Hayley goes nation-wide!!!
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Hayley · 02-09-2001, 03:09 PM

I just heard today that my comic book (that I write) is going to be picked up for national distribution by Diamond Distribution.

What does that mean? It means that everyone in the nation will be able to go into a comic shop, and if it isn't already being carried in stores, they will be able to say, "Hey, order 'Shades of Blue' for me please."

Yay!! Maybe I will be able to quit this pesky day job!!!!

[This message has been edited by Hayley (edited 02-09-2001).]

disney queen · 02-09-2001, 04:06 PM

WOOHOO!! way to go!

**HiddenMickey** · 02-09-2001, 04:25 PM

Way cool, Hayley! How exciting. Hope it's a hit with the masses.

-HiddenMickey

tinkerose · 02-09-2001, 04:26 PM

Congrats, Hayley! That's great news.

You must be excited and proud. Tell us more... What's the comic book about? Come on, don't be modest, remember marketing and promotion are all part of business - believe me I know, I'm a freelance writer

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Hayley · 02-09-2001, 05:09 PM

Well...since you asked....

It's a black and white comic about a girl (Heidi) who woke up one day with blue hair and the power to (mostly) control electricity. Both her parents are psychiatrists, and they've moved to a new town to work at the mental institute there (part of deep, dark, secret subplot!)

But, basically, she's at a new high school, with blue hair, and no friends. She does have one best friend (K.T.) one nerd who has a crush on her (Marcus) and one total crush on a guy who barely knows she's alive (Jack).

In the town, kids are turning up with special powers--Jack can turn himself into a crystal substance, Ilsa (our ice skater) can freeze things, Elyana (our vixen) can control people's minds, and Ms. White (the English teacher) can control sound.

They provide Heidi, our hero, with ample opportunity to get beaten up. Until she meets the physics teacher, Mr. McMurtry. He helps her learn how to fight, and her friends help to support her as well. Marcus even does her laundry (but that's kinda creepy!)

Anyway, it's a book for people who don't like comics, who love comics, for girls, for boys, for anyone. (although girls really seem to like the book! My 12 year old cousin likes it, as well as her 14 year old brother.) Anyway, it's a good book. The site is www.ampcomics.com if anyone is interested.

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debe · 02-09-2001, 07:39 PM

I was hoping you would get recognized!

CONGRATULATIONS!

I haven't read a comic book in a long time and WILL have to look for it in our area.

Any idea when we should look for this? Shades of Blue will be easy for me to remember as we always stay at Shades of Green!

Congratulations Again & BEST WISHES to you on your current/future comic book career!

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Stitch · 02-09-2001, 09:21 PM

Great job!! I'll be keeping an eye out for it at the local comic shop!

Hayley · 02-09-2001, 10:36 PM

Shades will be (according to my info) in the next "Previews" guide at comic stores. "Previews" is put out by Diamond, and it's basically the catalogue for all comics--Diamond is THE distributor for EVERYONE.

Ask your friendly neighborhood comic store owner if he/she has the newest issue of "Previews" (not the Jan 2001 issue, the one after it - it won't be out for a while yet though)

Ask them to find AMP Comics. We're an independent publisher, so we might be tough to locate.

Swoon at our pretty cover.
Ask them to order the book, and call you when it comes in.
Ask them to keep ordering it (you will anyway, because you will fall in love with Heidi. She's great.)

Feel free to give it to children (I'd advise 9 & up). I am pretty aware of our audience, and try to write to kids as well as adults. Plus, we're on "Friends of Lulu"'s reading list. They promote people-friendly comics.

OR--visit the website. We can hook you up with the two earlier issues. Plus, you can read my silly bio. I'm the one with the Audrey Hepburn picture!

Thanks for everyone's good wishes and thoughts. I really wanted to tell my darling boyfriend, but he won't return from Ireland until the 12th. I know he'll be so happy for me!! It's a really big step for our book--we now are "real" comic book writers!!!! We've been working towards this for a long time, and it's hard to get accepted. They're very strict about who they carry.

Ok--I'm just going to gush more if I stay on!!!

Thanks!!!!!

aurora1429 · 02-09-2001, 10:36 PM

Congratulations!! What a great accomplishment, please let us know when it is available, I'll have to check the local comic store.
Kristen

**Dave Marx** · 02-10-2001, 01:42 AM

Congrats!

Publishing's quite a trip, isn't it?

**Fortissimo** · 02-10-2001, 11:34 AM

WOW! I am going to go buy one (or two)today.

This sounds like a geat comic book to have in my class for kids and the teacher to read.

debe · 02-10-2001, 11:56 AM

Haley, I keep trying to log onto the website you posted but it keeps coming up "page cannot be displayed." Is the site down?

Thanks

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HAPPY PLANNING! &
"Remember the Magic!"
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Take Care, debe-nj

Hayley · 02-10-2001, 01:47 PM

The site shouldn't be down--but my link may be off. Try just typing in the site address, or searching through Yahoo.

Dave--you're totally right--publishing independently is something else! We were rejected by them at first--because they didn't like our art!! (At least it wasn't the writing!!) But, thankfully, everything worked itself out in the end. Now the real fun begins!

Wondcat · 02-10-2001, 03:39 PM

Hey Hayley, I mean Audrey, I mean Rachel, nice website! Congratulations! Where is your boyfriend in Ireland? I was in Cavan last year, while my daughter was in college there. As soon as I recover from paying for my dog's surgery ($1,750.00!!ar#g&c%h*hr@gh!) I'll order them. Can't wait to read them. I write short stories and one long book about A.I.D.s.

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**Dave Marx** · 02-10-2001, 06:01 PM

That link to http://www.ampcomics.com should be working now - I took the liberty of removing the comma that had crept into the URL.

Note to everyone: This is one of those little gotchas. Since the boards automatically convert complete Web addresses into hyperlinks, be careful to not use punctuation marks adjacent to the address - the boards will consider them part of the URL and you'll have a non-working link. In other words, leave a space between the .com and the punctuation.

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