When we first began this project, we had no idea how uninformed the creators of fanzines and small press comics were. They weren't aware of their rights as creators, they routinely gave up pay for exposure, and most of the work they did benefited others far more then it benefited themselves.

We feel that producing an ‘on the stands‘ book for the small press market has become way too cost prohibitive and far too time consuming for us to continue pursuing it as a viable source of current revenue. 

ScriptGraphics is trying a new tack:

Many who got into the small press industry initially did it for fun. All the creators were glad to do the work and did it for free but always secretly hoped the books would make enough money so they would be paid. Some books did do well enough those creators were able to pay themselves out of what was made. If a creator was able to do work for an small independent they had to wait to be paid on the back end after everyone else was paid. 

I like comics but it's too costly to produce them and hope Diamond will carry them and hope they will sell. There are too many factors which are prohibitive from the start to make printed comics a viable expenditure as the only source of revenue, so we're not going to do something different. 

Initially we're not going to produce an actual book (and with the advent of the internet it isn't necessary). We love the adventure strips of yesteryear. Sky Masters by Kirby and Wood, Agent X-9 by Al Williamson, Prince Valiant by Hal Foster and so forth. There seems to be an absence of those kinds of strips and we're going to bring them back, direct to the web.

If a strip generates a bit of excitement and readership, then and only then will we consider doing it as an actual publication. 

Here's the cool part: any creator who's work generates the interest necessary to get to the stands will be a partner in the financial outcome of that product. Not as an after thought but from the very beginning of the process. 

You'll share a percentage of what's made based on your participation and it gets paid from the very first book sold!

"We're still working out the details so stop back here in the future to get the facts. No-one should have to work for free if a company is charging for the product your art is in. You should never have to trade being paid, for getting exposure, if your work is helping to sell a product, and you should never have to be paid AFTER everyone else if your work was done first and it makes the product able to be sold in the first place."

                               Darrell Goza