The other day I lie a vice, he had left years ago: a collection in installments. Since I do not pay for advertising, you try to simply say that medieval military matters. Anyway, I saw the ad on TV and when I had time I did what he always did, not many years ago: I went to a kiosk. Ah, wretched me!. In the first, I said the first delivery was exhausted, and the second had not left. I asked if they could set aside the two. The newsagent told me no, I was exhausted and it was impossible.
A little surprised I decided to go to another kiosk to see if there were a little interest in selling. They looked as if the plague, and at my insistence they responded with irritation that it was impossible to do anything. I
the third would be the charm. For either, although in this case were kind, without ceasing to be indolent.
Already a matter of principle and conviction that it was impossible what I said, I entered the website of the publisher. And oh, surprise. There was the whole piece collection and from the first issue, which was not exhausted and is at home, via post (at the left post for another day). I think the price is the same as the subscriber kiosk, so I'm afraid The publisher is staying with the benefit of the distributor and newsagent. **************
make some photocopies Needing a little more special than usual and a written binding (spiral binding, that is) I went to the College Deal Architects here in Leon (next Palat del Rey). I'm inexplicably partner for some years, and although they do not get paid, they do advertising because they are very friendly and competent and have good prices. I recently bought a light table where, after months of tumbling by other sites.
The fact is that as the photocopies would take a while, I went to a cafe Wet (approx.) to American tea. I took my tea, read a little newspaper and eh voila!, Charged me € 1.60. For tea. American. I'll say it another way: 267 pesetas (approx.).
Incidentally, I had to wait a while and hawking high to pay, because the bartender was reading the newspaper in the trastaberna (or whatever the room behind the bar). **************
In Castilla y León has existed for years, paid for by public money, the "Villalar Foundation." Under its statutes, as they appear on its website:
" The FOUNDATION Villalar-CASTILLA-LEON general purpose foundation is to enhance the feeling of belonging to Castile and Leon autonomous community with its own identity within the framework of its Statute autonomy, that spread throughout the territory of the same this feeling and to encourage, promote and make all kinds of activities to the town of Villalar of the Communards displayed as a repository of historic symbols and traditions of the Community Castilla y León. "
How these goals can be considered of general interest for the purposes of Article 34 of the English Constitution is something that escapes me. But anyway, moving on.
These good people have paid with the money of all the development of a comic called " History of Castile and Leon in Comics: In the Trastámara Atapuerca, first installment of what promises to be a series of two volumes. This comic has been sadly muster popular rejection of several of the leading historians of Leon, because its historical accuracy (which boasts the Foundation on its website) is zero, showing an obvious bias that elevates the Castilian and Leonese vilifies him .
For those interested: it all started with a blog post from my old friend Ricardo Chao .
What has followed is the normal bickering between authors, historians, the Foundation and the good people of the internet. It has left a curious fact, as is the fact that although the site of the Foundation says it will print 500 copies for sale to "economic" price of 18 € (the price of other comics talk day), then sources of the Foundation, to any persons who have opposed its publication reported that they had sold "the 500 copies" (sorry I can not find the source at this time.)
None has come (hopefully) to schools. I have
add that, although I have nothing to say of its author, Mr. Miguel Díez Lasangre , as an animator, I'm afraid that the comics are not your thing, or at least in this case was not taken too much trouble, given the final product quality (thick lines, flat colors, shapes poligonaloides ...) or maybe the author is not a signatory of the Manifesto Antigafapasta. "
Whatever the case, the fact is that the Foundation has spent all the money in a comic book have been published only 500 (as would be 1,500) copies to the tune of ... of ... do not know, because it is impossible to locate this information. Although it is our money.
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Everyone can draw from the readings that it deems appropriate. As for me, when I get home and I hear politicians say that we must cut wages, take a temporary, stop calling competitions, when I listen to the owners of bars and cafes to say that the "law of snuff" has meant losses to business, when I listen to anyone who has a business open to the public say they are bad times and that's the fault of this or that, I can not help thinking that if they work with the public will care for loyalty and service customers (who buy a jelly morning today buy ten), had a logical pricing and spend money of all in what you have to spend, not stupid, maybe a little less would go through all the crisis.
But of course, at least we are feeding an author of comics, and it is always important, if not I know.
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