HYPERGAMOUSE Update

The cover art for the forthcoming book

The wraparound cover art for the regular edition

We are pleased to report that we received the print sample of the comics omnibus we had printed with the new European printer and the quality was not only excellent, but it was a definite improvement on the heavy matte paper that we've been using for our graphic novels over the last four years. The paper is similar heavy matte paper, but it's printed with a gloss coating that gives it the same bright colors that one sees in the delicate glossy paper in comics without the same tendency to crinkle and fold. So, we have decided to utilize the new printing process for both the regular and the leather books, and we believe you will eventually agree that the delay it caused was worthwhile.

Given the time required to print and ship the finished books, we anticipate the regular and variant books to ship sometime between the last week of February and the second week of March. The coffee table books and the leather books will follow that by 4-6 weeks.

The regular cover, as you can see, will be a wraparound cover that features all of the characters who regularly appear in the comic, and quite rightly, emphasizes Mari, who is the main star of the series.

The first variant cover art.