Glenn FleishmanFeb 27, 2024

Fascinated by how comics pass from an artist’s hand through to the printed page—or a display? I’ve spent years researching, interviewing, and developing *How Comics Were Made: A Visual History from the Drawing Board to the Printed Page*.

If you’d like to a rich history of 130 years of newspaper cartooning told with original art, printing artifacts, and much more, pre-order now for delivery later this year: https://howcomicsweremade.ink/order

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Show threadLawrence
@glennf Just backed! But don't you ship to Japan?
Feb 29, 2024 at 6:59amIvory for Mac
Show threadGlenn FleishmanFeb 29, 2024
@lawrencelry I do not, sorry. The cost is unfortunately both incredibly high and unpredictable. Shippers won’t offer a fixed price but rather charge based on a base price plus factors they don’t disclose fully enough to know what the final total will be.
Show threadLawrenceFeb 29, 2024
@glennf I see. But somehow Shift Happens did ship to Japan? (It's okay, I can have HCWM shipped to the US. Just curious.)
Show threadGlenn FleishmanMar 1, 2024
@lawrencelry The cost was…unfortunately both incredibly high and unpredictable! Marcin can give you more detail as I don’t want to reveal budgetary stuff without his permission. cc @mwichary But let’s say that FedEx doesn’t offer a true flat rate: they add surcharges for a lot of reasons. So some packages to some places were about what was expected; others, quite a lot more with no way to be told that in advance.
Show threadLawrenceMar 1, 2024
@glennf @mwichary Thanks! No need to reveal anything. Have you tried Yamato America though? I'm asking because the trans-shipment company I use ships stuff (almost always books) to me (from the US) with Yamato every time. Just for future reference.
Show threadGlenn FleishmanMar 1, 2024
@lawrencelry I have not! Looking at their rates, it's still very expensive. It might fit in size and weight into Size 60 for TA-Q-BIN, but that's $58 "plus fuel and other surcharges." That's what bit us with Shift Happens (fuel surcharges are typically 15–20% right now; "other" is a very large and expensive category). The Eco service is cheaper ($21 and includes fuel surcharges) but requires UPS delivery to Yamato USA Branch.