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Jan. 4th, 2022 12:29 pmLate last year, a regional comics publisher, Black Eye Books, contacted me about crowdfunding a collection of my Dishman small press comics series. I had nothing to lose by agreeing to it, but I wasn't confident that this project would succeed. I never saw myself as a name draw in the field, and Dishman has been available to read online (for free) for years now. So no one needed to buy this book, it seemed to me.
The crowdfund was set to launch officially this morning, and I found out that it met its necessary goal in an hour. I am pleasantly (but thoroughly) shocked.
The crowdfund was set to launch officially this morning, and I found out that it met its necessary goal in an hour. I am pleasantly (but thoroughly) shocked.
something I am grateful for today
May. 7th, 2018 11:40 ampencilling a page and having a few moments of surprise at how good and solid some bits of the work felt to me
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Apr. 29th, 2018 07:27 pmI got myself to ink a page after I was "sure" I didn't feel up to doing it -- and I didn't do a sucky job at it, either!
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Apr. 8th, 2018 07:29 pmwhen things aren't so bad
The page I drew today included a panel I was not looking forward to drawing, I knew it would be tedious and challenging and just generally a pain, and it would probably look like a fail when I was done. But a little voice said, quit dwelling on it and just draw it step by step and don't worry. So I did, and it turned out that it didn't feel as rough as I feared, and it turned out not all that bad when I was done... ergo pleasantly surprised all round.
The page I drew today included a panel I was not looking forward to drawing, I knew it would be tedious and challenging and just generally a pain, and it would probably look like a fail when I was done. But a little voice said, quit dwelling on it and just draw it step by step and don't worry. So I did, and it turned out that it didn't feel as rough as I feared, and it turned out not all that bad when I was done... ergo pleasantly surprised all round.
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Feb. 6th, 2018 11:17 am when old friends give a warm welcome to new work
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Aug. 20th, 2015 10:44 amPeople with long memories.
Posted on FB about Dishman's anniversary [thirty years ago this month, the first issue was published], and received dozens of of kind acknowledgments and reminiscences. It's humbling to think that I made something that people still recall so fondly so many years later.
Posted on FB about Dishman's anniversary [thirty years ago this month, the first issue was published], and received dozens of of kind acknowledgments and reminiscences. It's humbling to think that I made something that people still recall so fondly so many years later.
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Jan. 21st, 2013 12:37 pmI posted another issue of Dishman online today, which gave me another opportunity to look at my old work. As is pretty much par for the course, I'm not inordinately pleased with it. In fact, to me it looks like unprofessional work [with the occasional moment -- but “occasional moments” are not enough to make you a pro].
Today I am grateful that there are some professionals out there who disagree with me. In particular today, I'm thinking of Jim Salicrup, who was an editor at Topps Comics in 1993 and invited me to produce an original Dishman short story as a back-up feature for an issue of one of his books. This allowed me my most professional comics experience ever! He provided me with free top-of-the-line art supplies (which I was unable to find or afford for myself in those days), he assigned a pro colorist to my work, I was in a book that was being distributed to all the comics shops at the height of the boom so that meant exposure... and the title that my back-up appeared in was a series that had been created by Jack Kirby, so my name appeared along with Jack's in the credits.
I never felt so much like a pro as I did during that short assignment. And Jim must've thought my work was good enough to be treated that way, cuz it was all his idea, he came to me and asked me to do it. A nice memory!
Today I am grateful that there are some professionals out there who disagree with me. In particular today, I'm thinking of Jim Salicrup, who was an editor at Topps Comics in 1993 and invited me to produce an original Dishman short story as a back-up feature for an issue of one of his books. This allowed me my most professional comics experience ever! He provided me with free top-of-the-line art supplies (which I was unable to find or afford for myself in those days), he assigned a pro colorist to my work, I was in a book that was being distributed to all the comics shops at the height of the boom so that meant exposure... and the title that my back-up appeared in was a series that had been created by Jack Kirby, so my name appeared along with Jack's in the credits.
I never felt so much like a pro as I did during that short assignment. And Jim must've thought my work was good enough to be treated that way, cuz it was all his idea, he came to me and asked me to do it. A nice memory!
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blast from the past
Oct. 18th, 2012 12:46 pmParty like it's 1985! The first issue of my old zine The Mundane Adventures of Dishman has been re-presented online for your edification and delectation! Yep, it's there right now! Go look -- g'wan, it's okay!
