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Just received this in my inbox:

COLD CUT FEATURE: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel

New from Alpha Books, part of the "Complete Idiots Guide" series comes an all-new How-To Book by Nat Gertler and Steve Lieber! From story concept to artwork, from promotion to distribution, this 300+ page guide will tell you everything you need to know to create your very own graphic novel. Written in an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand style, with plenty of helpful tips and examples. Perfect for the starting artist, or for anyone interested in seeing what goes on "behind the scenes" of comic book creation. NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH DIAMOND! For more information, visit http://www.steverude.com

Oh well. At least there's some good stuff to check out at The Dude's site.

Weird URLs aside, I'm really glad that the book will now be available to comics shops. A few of them, the ones who have accounts with taditional book market distributors like Ingram, already carry it, but this should get it in a lot more. The Cold Cut order code is COIDT01.
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