Comic books: Outlet or symptom?

Hello, my name is Adam McGovern and, though I’ve got a comic book to promote, I’ve got a range of mental disorders that are absolutely free. A newcomer to the comics field and a veteran of analysis (with a dysfunctional family that makes me something of an unlicensed practitioner too), I’ve written (with artist Paolo Leandri) “Dr. Id, Psychologist of the Supernatural.” Think “Frasier” meets “The X-Files.” Our stories are funny but our business is serious: the comic gently sends up superheroic self-assurance and self-help fads past and present, while its ’70s setting both affectionately spoofs fashionable narcissism and mourns a bygone pre-neocon culture of concern. I mention it to forum visitors in the spirit of scholarly (if slapstick) inquiry; if you’re at all familiar with the independent comics market, you’ll know that this is hardly about profit. And believe me, it counts as therapy for the artist and me. Feel free to explore at www.doctoridcomic.com ...Though this next part will sound unbalanced, comic retailers order based on how many customers have asked for it, and one such dealer has told me August 29 is their deadline to send in orders (between you and me, the distributor has said it could be as late as Sept. 6 or 12, so save that panic attack for a more important occasion). There is a helpful hotline staffed by caring professionals, or at least caring recorded ones: You can find out what location and phone number your nearest comic store is at by calling the Comic Shop Locator Service: 1-888-COMICBOOK (1-888-266-4226), also visitable at http://csls.diamondcomics.com. You can tell them the book is in the August Diamond PREVIEWS catalogue under the “Indie Ink” heading (Page 309, order number AUG06 3403, if their personality style is obsessive-compulsive). It makes a perfect emotional outlet or gag gift for patients and professionals alike. I think you’ll thank us for sharing.

sounds pretty neat

Adam McGovern wrote:Hello, my name is Adam McGovern and, though I’ve got a comic book to promote, I’ve got a range of mental disorders that are absolutely free.

Think “Frasier” meets “The X-Files.” Our stories are funny but our business is serious: the comic gently sends up superheroic self-assurance and self-help fads past and present, while its ’70s setting both affectionately spoofs fashionable narcissism and mourns a bygone pre-neocon culture of concern.

What a way to introduce yourself, neologisms included.

The comic looks interesting, although your link is misleading, literally. You need to remove the trailing period from the url, perhaps placing it after the closing tag.

I concur, Dr. Fomori; after several inappropriate responses and paralyzing indecision, I settled on an ellipses lead-in to the sentence following the previously-indirect link. I thought it best to keep the unsupervised web-surfing encouragement before the more authoritarian hard sell. Hope this works for everyone; I'm programming as fast as I can...