When you read this I might be on the road or already arrived in Stoke-on-Trent—or, as organiser Andy Yates calls it, Stoke-ish—for the Commando and British Weekly Comic Swapmeet at Wolstanton Methodist Church Hall, ST5 0HS. Doors open at 10am until 3pm, but we're heading up today (Friday) to get set up. I'll report back next week... hopefully with photos and happy memories of a good day out.
There isn't much news otherwise. My printer is still causing me grief and my books, which I'd hoped to be able to sell on Saturday, still have not arrived. This is "due to increased printer workload, which has unfortunately impacted production timelines."
"Thank you for your patience and understanding." I don't think they'd be writing that if they could hear the names I have been calling them. It has been an increasing problem over the past few months. The most frustrating thing is that I'm happy with the consistency and quality of the books, but their delivery times suck and their postage costs suck.
One reason for the lack of news is that I'm writing this earlier than usual, so there's less to chat about. I've spent the week working on the Air Ace Companion and I have to admit that I'm really pleased with the way it is going. I started with what I thought was a fairly easy one, about the Spanish artist Juan Abellan. The next pages were to feature Graham Coton and then Marcello Ralli and Alan Willow, all of which use original cover art for the most part.
There are still some fun essays to do, as some of the others include F. Solano Lopez, cover artist Nino Caroselli, and the mighty Ian Kennedy. Plus the introduction, which should be fun. Then the indexes. So still lots to do.
Right, I'm off to pack some books into boxes. Hopefully I won't be bringing them back home on Saturday evening. If you live in the Midlands, come on up/down/along and I'll do you a show deal price on any of the books I can fit onto the table.
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