{"id":3643,"date":"2012-10-26T16:16:55","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T14:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.auderset.com\/\/?p=3643"},"modified":"2013-10-29T10:21:25","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T08:21:25","slug":"usa-bonne-mauvaise-nouvelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.auderset.com\/en\/usa-bonne-mauvaise-nouvelle\/","title":{"rendered":"USA: good bad news"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I was beaten\u00a0!<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Total sale after a year and a half\u00a0: Zero<\/strong>\u00a0!<\/p>\n

The distributor has broken the contract!<\/p>\n

________________________________<\/p>\n

Historical of \u2018\u2019Conventional Wisdom\u2019\u2019 in <\/em>USA<\/em>:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2006: I sign a contract with an English editor<\/span><\/p>\n

2,000 sold in the UK<\/em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

500 sold here<\/span><\/p>\n

2,000 given (today, I still have 2,000 left)<\/span><\/p>\n

2009: the contract ends (not enough selling for him)<\/span><\/p>\n

2011: I sign with an American distributor<\/span><\/p>\n

2012: end of the contract<\/span><\/p>\n

_______________________________________<\/p>\n

Cultural problem\u00a0?<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

No, my comic does touch the American youth!<\/p>\n

I saw it during my trip to Mississippi<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Advertising?<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The comic was available on a shelf somewhere in the USA<\/em>,<\/em><\/p>\n

But who knew it\u2026?!<\/p>\n

I had to do my own advertising there\u2026.<\/p>\n

They said they could do my advertising if I<\/em><\/p>\n

Had paid 10,000 $ cash!<\/p>\n

(well, I\u2019m already suffering for getting a small salary sometimes\u2026so, as strange as it appears to be, I said no!<\/strong>)<\/span><\/p>\n

I tried many things starting by \u2018\u2019we could just\u2026\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

But \u2026(anyway\u2026)<\/p>\n

In fact: no marketing, no advertising: no fruits!<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tomatoes defeat!<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

All this looks like my small tomatoes on my porch,<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t take care of them and now,<\/p>\n

Even though I tried to save some of them, it\u2019s all damned\u2026<\/p>\n

The USA is a good \u2018\u2019market\u2019\u2019, OK (even for those tomatoes)<\/em><\/p>\n

It could help me to take off from my survival condition<\/p>\n

But there is something else for me,<\/p>\n

I feel that I stole something from them in Heaven<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Restart?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Then, I felt on my knees,<\/em><\/p>\n

I replant those poor sick fruits<\/p>\n

With a sincerely love and then I<\/p>\n

Prayed for this huge country<\/p>\n

(It actually needs prayers, whatever we say about it)<\/p>\n

The biggest tree on Earth<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Was first a small act of faith,<\/p>\n

Just a little seed of madness,<\/p>\n

Which hasn\u2019t been despised<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

The future<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The comic \u2018\u2019Robi\u2019\u2019 is the last one available in USA<\/em>\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

-book http:\/\/bookstore.westbowpress.com\/Products\/SKU-000455324\/Robi-for-the-Close-Friends.aspx<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

-for smartphones http:\/\/www.auderset.com\/\/nouveautes\/robi-sur-smartphone\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

(by two different editors)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Your mission<\/em><\/strong> (if you accept it)<\/em><\/p>\n

Make as much noise as possible!<\/p>\n

-to the ones who have English links!<\/p>\n

-I\u2019m ready to testify in those countries, but it\u2019s<\/p>\n

Kind of impossible if I\u2019m not introduced by someone who knows someone who\u2026.<\/p>\n

www.auderset.com<\/a> in English<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

-in order to receive the newsletter in English and<\/p>\n

Spread it further:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.auderset.com\/\/en\/inscription-newsletter\/<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Good news\u00a0: this is going to change<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Actually, it is quite a good new this end of contract\u2026<\/p>\n

Because after my cartoon success in the USA<\/em>,<\/em><\/p>\n

I will be free to engage a bigger editor!<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cool!<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

But in any case, my ambition is higher than the cartoon or even <\/span>the USA<\/em>\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I know some have guessed already\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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