A new horizon
Back in mid 2008 we announced a partnership with SingleCell Productions, followed by an announcement in January 2009 that graveyardgirls.net will be publishing one final year. We have also announced the final year of the Summer Bloodfeast series in Spartanburg SC with the 2009 show, and SingleCell has performed their final Purgatory in Charlotte NC.
Their has been a lot of speculation regarding what is going on, and why we are ending things that seem to be doing very well. She short answer is we are at a new horizon.
Since we started this thing called Graveyard Girls, there has been a nonstop feed of competitors doing the exact same thing. Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but it has reached a point that it has become a major distraction, in some cases to our own models. Distractions over time evolve into lost revenue, and I am unwilling to continue pumping money into a site that is going into the negative.
Graveyard Girls in it’s current form must come to an end.
As of January 2010, this site will go offline. In it’s place a new face of Graveyard Girls as a publishing group will emerge.
We are becoming a printed magazine.
After 7 years this seems to be the most obvious solution to the problem of carbon copies. It is going to take a lot of help to make this happen, and our partners at SingleCell Productions, as well as some of our long time supporters and staff are behind this 100%.
The new magazine is planned for launch on January 2, 2010, and will be a color 44 page print, featuring our own Graveyard Girls in each issue. There will also be articles on artists, music, movies, and lifestyle. It will be published quarterly.
We will be distributing to select cities from Atlanta GA, to Washington DC for free, and a very low cost subscription option will also be available to have it arrive via old fashioned postal service mail. An expanded digital option is also being considered for a low fee.
For this to happen, we do need advertising, and it will be extremely limited within the 44 page layout. Our primary target range of sponsors are tattoo shops, piercing studios, and independent music stores, as well as online vendors. If any of you reading this think you may be interested, feel free to email admin@graveyardgirls.net for more information.
On the financial end, this is going to be very expensive, and aside from advertising, we also have events as potential sources of revenue. This years Summer Bloodfeast is a fundraiser for this magazine, as will be the return of the Alternative Arts Expo this fall. 2010 will continue with events, and although the Summer Bloodfeast is being retired, 4 release parties are planned, and the Alternative Arts Expo will continue.
I hope this is enough to spark some interest from those of you reading this. We’ve got a long way to go, but this is the direction to keep this thing alive.
I thank you all for your support over the last 7 years, and hope to see that support continue for at least 7 more.
