Rex Mundi Turns Black
from Rex Mundi Book 2, chapter 1
It only took ten years, but Rex Mundi is finally turning a profit – today, I got my first royalty check from Dark Horse. Thanks, Dark Horse!
Specifically: thanks, Lance! Lance Kreiter is the chap at "The Horse" who handles foreign licensing. Because of him, Rex has been published in German, French, Italian, Spanish, and even Portuguese. Without the ducats from those deals, Rex would still be tens of thousands of dollars in the red.
The check actually was a lot bigger than I expected, and you know what? I'm going to give it all away, probably to Doctors Without Borders; they do amazing things in Haiti, all over the world.
And I'm not bragging about it, because it's not really my money I'm giving away. Every time someone forks over their hard-earned cash for a volume of Rex Mundi, they're directly supporting me in my little Crusade Against Reality.
So thank you, Dear Reader. Without you, Rex Mundi would have withered up and died a long time ago. Consider the donation a gift from all of us to the rest of the world.
February 16th, 2010 - 21:15
Congrats! I’m glad to see that the best comic in the last decade is earning a profit, and it’s awesome that you’re giving it to charity. You are truly a great guy.
February 17th, 2010 - 09:30
Thanks, Nick! I must say, *you* are an excellent judge of character.
February 17th, 2010 - 16:19
That is great news! very happy that Rex is printed in those countries and that is heping you ont he way.
February 17th, 2010 - 21:56
Ah, Juan, I am so jealous! I didn’t get a chance to go to Montmartre when I was in Paris. Let’s walk down those stairs together one of these days! We’ll be just like Buñel and Dali.
February 19th, 2010 - 23:42
Big smiles from me, mate.
March 1st, 2010 - 02:48
Just finished reading book one and I’m already hooked, thank you!
March 1st, 2010 - 12:54
Whoo hooo! Congratulations. I love Rex Mundi. It’s one of the first comics I reviewed on my site: http://www.morevikings.com/book-reviews/rex-mundi/
March 1st, 2010 - 22:19
Oi! Thanks, Chris! Glad you like it, and thanks for the favorable review. I’m all about vikings.
March 1st, 2010 - 22:20
I hope it grows on you… whatever one could say about the writing, the art, at the very least, is fantastic.
March 1st, 2010 - 22:22
Rob! Long time, no viddy! I have yet to watch Breaker Morant, I confess…
March 6th, 2010 - 18:52
bonsoir monsieur arvid et congratulations (withe french accents please!)
I’ve just finished tome 4, fabulous ! Lorraine posing as hitler and the Lorraine’s corss as a facist symbol that’s uchronia with a great A. Did you know that Lorraine’s cross was the french resistance symbol against nazis during ww2 ? what a provocation !!!
Also with symbols, i see a lot french blue-white-red flags used by monarchic franec in RM, in fact this is the symbol of revolutionary france, monarchic is more the 3 lys flowers or a total white.
Well for bad news, only the first tome of RM is publicated in France (such a shame), the editor (semic) went bankrupty because of DC. So I did bought the other tomes in english from amazon.
Whatever if you come back to Paris you have ar least one fan ( i’m doing a liitle lobbying so maye some more) to welcome you as a hero !
Au revoir et à bientot…
March 8th, 2010 - 06:24
Monsieur comte, hello again! Yes, I did realize the Lorraine Cross was the symbol of the French Resistance, that’s exactly why I chose it. I hope it doesn’t cause French people to want to eviscerate me. I was really just getting at the idea that in different contexts symbols can mean totally different things… in Hindu/Buddhist cultures, the swastika is a symbol of health and good luck. When I went to China, a lot of the Buddha statues had swastikas on their foreheads, like Charles Manson…
Yes, I realize the crest of Bourbon is really the symbol of monarchic France. I read somewhere that the blue of the Tricolore represents the Bourbons, the red represents the Capetians, and the white represents the French navy… a lot of the reason the Tricolore exists in Rex Mundi has to do with some of the history behind the world I never had a chance to get into in the comic itself, but if I had the chance, I’d probably re-do the monarchist flags as the Bourbon crest. Ah, well!
The good news is, a new French company is republishing RM en François! How about that? Thanks so much for tracking down the books in English – I look forward to hearing what you think about the final two.
March 28th, 2010 - 01:21
amazing, i found this curiously searching my name.
March 29th, 2010 - 09:57
Not a bad name, if I do say so myself!
March 29th, 2010 - 09:57
Deeng-deeng dy-nah-mite!