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A pre-order page for THE SOLAR GRID hardback has been created. After being strung along by a handful literary agents, editors, and publishers for the better part of the year, it seems that the punk-rock self-publishing route is all I've got. Agents cannot seem to bring themselves to represent the work, and mainstream publishers cower at the thought of putting it on paper. I understand; it's transgressive and hard-hitting and the publishing landscape is not what it was in the days of Metal Hurlant or early Vertigo (who I fully blame for my irreversible corruption). Despite the fair degree of praise THE SOLAR GRID has received thus far, it just doesn't quite check any of the boxes drawn out by publishers these days. It is neither a biography, memoir, or piece of graphic journalism—seemingly the only forms of graphic noveling deemed literary by the big boys. And it is way too complex and textured for publishers who peddle in genre. So I understand, I get how it doesn't quite fit within…

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