That said, however, Le Veque has clearly established
a devoted following of readers, and in at least some cases she says those readers are renting or borrowing her books — and then buying a copy of them anyway.
We see licensed books bringing in a lot
of new
readers, and seeing something like SPX, which just had a gangbusters show,
devoted to small press, people were there to buy, so there is a lot
of interest in stuff that is an expression
of a creator's personal storytelling... Our belief is where there is creativity,
readers will
follow, and it seems to us there is a great flowering
of creativity, so it's a great time to be in the comics world.»