Can you talk about personnel changes for MSB this year?
Yeah, there's been a lot of shuffling
about this year. Unfortunately we lost Brendan Halyday as our main
art director. He's moved on to focus on his own art again. In his
place we gained two new book designers. Matt Revert and
Marijka Gooding. We
also have an intern, Laura Renfrew
lined up to start next year.
They're a good bunch. They're willing
to take risks and stand by their creative decisions, and yet still be
flexible in bringing out what the artist wants.
Also my partner, Matilde, and LukePickett who controls the website side of things over in Canada have
really helped keep things running smoothly whenever there's been
problems too.
What have been the highlights of 2012
for MSB?
We've be involved some great launches,
the Skinny and Big Arse Launches. Moving into graphic novel
territory. Finding and releasing work by new artists. Getting the
website www.milkshadowbooks.com
looking snazzy. Seeing our work in the Graphic Novels! Melbourne!
doco film. And yeah, Getting on Neighbours.
Will MSB be implementing any digital
publishing initiatives?
We've also got a Graphic.ly account
set up. Nothing released through them yet though. We tried to contact
Comixology too. No response. Although it looks like they generally
just work with the bigger publishers. But yeah, we're definitely
interested and still looking into it more.
What will MSB be doing differently if
anything in 2012?
A few things. We're also looking into
some wider distro networks within the comics community. More on that
soon though.
Any forthcoming MSB projects you can
tease?
Yeah, there's a few. We've got A
Brush with Darkness by Dillon Naylor, You Stink and I
Don't Volumes One and Two by Ben Hutchings, Mr
Unpronounceable Adventures by Tim Molloy, Yuck! #7, a
graphic novel sized Allochthonous Pop by myself and Luke
Pickett, some Da 'n' Dil and a few other things.
I feel slightly sick looking at how
much work it'll all be, but it's a good kind of sick.
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