Such is the fate of works in the publishing industry: if a book doesn’t continue to sell well, a publisher will let it go out of print. That is what is happening with the original edition of Creating Graphic Novels. 

As a result, I am preparing a second edition (for self publishing) that will correct a few minor errors in the text, as well as add a few updates to some of the information about the business. I will be designing a new cover for the book – Professor Exposition will likely be a primary feature of the cover. But most of the updates will concern conventions and internet news sites – not big deals, so rather than mess with the original content, I’ll simply add some addenda pages.

I’ve always been very pleased to have been published by Michael Wiese Productions, and the book would certainly not have turned out the way it did without the editorial guidance of Ken Lee. Where I had originally planned to be a mostly text work, with some photo illustrations, it was Ken who suggested making it “more graphic” – which ended up serving the purpose of introducing people to the comics/graphic novel form of storytelling in an easy to understand fashion.

In the meantime, the first edition is still available on Amazon and remains as useful as it ever was.