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As you guys know, I’ve always had TWO goals for TYPE ILLY. One is selling my comics and making TYPE ILLY an established brand in the comics game.

The other is building a retail network for comics done by people of color.

Well, on the second goal, I’ve dropped another link in the chain. Last week I finished a deal that would put WILDCHILD # 1 and NEFERTITI JONES # 1 in MEDU BOOKS in Atlanta. Medu is located in that WORLD RENOWNED INSTITUTION known in the A as GREENBRIAR MALL. (Soufwess Atlanta, holla!!)

There are pros and cons to the deal with MEDU. They took the largest shipment of TYPE ILLY comics so far, twice as many as Karibu. However, my deal with them is consignment, which means if my comics don’t sell, I don’t get paid. Therefore, I’m putting together a really hot promo poster to send down there to accompany my comics. Eventually (time permitting) I may even do a signing at some point.

Regardless, I am happy about this. I am slowly but surely establishing a presence up the east coast. And with my impending trip out to San Diego for the COMICON convention, I am confident that I can have roots planted on the West coast, too. (I’ve been working on The Bay area, but its slow going. I’ll keep y’all posted.)

So…here’s the current list of spots that sell TYPE ILLY COMICS:

KARIBU BOOKS
The Mall at Prince George's
3500 East-West Highway
Hyattsville, MD 20782

KARIBU BOOKS
Bowie Town Center
15624 Emerald Way
Bowie, MD 20716

COLUMBUS BOOK EXCHANGE
6440 W Hamilton Park Dr Ste B
Columbus, GA 31909

THE KNOW BOOKSTORE
2520 Fayetteville St.
Durham, NC 27707

MEDU BOOKS
Greenbriar Mall
2841 Greenbriar Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30331

STORES UNDER CONSIDERATION

MARCUS BOOKS
1712 Fillmore St.
San Francisco, CA 94115

BLACKNIFICENT BOOKS
2011 Poole Road,
Raleigh, NC 27610

I’d like to also include Philly, Houston and Los Angeles by the end of the summer, to take my total number up to 10 stores. I’ll keep you guys posted on how things work out.

I’m also hard at work banging out promotional material. I’m doing artwork for my appearance at the Richard B. Harrision library next month, as well as for my convention work. The convention art is especially crucial, because I’ll be dealing with mainstream comic folks, who are generally a lot tougher with their critiques of comic art.

I’m also two thirds of the way through WILDCHILD # 2. The latest preview will be up in a few days. I’d love to have that done in time for the convention, since it has some of the best art I’ve done so far. We’ll see how it goes.

That’s all for now…

To all my ATL peeps, spread the word.

Holla…

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