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As I've mentioned before, I have waived my page rate and first publication royalties on all my books at IDW, to make it easier on their corporate wallets. I get only the royalties from the trade paperbacks and other reprints.

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There's a danger, when doing stories set in "the Future" that one will catch up to them! The Next Men's adventures were set "in the future", tho I did not specify just how far, in the hopes of avoiding this pitfall. Still caught up to, and passed them!

Less of a chance of that with HIGH WAYS, methinks! I don't expect to live to see the year in which it's set.

"Less of a chance of that with HIGH WAYS, methinks! I don't expect to live to see the year in which it's set."

Oh sure, JB....take the easy way out! LOL 

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The trade paperback collections have made double-page spreads something of a problem, too. Over the years I have developed the habit of doing multi-panel spreads for pages 2 and 3, which works find for the first issue, when collected, but the deeper into the volume, the more artwork that disappears into the fold!

Except when I forget!!

Got my copy yesterday and read it immediately.  Loved it! But I already knew I would. 

I know there isn't much more I can add in the way of praise for this (as well as any of the other books you produce now and have produced in the past), but I will say this:

There is a certain degree of comfort (for lack of a better word) that accompanies buying something with your name on it.  Like a visit from a favorite friend or relative; you know it's going to be a pleasant - and sometimes mind-blowing! - experience.  The fact that it's a John Byrne project alone transcends whatever genre you're tapping into at each juncture.   

The love and respect you have for the medium is apparent in every bit of dialogue and artwork and I just want to say thank you.  Small comforts like the ones I'm offered following your work really do make my small world a better place!

As I mentioned when making my little announcements, both began with different purposes, the ship as a TRUCK, with wheels (which is no doubt why I thought to "recycle" the model when the idea of "space truckers" popped into my head), and the Europa base as a mid-ocean station.

Another ship turns up next issue, and it was also "refitted" from an earlier model. The "wheel in space" station, as I noted previously, was built specifically for this series.

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I suppose so. Haven't given it any thought. IDW have been very good about making sure they pay me what they owe me (as distinct from a certain other "small" company I could mention), so I trust them.