It's HERE!

Hello One and All! Bonjour tout le monde!

FINALLY! Enfin!

Yesterday afternoon, I picked up 520 copies of our new book, DRAWING THE LINE AGAIN! It was slated to be completed for Friday but our terrific printing sales rep, Tim, surprised me with a call yesterday saying he had arranged to have some advance copies ready for us after 3PM (locak time). I was delighted and dashed over straight away! J’ai recuperé 520 livres hier après-midi [le 25/4/06]! Normalement, on devra avoir une livraison vendredi, mais notre gars à l’impremerie, Tim, m’a téléphoné hier en disant que quelques livres seront disponibles après 15h00h locale. Quelle bonne surprise!

This second effort, which we like to call DTLA, features stunning colour images on the cover by Moebius (on the front) and J-C Götting (on the back). With sixty artists and contributors participating this time, we are thrilled with the variety and content including contributions by Stan Sakai, Bill Sienkiewicz, Clive Barker, EGR, Dean Motter, Fred Bernard and Charlotte Légaut. Le nouveau livre, Drawing The Line Again (DTLA), a une couverture par Moebius en couleur et une image, très belle aussi et en couleur par J-C Götting en dos. Il ya une soixantaine des artistes internationaux qui ont participés. Parmi ceux il ya Fred Bernard, Charlotte Légaut, Stan Sakai, Bill Sienkiewicz, Clive Barker, EGR et Dean Motter.

The book has grown in many ways: it is now 152 pages and, literally, double the size of the original DTL! Cette fois, au lieu de 104 pages, il ya 152 pages. Ce tome, grace à la nombre des artistes qui ont contribués leur talents ainsi que le poids et l’épaisseur des pages utilisés ont créés un livre qui est deux fois plus épaisse que l’original, Drawing The Line.

DTLA will be for sale ($20 CDN) at on Friday April 28, 2006 at the Toronto Comic Con (http://www.torontocomicon.com/ ). Come by and pick up your copy at the Con! Many contributors will be at the show - so here’s a chance to get some one-of-a-kind signatures, too!! Drawing The Line Again sera vendu pour 20$ canadien dès vendredi au Salon de BD Paradise Con www.torontocomicon.com

Thank you again to Kasra, Ron and Julie my love, for their hard work on this project. For without them, this project of raising awareness and funding to conquer cancer would not be possible. And, finally: thanks to all the artists and contributors: your work has come together in this wonderful anthology. 100% of the proceeds will go towards cancer research. Your generosity has created something absolutely amazing: hope! Un énorme merci à Kasra, Ron et Julie, mon amour, car, sans eux, ce projet, lequel anticipe de soutenir la recherché contre le cancer par 100% de l’argent accumulé par ventes du livre et de dons, n’aura jamais vu le jour.

I am very touched by everyone’s contribution…THANK YOU! Je suis très touché. Merci bien.

Waiting for galleys - then off to print!!

DTLA compilation complete! Our digital copy has been delivered to our printer for galley generation - we are hours away from final proofs! We intend to go to print by April 11th, 2006. Keep your eyes peeled for more news. Advance copy ordering soon will be available!! Check back soon. [www.benefitcomic.com] (Mail deliveries will be sent May 3, 2006). On a livré une copie digitale du livre à Central Reproductions, l’imprimerie. On éspère de voir une maquette le 11/4/06 et après avoir l’approuver, on commencera l’impression. Notre tirage cette fois sera 2,500 exemplaires. (Les commandes seront envoyées par la poste dès le 3 Mai 2006. Les commandes pour DTLA seront disponible <> bientot!)

Approved!

Final approval from both hospital foundations now received! We have achieved the last third-party hurdle for us to get the book to the printers. We will soon finish the final layout and send our mock-up to the printer for galleys. Les deux foundations ont accordées l’approbation. Maintenant il ne reste que la mise en place avant d’aller voir Central Reproductions, l’imprimerie.

Final files submitted

A draft of DTLA has been submitted to our sponsors and foundations for final approval. We are just weeks away from our final publishing date. Do not miss out on our launch at the Paradise ComicCon! www.torontocomicon.com We will be able to accept pre-orders very soon online! Check back soon. Un brouillon de DTLA est envoyé à notre sponsor et les foundations qu’on soutient. La parution est prévue pour fin Avril pendant le salon de comics de Paradise Comics à Toronto www.torontocomicon.com

Sienkiewicz Contributes!

BILL SIENKIEWICZ has delivered -- at the 11th hour -- his contribution of an original story! Bill - who collaborated with writer Lysa Hawkins - had been working feverishly on a three-page story to submit to DTLA. We are honoured with this contribution! BILL SIENKIEWICZ a accepté de participer au dernière minute avec une histoire originale écrit par Lysa Hawkins. Bill a livré ses 3 planches ce matin.C’est un honneur pour DTLA!

Clive Barker Makes Contribution to DTLA!

CLIVE BARKER has submitted a piece to DTLA! We are - to put it mildly - giddy! Kasra Ghanbari of VEI Press [http://www.veipress.cc/], has gifted Drawing The Line Again, again! CLIVE BARKER a livré sa contribution! On est dans les nuages!

With his magic, Kasra has secured Mr. Barker as a contributor. We'd also like to thank Hans and Amy Rueffert of Luna7 [http://www.luna7.com/] for helping in getting Mr. Barker to contribute. C’était grace à Kasra Ghanbari de VEI Press[http://www.VEIPress.cc] et Hans et Amy Rueffert de Luna7 [http://www.Luna7.com] que M. Barker participera avec DTLA.

DEADLINE EXTENDED!!

Hello Friends Bonjour mes amis,
I am writing to express my thanks to your keen interest and participation with our project, DRAWING THE LINE AGAIN. As you can see, we are moving leaps and bounds ahead with the project, particularly with Kasra Ghanbari's sponsorship through VEI Press. Merci beaucoup pour votre interet et pour votre particpation dans notre project, DRAWING THE LINE AGAIN. Grace a notre sponsor, Kasra Ghanbari et VEI Press, tout avance bien.

We have EXTENDED our original deadline to 1 FEBRUARY 2006. En plus, ca nous permet l'extension au 1er fevrier 2006, de livraison des planches.

We are receiving pages all the time and I must tell you how exciting it is to see the book start to take shape! We hope to revamp the web site over the next few months so please be sure to check back once in a while...and here, too! I will be posting news updates here from here on in. Nous commencons de recevoir vos planches et c'est extra de voir ce livre en train d'etre constriuit. Dans les prochains mois le site sera ameliore... et ici ainsi! Il y aura des nouvelles des maintenant ici aussi.

Best wishes, Meilleurs voeux
Suley