tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post8695173356885470523..comments2024-03-25T22:28:29.238-04:00Comments on Tony Isabella's Bloggy Thing: CARTOONING CLASS REUNIONTony Isabellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07356415470545816484noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-36615890012493898592012-12-08T15:30:57.725-05:002012-12-08T15:30:57.725-05:00These are the sort of books that I hoped that you ...These are the sort of books that I hoped that you would receive with your offer and review. They fall way beneath the radar of CBG and other reviewers, so it's nice to see these folks getting recognition.<br /><br />Looking forward to more of these in the next few months.Steve Chaputhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05125192472002278757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-12142246790959886692012-12-08T07:03:06.182-05:002012-12-08T07:03:06.182-05:00Sorry about that, Tony-- there WAS a cover letter ...Sorry about that, Tony-- there WAS a cover letter somewhere, I'm sure of it. It's vastly more likely that I forgot to put it in the envelope with the books than it is that you lost it.<br /><br />Those were our fundraiser books that we sell when we attend local shows; like PBS, we have premiums, and one of those go to anyone who kicks in five dollars to donation box we have on the table for the program. Ten dollars gets you both of them. We still have a few and we'll be at the Emerald City show in Seattle in March again this year, and also at the Olympia Comics Festival in the spring. Or you can get them directly from me by emailing me at hatcher (at) monkeyspit.com, and I'll get you fixed up. Right now we can do Paypal, or you can mail a check; I keep TRYING to get an online portal set up for the school to take money for these things directly, but glaciers move faster than the school bureaucracy.<br /><br />I should add two things. The young people that did the work on those books are all graduates of the cartooning program I teach. They came back to do their old instructor a solid by contributing their work and their time for free for the "Doodle Inc." book. They had so much fun getting the band back together that they wanted to do it again, and that's where "Drawn In" came from. That one was the girls' own project but they gave us the back cover ad for free and also gifted me with about seventy-five books to sell as fundraisers. So they deserve credit not just for talent but also for niceness and decency.<br /><br />The second thing is that funds raised benefit ALL our after-school programs, not just Cartooning. There's also homework help and tutoring, dance, theater, and arts programs, and pretty much any sports program -- girls' volleyball, say, or track and field-- that's not football.<br /><br />Glad you liked the books, Tony, and we appreciate the press!<br /><br />Greg Hatcherhttp://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/category/fridayswith-greg-hatcher/noreply@blogger.com