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EEK! It’s Sister Mary Dracula!

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Cartoonist and animator Gerry Mooney has created a very unique graphic novel about a fourth-grader named Terry Malloy who is convinced that his teacher is a vampire. He’s certain that he will be her next victim! Yikes! As if dealing with bullies and homework wasn’t enough!

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What’s also interesting about Gerry’s project is that this indy graphic novel is published and sold in chapters, and sold entirely online. Are there other comic artists out there who have tried this approach? It seems to me to be a new way to market a graphic novel.

Go get ‘em, Gerry!

  • http://lifeinaustin.blogspot.com/ xadrian

    Not exactly like it, but the web comic I’m working with is doing 6 page updates every couple weeks. It’s not a singular story like this, it’s more like a TV serial; same theme and plot, each week a different take. We’re also trying to get it to print.

    I guess my (plug) point is there are a lot of different models being worked on for web comics and self publishing. We may see more as people start trying to find new ways to deliver their product.

  • http://lifeinaustin.blogspot.com xadrian

    Not exactly like it, but the web comic I’m working with is doing 6 page updates every couple weeks. It’s not a singular story like this, it’s more like a TV serial; same theme and plot, each week a different take. We’re also trying to get it to print.

    I guess my (plug) point is there are a lot of different models being worked on for web comics and self publishing. We may see more as people start trying to find new ways to deliver their product.

  • http://www.shane.lohvoh.org/ shane

    …this indy graphic novel is published and sold in chapters, and sold entirely online. Are there other comic artists out there who have tried this approach? It seems to me to be a new way to market a graphic novel.

    As the villains say in the first Highlander film (which wasn’t bad and certainly wasn’t as heinous as everything that followed):

    MCCLOUD!

    I love the whole micro-payment system. Very cool.

    But I guess the experiment is over now:

    Note: The Right Number was originally presented in June 2003 using a micropayments system offered by a company called Bitpass, sold for 25 cents each. Since Bitpass ceased operations in January 2007, I’m offering Parts One and Two for free now.

  • http://www.shane.lohvoh.org/ shane

    …this indy graphic novel is published and sold in chapters, and sold entirely online. Are there other comic artists out there who have tried this approach? It seems to me to be a new way to market a graphic novel.

    As the villains say in the first Highlander film (which wasn’t bad and certainly wasn’t as heinous as everything that followed):

    MCCLOUD!

    I love the whole micro-payment system. Very cool.

    But I guess the experiment is over now:

    Note: The Right Number was originally presented in June 2003 using a micropayments system offered by a company called Bitpass, sold for 25 cents each. Since Bitpass ceased operations in January 2007, I’m offering Parts One and Two for free now.