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After almost two complete days of painting, moving crap around, and now loading in a new bedroom suite and building the damn bed— I’m beat down. I wouldnt be usually if I had a good night’s sleep. We slept on a mattress in the living room the past two nights, where our cats got their revenge on me, playing their little cat games at 2am, 3am, 6am— BAH!

Now my knuckles are busted and it’s time to go to bed and sleep… and dream.

Joey Manley sends me a brief e-mail which touched my fragile ego, it says:

“Your criticisms over the years have not gone unheeded. We need more
people like you in comics.”

With a link to his latest blog entry.

The jist of it is, he’s tired of being a middleman, it’s grown to be too much effort and work for one guy to handle. BUT, the good part is, he didn’t just fold up and walk away, he used his PROBLEM and made it into an opportunity, and it very well could be something that could help many cartoonists already online, finally become WEBcartoonists. Living in a Web Comics Nation.

Anyway, go read for yourself. I have furniture and crap to move. CLICKY.

He tried to respond on the blog, but it wouldn’t let him. Damn blog! – He posted over in the forum though. CLICKY.

I replied as well for anyone following this stuff. It takes a big person to own up like that. Even with all that said there, I still think a “History of Webcomics” is a BAD idea for 2005 or 2006. Let’s aim for like 2010 or later I think. Maybe that’s even too soon.

Also, maybe the other part of me hates the fact that things are categorized and labeled. “Webcartoonists” – Am I that because I draw comics and put them online??? I’m just a cartoonist in general, online and offline. While it’s a great new form of delivery, not too much has changed except for the tools and the money.

I’m leary. Maybe for the next generation. Cautious. I don’t want any kids getting bright ideas that there’s this “industry” – just about EVERY business model for comics online is in a complete FUNK or failure right now. Some of the biggest online hubs, cartoonists are LUCKY to get even 100 bucks a quarter!! And those are some of the highest paying things! So the real success still lies in probably a handful of independents at this time, and I wouldnt call that an industry or career path. It’s the good old fashioned self publishing business , or freelancing cartoonist, is all. –

Like I said… I don’t want any misconceptions of this.. “business of webcomics” thing. It doesn’t really exist. Does it?

Back to painting and home projects here. Blah!

LINK! - Not sure if people will get the reference or not. But I don’t care, because it makes me laugh dammit! If you don’t know, maybe someone else can tell you.

KEEP WHAT YOU KILL!

I had one written out and everything, and must have forgot to hit PUBLISH. I suck.

I’m in the middle of a bunch of home improvement type stuff and house work in general. I’m like Mr. Mom… ON CRACK.

I added the google search feature, let me know how it works or looks for you guys, now the site SHOULD be searchable. My blog search thing has been broke, and I didn’t know it. So google search replaces it— which is MUCH better in my opinion. Let me know if it looks like crap.

In other news, I e-mailed Tycho last night and he had this little bit to say in his e-mail:
“(I read your comic and blog. Also, my friend Jim stocks your print
comic in his shop, so you mailing me feels very much as though I am
interacting with a genuine celebrity! Please describe, in detail,
your gilded halls and exotic meals.)”

Now, I find that hilarious, because in webcomic land, I guess the Penny Arcade fellas are considered the celebrities, and I wasn’t even expecting an email reply, figuring they’d be too busy smoking money or something. So, that made me feel a little better about myself.

Maybe I’m just “notorious” ? I don’t feel accomplished at all. I feel like a giant failure day in and day out. Sigh. Sure it’s probably not so, but I can’t help think that, I’m only human– out here in the void all alone with my thoughts.

Big thanks to Rebel"i wanna see more boobies in webcomics"Suns for posting on my forum to alert me of Penny Arcade’s latest…. Here’s his post-

Anyway, the jist of it is mocking this ADVENTURES INTO DIGITAL COMICS documentary thing, and how stupid it is. And for a good while, I’ve felt like a LONE voice of dissent when I see stories about this…. or I hear complete bullshit like this. Sure, a fun documentary about people making webcomics or something, fine.. but all this talk of REVOLUTION! and being closed off by “THE MAN” - Blah blah blah. Penny Arcade fucking NAILED this one to the wall.

I want to go one step further and fire a shot across the bow again at that retarded HISTORY OF WEBCOMICS book being written by TCampbell.

HISTORY?

Dude, we’re drawing comics here, not creating a curriculum. Do we NEED a HISTORY OF WEBCOMICS BOOK? And for who? A target audience of people who want to see their names in the book, or OTHER webcomic artists. BAH! That’s gay. I’m sooooo sick of the faux pioneers. People only looking to put notches in their belt and give themselves some sort of “resume” in retardedness. And yet… people are apparently lining up to give this guy free art for his book. That is awesome in it’s badness.

So what the fuck is my problem? Where do I get off talking about any of this? I don’t know, because it bugs me. It doesn’t NAG me, or really EFFECT me. Well, it annoys me. I don’t like BULLSHIT. Am I jealous? HECK NO! Am I bitter?? HELL YEAH! I’m bitter like the back of a newborn possum’s hide, ninjas! But it’s got nothing to do with these pansy fruit cupcake, faux pioneers.

I was discussing this with another distinguished comic creator who told me I was really humble and courteous about something pertaining to this subject—- he told me that I myself had a nationally syndicated comic strip and have done more than ANY of these idiots. But I don’t gloat about it. Maybe I should?? Maybe I should have some lame brain resume of great things I’ve done or tried. I just don’t think that way.

Another great writer I know, James Patrick, gave me the advice once, well not really advice to ME but it was even if he doesnt know it, he said : “if you can DO, then DO. never DO ABOUT.” and I’ve tried to remember that when I get the urge to run off and do something about what it is I do.

I think that’s who I get along best with. The DOERS. Not the do about’ers. Err… When it boils down to basics, they’re just looking to USE the doers for their own benefit or gay legacy.

And listen… you’re not a DOER just because you went ahead and DID some things. You dig me?

Oh well, it’s late… BIG DIGITAL HIGH FIVES to Penny Arcade, for letting me know I’m not alone in my thoughts.