B5 Publicity??

 Posted on 6/14/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


Chad Underkoffler <102512.1310@compuserve.com> asks:
> The UK was pleasant, I trust?
> Who handles B5 publicity?
> Is it WB or in-house Babylonian Productions?
> Does that include talk show bookings, SNL guest hosting, and all
> that jazz? but how do *you* feel personally as regards SNL's
> tendency to parody the week's guest host's roles? I know you
> dislike (or just don't want to see) fanfic B5 parodies, what
> about parodies done by the Not Ready for Prime Time Players? have
> you seen the RPG playtest rules and background? Is it true to your
> vision?

WB has generally handled B5's publicity, though we've lately
hired our own publicists to help gain additional exposure.

Parodies don't bother me.

Newsletters have begun going out; posters and fan club packets
have had to wait until we got everything worked out. Remember, please,
everybody, that the FC is a new creation, was not a going concern;
those who got in at the very beginning will have a short wait that
those joining thereafter won't have. As with everything else we do, we
try and do it *right*. If that takes a bit longer, so be it. (I sent
back the new poster design twice for small changes and improvements,
which alone put things back.)

jms