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And we have color. Minor problems, but nothing that can’t be fixed for the next proof.

http://www.lulu.com/shop/chongchen-saelee-and-scott-harpt/jackpot-bloom/paperback/product-21787948.html

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My most ambitious yet earnest project, almost 15 years in the making! I hope you show us support!

Jackpot Bloom color flats test

Seeing as how Lulu.com provides customers the option to print color either on value or standard or premium quality paper, it really is a matter of taste. If you don’t want to make a photo-quality book, then you can go on value paper, which would resemble a comic book the most. Otherwise, you’d have a really heavy book if all the pages were coated and photo quality. Therefore, I’m currently experimenting with colors and half-toning it so that the printer will print LESS ink onto the page and hopefully reducing any warping on their value line of paper. Of course, I haven’t ordered a color value proof yet, so I really don’t know what it’ll look like. I just know that if you order the standard paper line with color, the pages are going to be coated and heavier, much like a photo. And my comic book art isn’t that painterly. So we’ll see.

-Full bleed margins are now correct
-But I messed up the spine settings; Hopefully, for next proof, it’ll be fixed

By Chongchen Saelee

I thought I’d write a quick cheat sheet on how to prepare your first comic book for Lulu.com publishing. This is for their US Trade paperback format of 6 inches by 9 inches per page. Your page count may vary. What you get with this setup is a color glossy cardstock cover, and black and white pages.

Setting up the interior pages

If you don’t intend to have any full page bleed artwork, you can setup your page template to be exactly 6 inches by 9 inches. Even then, make sure you set a safety margin of at least 0.125 inches so your content is properly visible in case it gets cropped off. (more…)

It’s half-way done, folks. Set some money aside to buy it when it’s completed in the next few months!