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A short story included in Persona #6. I’ll see to include it in the archive during the day. Enjoy:

EDIT: Already included in the archive. Here.

I’ve just posted on my LiveJournal the report from the latest event we attended.

Go, there are pictures of horrible bathroom doors, and a head.

The finished cover. Ink on a A4 bristol board. Persona #6 will be avaible next month at a convention we’ll attend here in Buenos Aires.

As for the image, I wanted to try something about the amount of space that it used. The white borders are actually part of the image. Since the mini is photocopied, I always want it to look as clean as possible, without the bordersproblems that I had in #4, and some scratched blacks that appeared in some of the copies of #5. We’ll see, we’ll see…

Wait a little and I’ll write about the finished.

One of my works is featured on the last issue of 200 Magazine. Go check it out, it’s a free download, small file with many interesting things.

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(The download it’s in the “Magazine” section, Latest issue, 27)

From january until april I’ve been working on a book. It compilates the best material from the first five issues of my minicomic “Persona”, that I make since 2002. The plan was to print and sell it via a print-on-demand service. Paying for a print run and handling the distribution issues was more than I can handle. Mostly because withdrawing funds from Paypal is a drag down here.

The purpose of the book was to serve as a platform of sorts. Something to show what I’m capable of, to allow things to grow from there. I knew from the very start that I wasn’t going to make a huge amount of money with it.

The printer downloaded the files for the book on may 10. Three weeks after I send them the order. I haven’t heard from them since that date. I wrote to them at east once a week from the end of may. No answer. On their website it says that they normally take two weeks to print a book. I ordered a proof copy. Shipping time for such a package to Buenos Aires arrives between two to four weeks. A letter can arrive here in less than a week. I’m talking about normal mail, no UPS, Fedex or DHL. Plain, old-school snail mail.

The thing is that it’s taking way too long. I needed this for the start of july. Timing issues and schedules… and the worst thing is: I couldn’t continue with other projects that I have because the books wasn’t out.

Since I haven’t heard a word from the POD service I’ve taken a decision.

Go to the “Shop” label, up there, and you can download the book. For free. Yes, free. It’s a ten megabytes Pdf/cbr file, with ninety pages of some of my best works from the past years, including re-drawn content and some unpublished ones.

I was going to charge two dollars for the digital file, but for some reason that didn’t “close” to me. I don’t know exactly how to express it. It just didn’t make sense to me.

However, since I have hosting to pay, and I could very well use some new books and materials, I put a Paypal donation button right next to the download link.

If you liked the book, and would like to support my work, feel free to make a donation. I would really appreciate it. I don’t have a dayjob and every penny I make comes from commissioned work and some freelance assignments, so everything that comes in does help.

Almost every person that saw the book said good things about it. Roger Langridge, creator of Fred the Clown (among other things), contributed with this quote:

“Persona: Once More With Feeling is a satisfying and often surprising
reading experience. Structurally sophisticated, its themes and
characters recur throughout with subtle variations each time, each
appearance building on the previous one to great effect. A book of
subtlety, skill, and no small amount of wit.”

Sorry for making such a long post. Thanks for your time.

Loris Z.

Persona - Once More With Feeling Cover, originally uploaded by lorisz.

Cover art for the book. See next entry.

One of my selfportraits is featured on the latest issue of Bak. Go check it out, it’s a free download, full of great stuff.

… Who haven’t read the “About” page.

Yes, I’m accepting commissioned work.

neurohazard (at) gmail.com and tell me what’s on your mind.

(Back to the board)

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