Comments on: Fleen Book Corner: SMUNM

By: Fleen: Written by bitter, haggard wordbeasts » Fleen Book Corner: BLC Times Three

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:44:05 +0000

[...] As with Schlock Mercenary: Under New Management, Tayler includes all his (at times, extensive) footnotes for his delightfully thought-out futuretech, and somehow continues to print on the heaviest, glossiest color stock this side of … hell, I don’t know. What’s printed on heavy, glossy color stock besides these books? The colors pop right off the page (and your grimy little fingerprints will show up forever, so wash before you read and don’t kill anybody with one of Tayler’s books, or Gary Sinise will have you hunted down by the end of the first commercial break). [...]

By: Fleen: Written by bitter, haggard wordbeasts » SDCC Recap: Webcomics 103 Class Notes (Part Two)

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:51:02 +0000

[...] The 4.5% Solution Tayler came back to address one more aspect of the discussion at hand — how to know audience size and demographics. Answer: do a survey; when he put up his, he got about 4000 responses (which represents the most passionate readers), asking about what kind of merchandise they wanted (a book!) and how much they’d be willing to spend ($10 - $15!). “That was information I could take to the bank,” Tayler said, and he did. The survey convinced him to sink $8000 (Breeden: “More commas!”) into printing Under New Management, which has netted a handsome return . Khoo concurred on the importance of surveys, recommending SurveyMonkey.com as the tool used by Penny Arcade. Takeaway — Standing in line at the Penny Arcade booth on Preview Night, I overheard a woman ask Khoo what the female readership of the strip was. He knew the number off the top of his head: 4.5%. It is critical that you know about your readership in detail. [...]

By: Wolfger

Wolfger — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 01:48:59 +0000

There’s lots of reasons why you might want the book when the comics are available for free online (easier to get friends hooked; Howard deserves our financial support; etc.), but I think the hands-down best reason is:
It’s a real pain trying to read the online version in the bathroom.

By: Eoghan

Eoghan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:29:21 +0000

Tayler has a fantastic imagination, and has an ability to express it via the art work that he presents. All of the characters that he has drawn both online and in the book are fantastic. With the added commentary in the book, some extra points, which have otherwise gone unnoticed, have been brought to my attention, and i appreciate the depth that the SM world has to it.
While the majority of the material is accessable online, the book is more than worth a consideration, given its price, and quality.

By: Strange/David

Strange/David — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:19:35 +0000

Receiving this turned me into a big ball of happiness. I’ll freely admit that it appears to be targeted more at current Schlock fans than for hopefully-new-readers, but my friends who have heard me preach Schlock at them have seen the book, gotten interested, and started to read online… and now are quite interested in the next book.

By: Blógünder Schlock » Blog Archive » Under New Management, Fleened

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 04:40:27 +0000

[...] It was a busy weekend, and I neglected to make all my usual trawling rounds. Thus it was that this went unnoticed by me until just now. [...]

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 15:39:22 +0000

I went with the sketch edition, #246/300, and it came with a blank sheet of paper put between the sketch and back cover so it wouldn’t smudge. Total professionalism.

If all of the following Schlock books are this good Tayler’s plan on taking over the world are well on the way.