over this-- we just do things
> >> ourselves and have for almost 32 years since I began this company at
> >> the age of 16 in 1970.
> >>
> >> Take care and have a great holiday!
> >>
> >> Phil
> >>
> >>
> >>> this has bounced twice. ...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Promethea" <promethea at kc.rr.com>
> >>> To: "phil yeh" <philyeh at gte.net>
> >>> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 1:08 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: Re:Sergio's stuff.....
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Dear Phil
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for the swift reply; it was as fast and complete as I could
> > have
> >>>> hoped for.  My oldest child just started kindergarten, and I'll
> > approach
> >>> the
> >>>> principal about sponsoring a visit.  They are a great public school -
> > this
> >>>> may just the kind of program they would be interested in.
> >>>>
> >>>> About the books, I have several Sergio-fan friends who don't even
know
> >>> about
> >>>> this one yet - as I wrote, I was checking on these items.  I'm
> > thinking it
> >>>> would make a nice surprise...
> >>>> First, I'll ask you to set aside the #7's you have ... I think I will
> > need
> >>>> four at least.   It's not totally clear from your message whether you
> > are
> >>>> selling them for $4 or $10, or they are selling elsewhere for $10
> > [like
> >>>> ebay, etc.]. #7 is listed on the site at $4, even as I write this.
> > and at
> >>>> the risk of being obnoxious, I'll point out that it's a precarious
> > legal
> >>>> idea to offer items at one price, but actually ask for a higher
price.
> >>> That
> >>>> sounded far more obnoxious than I meant it to be, because I can
> > understand
> >>>> that the site might not be updated frequently, and that this may be a
> >>> simple
> >>>> oversight.  I wish I were independently wealthy, but Ed McMahon is
> > long
> >>>> overdue with my check ...
> >>>>
> >>>> I wanted at least one #2, so if the #7 are indeed $10, I suppose I'd
> > need
> >>>> five of the #2-8 sets mentioned -- unless that offer is also in
error.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'd definitely like a copy of the Penguin & Pencilguin comics [with
> >>> Sergio]
> >>>> and Frank on the Farm TPB for another $11 postage paid.
> >>>>
> >>>> I guess I need some clarification to get a total, and decide what to
> >>> order.
> >>>>
> >>>> As soon as we get it settled, I'll get payment out however you
prefer.
> >>> Just
> >>>> FYI, there are probably a dozen services now that allow you to take
> > credit
> >>>> cards.  Yahoo's was free until this week I think, but most take the
> >>> standard
> >>>> processing cut of 2-4%.  Paypal is probably the leader in the field.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any leads you can offer on the "Uncle Jam" title would also be
> >>> appreciated.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks again,
> >>>> Chris
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "phil yeh" <philyeh at gte.net>
> >>>> To: "chris" <promethea at kc.rr.com>
> >>>> Cc: <laceprincess at mac.com>
> >>>> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 11:17 AM
> >>>> Subject: Re:Sergio's stuff.....
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Dear Chris:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sergio appears in the second issue of the Winged Tiger ideaship
> >>>>> series and also on the cover and inside of issue #7 (we have less
> >>>>> than 5 issues of #7 left!)-----  Single issues of the Winged Tiger
> >>>>> series are $4 each postage paid in the USA and #7 is going for $10
> >>>>> each postage paid (as soon as those five are gone - they are
> >>>>> gone!)----  Sergio was also a guest in one of the Penguin &
> >>>>> Pencilguin comics from years ago... and those issues are $5 postage
> >>>>> paid.  Lastly, he drew this wonderful introduction to Frank on the
> >>>>> Farm - a trade paperback that sells for $6.00 postage paid.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We have talked for years about actually teaming up and doing a story
> >>>>> - maybe that will happen someday - Sergio loves the Winged Tiger
> >>>>> character and has been my mentor since I was a teenager and just
> >>>>> starting my publisbing company---that was 32 years ago in 2002!!!!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We will reprint the entire 11 issues (WT #2-12) of the Ideaship
> >>>>> series into two collected trade paperbacks in 2002 (probably the
> >>>>> summer)----more information will be posted on the site.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Lieve and Ana who handle the web site hope to have some way to take
> >>>>> credit cards on the site and to post all my books and products...
> >>>>> it's been a long time in coming!  We are a small grassroots
> >>>>> organization and we have to depend on the good graces of a largely
> >>>>> volunteer staff to make this all work.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I am actually off the road for a few weeks and working hard on a new
> >>>>> book called The Winged Tiger & The Dragons of Hawaii with Jon
> >>>>> Murakami (cover is on the site) and the 11th issue of The Winged
> >>>>> Tiger comic.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If you know of any teachers/librarians and bookstore owners (or just
> >>>>> rich folks) who might want to have us come to your community to
> > paint
> >>>>> a mural or speak to local students - please send us the contacts and
> >>>>> we will take it from there!  We have found that this is the very
> > best
> >>>>> way to make these events happen.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I am planning a worldwide tour for 2002 with the majority of the USA
> >>>>> in the first 5 months and then we are off to the rest of the world.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks again for the email.  Always great to meet another Sergio fan
> >>>>> - he has many!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Phil
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Send checks or money orders to:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Cartoonists Across America
> >>>>> PO Box 670, Lompoc, CA. 93438
> >>>>>
> >>>>> (805) 735-5134  FAX (805) 735-7541
> >>>>> my own email is -- philyeh at gte.net or you can get me through the
> > site:
> >>>>> http://www.ideaship.com
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Dear Mr. Yeh:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I don't know if there is someone else to whom this should have been
> >>>>>> addressed, and i suspect that you just might not be so involved in
> >>>>>> distribution-type questions, but yours is the best email address
> > that I
> >>>>>> could find, so here goes:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I'm a new, and still quite fanatical, Sergio Aragones collector,
> > now
> >>>>>> working on locating his more obscure stuff..  I can't even recall
> >>>>>> exactly how, but I learned he did work on one of the Winged Tiger
> >>> series
> >>>>>> [from the art on the site, it looks like #7].  Did he work on other
> >>>>>> issues or other titles/books? My information has him doing work on
> >>>>>> issues of "Uncle Jam" and a "Frank the Unicorn" [on the farm?]
> > book.  I
> >>>>>> would like to inquire about obtaining copies of these and anything
> > else
> >>>>>> he did work on, or if not available, etc. any more details or
> >>>>>> information you can supply would be greatly appreciated.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thank you in advance for your help,
> >>>>>> Chris Haxton
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >
> >
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