From: bn510@cleveland.freenet.edu (Matthew L. High)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.info
Subject: News about HEPCATS!
Date: 23 Jan 93 16:06:41 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.comics.misc
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)

[Due to circumstances beyond my control, none of the posts that I have
sent to rec.arts.comics.info ever left my site. So I am spending the day
attempting to catch up -Brian]


HEPDATE #11 - News and information about Double Diamond Press
   January 16, 1993

Here's some news from a note that Martin wrote:

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ANNOUNCING THE "COLLEGIATE HEPCATS"/"KEEP MARTIN AWAKE" TELETHON

Hi, folks!  Martin Wagner here again courtesy good old Matt High.
Old news updates first.

The Omaha/Gunther prints look as if they're actually going to exist.
They're at their THIRD silkscreen company now, who think they can hanlde
it.  Nobody down here has ever done a 19" x 28" 10-color silkscreen
poster before, and they all freak when I show it to them.  I suppose
it hasn't been a big problem for most people, since I haven't run most
charges through yet, but it's still kind of embarrassing in light of
the way I browbeat everyone into ordering one.  What comes around goes
around, I guess.

Everyone keeps asking "Is the Collegiate Hepcats out yet?  When is 
it coming out?"

Here's the deal.  Orders have been trickling in at an OK pace, but if
the book is going to make its March release WE MUST GET MORE ORDERS!

The original plan was to have it out by Christmas!  The book was first
announced in June in a limited signed and numbered offer, for the 
highly reasonable price of $16.  I figured this would net about 
300-400 orders.  It got fewer than 50.  This was phenomenally disappointing
in light of the popularity of Yo and the presumed demand for the rest
of the early stuff.

I figure there are a bunch of Hepcats fans out there who still want the 
book, but just have not gotten around to ordering it yet.  Here's your
chance.  My printer started work on the book on 1/15.  They have a six
week turnaround.  I have sent the 30% deposit BUT THEY WILL NOT RELEASE
THE BOOK UNTIL THE REST IS PAID.

All I NEED to pay the REST OF THE RUN is 300 hardcover orders!

I figure I can get this in 2 days.  Hell, if a boring old Vegas fart
like Jerry Lewis can get $45 million in 1 day, then HEPCATS can get
$7500 in 2!  Heck yeah!

So!

On the weekend of January 30-31, I will be opening Double Diamond's
phones for the entire 48-hour period.  Every HEPCATS fan reading this
is asked to call!

IF I GET SO MUCH AS 10 MINUTES SLEEP ALL WEEKEND I WILL BE AWFUL UPSET.

So everybody call, order a book, and keep me awake!  Let's get The
Collegiate Hepcats out! 

RULES:  Phone #:  (512) 837-5545
        Start Time:  midnight 12 AM, CST Saturday 1/30
        Stop Time:  11:59 PM, Sunday 1/31

Order a hardcover Collegiate Hepcats or a paperback version (with
  something else, since credit card orders can only be above $20)

[Note on non-credit card orders - see below]  

PRIZES:  Caller #300 will receive a FREE PAGE OF ORIGINAL ART!
         Every 50th caller will get a FREE 4-issue subscription to
         both Hepcats and Eyebeam

So, hey, Hepcats fans!  Please don't blow this off!  Let that phone go
off like an alarm clock factory!  ANd let's get the book out.

Joey and Gunther say, "We want to hear that phone ring EVERY 5 SECONDS
  starting at MIDNIGHT SHARP!  Gang-bang Martin's brain!  DON'T LET
  HIM SLEEP!  He doesn't pay us enough, SO ORDER A BOOK so we can get
  Collegiate Hepcats out  (then we'll have royalty money to buy beer with!)

We'll be waiting!

Talk to ya then!

					Martin

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Okay, so that's Martin's latest news.  Hepcats #10 came out in
  early December with very good (and improving!) sales. 
  Advance orders on Hepcats #11 are phenomenally good, on top
  of that!

Now, I *know* that there are SEVERAL HUNDRED Hepcats fans out
  there, reading this message.  What can I say - what the heck,
  give him a call.  Hes dead serious about this telethon thing -
  go ahead, give him a call, order a book, or a subscription or
  something.

If you have a credit card handy (like Visa or MC), you can call
  up and order right away.  But, Martin readily recognizes that
  a large portion of ya'll out there don't have a credit card
  handy.  That's okay - you can still get a copy, by sending
  a check or M.O. to:  Martin Wagner, 9300 Northgate #116,
  Austin, TX 78758.  

At the moment, issues 4, 5, 9, and 10 are in stock.  All other
  issues will we reprinted very shortly (ie when he can get
  the money together).  ALSO, a very small cache of the original
  Hepcats group tshirts has been unearthed.  But you'll have
  to call Martin about that.

So, if you're interested in the Collegiate Hepcats, or a 
  subscription, or both, by all means, GIVE HIM A CALL AND KEEP 
  HIM WIDE AWAKE.  Really.

Furthermore, if any of ya'll know of a comics store that is 
  interested in getting back issues of Hepcats, let Martin know.
  He's willing to sell copies to ANY comic shop at wholesale
  prices.

That's all for now, folks.  I'll post more info when I get it.

Cheers,
  - net.spy!  (bn510@cleveland.freenet.edu)
   OFFICIAL DOUBLE DIAMOND PRESS NET REPRESENTATIVE





--
-Brian V. Hughes 
"December 1 - What begins as a friendly transitional get-together between
 the Bushes and the Clintons ends in tragedy when Millie ralphs up what
 is later identified as Socks the cat." Dave Barry 1992 Year in Review



--
-Brian V. Hughes 
"December 1 - What begins as a friendly transitional get-together between
 the Bushes and the Clintons ends in tragedy when Millie ralphs up what
 is later identified as Socks the cat." Dave Barry 1992 Year in Review
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