TRUE FACTS
by savant on Jun.09, 2009, under Archives
TRUE FACTS was a column that ran for 22 installments in the pages of SAVANT. It was a how-to for self-publishers, written by “the Johnny Appleseed of Comics,” Larry Young. TRUE FACTS was one part instructional guide, one part motivational, and one part awesome. We were proud to give it a home, and are even prouder to think that it may help people become Self-Publishers.
To learn more about Ol’ Uncle Lar and his fine line of products, you can go here. Otherwise, we present the TRUE FACTS ARCHIVES in hopes that if you are braving the waters of Self-Publishing– and if you are, we say “Bravo!”– that you may glean wisdom and knowledge from the experiences Lar has accrued by going before you and keeping his eyes open.
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TRUE FACTS #1
The now-legendary TRUE FACTS series
begins, with Larry Young taking you on a step-by-step
journey down the path of Self-Publishing.
This week: The Zen of Comics Production.
TRUE FACTS #2
In which Lar continues to illuminate the
unwashed heathens in the ways of self-publishing.
This week: Pre-press and printing.
TRUE FACTS #3
In which Lar talks of Mountains.
And distribution.
TRUE FACTS #4
In which Larry tells us about
Branding.
TRUE FACTS #5
In which the basics of the Press Release
are explained.
TRUE FACTS #6
In which ideas on how writers may become
recognized at conventions are given away
for free.
TRUE FACTS #7
This week: who pays the bills?
TRUE FACTS #8
In which we are implored to always be the bunny.
Just read it.
TRUE FACTS #9
In which we meet the New Vanguard.
TRUE FACTS # 10
In which Lar talks to the media,
and shows you how to do the same.
TRUE FACTS #11
In which Unca Lar shows a little spine,
and tells us why AiT/PlanetLar is done with pamphlets.
TRUE FACTS #12
In which Lar opens the TF Mailbag.
TRUE FACTS #13
In which all the trouble started–
web perception versus real perception.
You are who you say you are and how you behave.
TRUE FACTS #14
In which the differences between promotion
and self-promotion is explained.
TRUE FACTS #15
In which Lar gives you the AiT/PlanetLar
Bidness Plan, for Lar is a Bidness Mofo.
TRUE FACTS #16
In which we learn that someone
has to do it.
TRUE FACTS #17
In which the true value of comics is
revealed.
TRUE FACTS #18
In which that brevity being the soul
of wit thing is reinforced.
TRUE FACTS #19, by Mimi Rosenheim
In which Mimi, who is Lar’s wife, calls Marvel
out on the carpet for bundling books and software. Jerks.
TRUE FACTS #20
In which Lar checks our homework
(in direct correllation to TF #18).
TRUE FACTS #21
In which Marvel’s lousy relations with
their customers is dealt with, and
how you can avoid similar pitfalls.
TRUE FACTS #21.5
In which Larry, waylaid by a flat tire, didn’t write
a column that week. However a link to another
column he wrote is here, which is a fine
companion to TF #21.
TRUE FACTS #22
In which Lar, realizing that SAVANT has
indeed become the bunny, decides his work here
is done.