SINGLE BOUND STUDIOS

On Hiatus

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:38:09 -0400

Hi, I will be away until July 1, 2013. I will resume this blog at that time. Thanks! dpbanks

Unexpectedly sidelined

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:47:44 -0500

And we’re back after an unexpected 2-week illness. Yesterday was the first day that I was able to do any sustained work effort that actually accomplished anything. Bottom line is I am glad to be feeling better and looking forward to getting more done on the new SBS site!

Creative Concept 3: I like adding captions to the panels. Still...

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:57:52 -0500

Creative Concept 3: I like adding captions to the panels. Still mulling over the rest of it.

Creative Concept 2: Better, but some of the panels still seem...

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:25:07 -0500

Creative Concept 2: Better, but some of the panels still seem weak.

Creative Concept 1: Seems cluttered, unfocused. Some of the...

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:23:13 -0500

Creative Concept 1: Seems cluttered, unfocused. Some of the panels don’t work for me.

Voices from the past

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:18:26 -0500

Over the last 6-8 weeks I have had near daily emails from prospects and former customers that I had not heard from in 2-5 years. Is this a sign the economy is improving? Are people back to spending money on their hobbies?

I have always found this part of the business fascinating. That it took some people years to send in some books to be bound.

The number of emails I received “sad” to see I had closed mostly came from people who had never sent in any work.

In any case, still fascinating.

Now, back to work!

New Cover

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:01:24 -0500

I am starting to document projects being prepped and sent to various binderies. Today’s project involves getting a new cover put on a book I purchased from an eBay auction. I didn’t care for the original cover but the interior content was hand-sewn and well crafted. So the end result will be a short video showing the before and after of the process.

Creative Concepts

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:19:54 -0500

I am in the process of roughing out 10 different variations of the Creative Concept for the new SBS site. I finished two of them over the weekend. Right now they are being reviewed by Tim, Paul and Richard.

I will post them once I get their input.

Thank you!

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:05:00 -0500

Thank you for all the kind comments and welcome backs! The support for restarting SBS has been humbling and gratifying!

Stay tuned!

We are just getting started!

Skype

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:01:00 -0500

As we ramp up the new SBS site, I have been doing practice runs of how we will interact and help our fellow comic book bookbinding fans. I have been having scheduled “meetings” (one each day on Saturdays and Sundays) to share tips and to demonstrate how things are done.

I have the setup to Skype with up to 5 people at the same time. So, if you would like to get on the meeting list, let me know!

Free Information

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:01:00 -0500

The new SBS site will have a robust amount of free information.

On Youtube will be short informational videos
OmahaBound, our new monthly podcast, will feature both comic collectors and the binderies they use
By popular demand, Bound4good will be a gallery of finished volumes
Designed4heroes will be a gallery of finished cover designs

And that’s just a start!

Podcast Guest

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:01:00 -0500

Michael Gillispie of Bindery 59 has agreed to be a guest on an episode of the OmahaBound podcast! Join us as Mike brings us up-to-date on what Bindery 59 is doing in the comic book bookbinding world.

OmahaBound

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:01:00 -0500

OmahaBound is the name that Tim Benson has come up with for our monthly bookbinding podcast. While most podcasts will feature Tim and myself, we will be inviting other comic book bookbinding enthusiasts to join in on the conversation.

Stay tuned!

Great Meeting!

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:01:37 -0500

Tim and I had a great meeting with Kerry, Connie and Travis of H&A Media Group! The next step is to flesh out the creative concepts that we discussed. I will be posting these as they are developed.

Booster Gold volume 4: A couple of years back I created a three...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:01:47 -0500

Booster Gold volume 4: A couple of years back I created a three volume set for a customer through Snow Dog bindery. Sadly Snow Dog is no longer in business. I am having H&R Bindery create a matching volume 4 with a file supplied by me. I’ll post images when it is finished.

Big Day!

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:01:00 -0500

Tim Benson and I meet with H&A Media Group to discuss building the new Single Bound Studios web site.

We are asking their designers to build our site to resemble a comic book two-page spread! That’s the fun part!

But we are serious about usable content for the site visitor. The goal is to produce content that the visitor will want to come back to over and over again. Podcasts, informational videos, project templates, etc.

Stay tuned!

Home Office

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:01:39 -0500

Here is short clip showing my Home Office.

Instructional Videos

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 16:01:35 -0500

In another life I wrote and produced video training tapes. At the time I was doing this the technology was big, bulky and expensive.

Not any more!

To create the instructional videos that Tim and I will be working on we are using the following resources.

An iPad 2 (with a special tripod mount) to shoot the footage and record some audio. Once the footage is shot, we dump the electronic files into a dropbox folder.

We then retrieve the file from the dropbox folder and edit them on a 21.5 inch iMac using iMovie. To record primary and additional audio we are using a yeti USB microphone.

Each finished video will be posted in Single Bound Studios youtube channel.

What happened to the Resource Center idea?

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 08:01:07 -0500

The short answer is that I couldn’t make it work without violating copyrights. Fair use is one thing but I what I wanted to do would have been far outside of fair use.

So by relaunching the Single Bound Studios site Tim and I hope to be a resource for helping people get their projects done.

Monthly Podcast

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:01:31 -0500

As I restart Single Bound Studios one of the new things that will be featured on the site is a Monthly Podcast focused on comic book binding projects.

Sometimes it will be an audio podcast and other times it will be a video podcast.

Tim and I have several topics already lined up to explore.

If you have some topic suggestions please let us know!