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Hey again, like I said in my previous message, I have no idea why I didn't plug these before, but I thought 2000 AD readers might like to see this interview I did last month with Dan Abnett.

Subject covered include how he started out at 2000 AD, why he will never leave for th US market, Sinister Dexter, Kingdom, Insurrection, his exclusive Marvel contract, and his upcoming prose novels.

Hope you like it!

http://www.hypergeek.ca/2009/07/thrill-power-thursday-an-exclusive-interview-with-script-droid-dan-abnett.html

I have no idea why I didn't plug this on the board before, but here is a link to an interview I recently did with the great Frazer Irving, international comic superstar

Not much 2000 AD stuff is covered, but we talk about Gutsville quite a bit, and Frazer reveals the circumstances that put the comic in development limbo. We also talk about his (then) recently finished arc on Azrael for DC, Days Missing, and his upcoming Batman & Robin run (his lips are tight).

Hope you enjoy!

http://www.hypergeek.ca/2009/08/droid-interrogation-an-exclusive-interview-with-frazer-irving-on-gutsville-batman-robin-days-missing-and-more.html

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No offense to the people at clickwheel, but I could count the amount of people who know about their service with one hand, and I am missing a finger (kidding!)

I don't know if you are familiar with this yet, but the incredibly popular ComiXology website have launched an iPhone comics app (iTunes link) that has already become insanely popular in very little time.

This is the list of comics on the phone so far: Clicky. As you can see they've started out with smaller titles like Rob Williams' Cla$$Wars, Richard Starking's Elephant Men, Tony Lee's Midnight Kiss, Atomic Robo etc.

These are all comic that appear on Clickwheel already, but no body bothers with. I have heard very good reports from people who have put their comics on the app and say that they have found a whole new market that they did not have through the Local Comic Store market. I have also heard that putting your titles on more than one digital distribution system is not a problem... unless you have some specially deal with Clickwheel.

I was talking to the comiXology guys on Twitter the other day and told them that a really good comic to put on their app would be 2000 AD, they told me that they would LOVE to have the comic on their, but the website was down so they couldn't find a way to contact Rebellion. They did a tweet asking who would like to see it on the app, and were flooded with responses and retweets saying that they would love to see it, many by people in the US who had no idea how to get 2000 AD, but would love to.

I would seriously recommend discussing it with the comiXology people. It would be an incredible smart marketing move on your behalf.

Also, for the regular computer screen. You may have talked to Rantz Hoseley about the Longbox project. I really hope you did, because that programme is going to destroy everything else!

This is totally weird. I live in Canada, therefore we are normally about 3 months behind on the extreme editions and trades, because that is how Diamond distribute them.

A few months ago I put in an order for X21 with my local store, but last week when I picked up my weekly order they had X23 there. Now I am pretty sure this hasn't even been released in the UK yet, let alone Canada.

I wonder how I ended up with a magazine 4 months behind the Canadian shipping date.

Good stuff though, but I doubt I will get my copy of X21 and X22 now, which is kinda sad :(