Well, they don’t so much shoot horses as much as they administer lethal injection, but I rather doubt the horse would argue about the semantics. The issue is whether the horse is going to survive having, say, broken a leg or something major, and if not – KA-BLAM! Suffering over.
They also cancel TV shows which fail to attract enough viewers. Again, it’s a question of long-term viability.
And so it is with WishTales. WishTales failed to attract enough visitors and sales, so Tom Dell’Aringa, Eddie Pittman and I are amicably going our separate ways. We’ll each be selling our books on our own, as we had before. The WishTales store is shut down and the guys’ remaining books have been sent off to Florida and Chicago.
I’ll be keeping the WishTales name, as I still think it’s a good one, and I’ll be selling my stuff through the new WishTales store. If you haven’t seen it yet – I’ve added some new stuff like Artist Editions of Croaker’s Gorge, and some groovy refrigerator magnets, among other things – do stop by.
Join me in wishing luck to Tom and Eddie.
I rarely post anymore, but I do visit your blog about once a week (or more) to see what is posted about Moon Town.
If you remember (way back at the beginning), your original reason for blog posting on your Moon Town creation (when it was an animation) was to share your experience with others who were interested in the subject.
What I would be interested in reading (or hearing) is what you have ‘learned’ (both good and bad) about your Moon Town comic creation experience, and the Wishtales Publishing Studio web site failure. Perhaps you have something you want to teach others about your successes and failures, thus far, in your creation of Moon Town.
Kori
Hi, Kori. Thanks for the question. I’ve issued an answer by way of a new blog post:
http://moon-town.com/comic/success-or-failure/