DORK TOWER #6 at the printer.

I've never put out an issue of DORK TOWER that has suffered from more niggling problems than issue #6 ("Goth Drops"). The book was finished a month ago, but is only now at Quebecor. Just received an e-mail from them telling me page 29 was missing, so I've got to e-mail them that as soon as this newsletter is done. This means DT6 should be out in two weeks. The reprint of DORK TOWER #1 will be off to the printers soon, hot on its heels, and DORK TOWER #7 should be available around Thanksgiving.

I'm VERY happy with the main story in DT6. I'm looking forward to people's feedback. I think it ranks alongside the Goth story in DT2 and the Star Wars story in DT4 as my all-time favorite. Don't want to spoil anything, but it's sixteen pages long (!), and involves Matt, Gilly the Perky Goth and Clan Gangrene. Love is in the air! Or is that just Gamer Funk?

I also redid the cover for DORK TOWER #7. I'm much happier with this, and I think DT7 will be a ton of fun.

Upcoming schedule:

DORK TOWER #1 (reprint) (October) ("Heart of Dorkness") should ship mid-November
DORK TOWER #7 (November/December) ("A Very Dorky Christmas") should ship late November
DORK TOWER # 8 (January/February 2000) ("High Sobriety") will ship January 5
DORK TOWER #9 (March, April 2000)
DORK TOWER #10 (May, June 2000)
DORK TOWER # 11 (July/August 2000)
DORK TOWER Trade Paperback (August 2000) (Collecting issues one through six)
DORK TOWER #12 (September/October 2000) ("The Young and the Feckless" - reprinting DORK TOWER'S Comic Shop News and Dragon Magazine runs)

The COMIC SHOP NEWS run of DORK TOWER continues

Still five weeks left of the Comic Shop News run of DORK TOWER. Feedback's been great so far, and I'm enjoying working with the CSN folks enormously.

If your comics store doesn't carry CSN, don't worry -- all of the strips will be reprinted in DORK TOWER #12 ("The Young and the Feckless"), September 2000, along with ten SHOP KEEPS from Dragon magazine. Of course, they won't be in color (well, probably not, anyway...since all 22 comics were in color to begin with, there may be a chance to run the series as a color special, if circulation warrants it).