ISSUE 7

Issue 7 arrived in the mail and I am blown away with how good it looks!  The new scanner that allows me to scan directly from my 11x17 art instead of xeroxing it down and then scanning from that makes a huge improvement.  So much so that I plan on rescanning all issues when I can so that all of them will look this good.

ISSUE 7 IS AVAILABLE NOW!

Issue 7 is FINALLY available on Indyplanet (my delays, not theirs.  I'm not blaming them).  Go check it out (and order lots of copies).  YAY!

http://indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=7165

Myrtle beach has come and gone, a couple of ok days and 1 bad one, but a fun time meating a lot of good people.  Hoping to add some shows soon, we'll see how that goes.

AT LAST!

Issue 7 is off to Ka-Blam (the printer)!  After a new computer, a new scanner, a new computer program, and 7 hours with Geek Squad getting all of them to work together it is finished and ordered!  Exhale...

One of my favorite covers.

So I obviously feel a lot better about this, and just about all of it in general.  My last post was very pessimistic and I needed to bolow off some steam.

I also have a spot at XCon in Myrtle Beach Fl for a three day show in May.  Since I can't be at Heroescon this year because of my work schedule, this is a welcome addition.  Its a new area for me and I've heard a lot of good things about this show.

Disappointment

I have needed to post for quite a while, but haven't because I wanted to be able to post that issue 7 had been sent to Ka-Blam for printing. The reason I can't say that is that it is not true. Once again I cannot get this done and I am royally pissed! I bought a new scanner and photoshop program to work with the new computer and once again I can't get it together! They won't work together or talk to each other, and it will freeze entirely. One problem always leads to another.

I am feeling about as low as I have in the three years since I started publishing Bear Butt Comics. I wonder if I should just give up. I am obviously not good at this, nobody fucking cares about this but me. Its not like anyone even reads this anyway.

All I wanted to to tell my little stories, draw some pictures, and put it into a format that I have loved my entire life. The fact that I am unable to do what should be a simple thing is just screaming at me that I need to just quit.

Who am I kidding?

Charlotte Comicon, and stuff

Went to the Charlotte Comicon (as the title would suggest) and had a fun time. Sold some homeless superhero sketches, which seem to be getting pretty popular. Got a couple of commissions to do some so I had to come up with an idea for Booster Gold and Dr Fate on the spot. I think they turned out to be fun.

So with Charlotte, I have finished my conventions for the year. I will start again soon I am sure. I feel that I have been doing consistently better at them for a while now.

I am toying with some ideas for next year. One of the big ones I would like to do is DYSLEXIC COSMIC II, but the big issue with that is finding artists that will follow through and get it done.

Doing what I can to try and get INTERMEZZO to a wider audience, which is tough these days. People don't have much disposable income, and there are a lot of comics out there that I would like to buy but can't afford them all. So I know its not easy to try something from a guy you've never heard of, doing a book you never heard of, about characters you never heard of.

So I greatly appreciate those who give it a try, and feel overjoyed when someone comes back to buy more after trying the first one or two. So much of this compulsion of mine is trying to entertain with these stories that run around in my head. So when I let them out and someone is genuinely entertained by them, it makes me feel good.

Jaxcon

Did a show in Jacksonville, NC that went pretty well. Not great for me but just ok. It wasn't as much as a comic show as it was a gaming event with venders set up. It was fun being set up around some friends and we had a good day, but that was a long drive.

My next show is in Charlotte on Dec 18th. Haven't been to this show in a while, hoping it will go well again.

On a completely unrelated note, i am really bummed out about Batman, The Brave and the Bold being cancelled. I thought it was such a fun show and will really miss it. But it had a great ending, so creative.

NCComicon

NCComicon was a great show. I enjoyed it and met a lot of people. Had some great conversations with Budd Root and Waki (John Wycough) and some new people around my table, as well as people who stopped by my table to check out my work.

The big thing i am struggling with right now is some carpul tunnel like symptoms which is hampering my ability to draw. Thats a bummer, but my dr. has me on some medicine and i am wearing a brace that helps. I hope to get to get to a point that I can get into a regular routine for drawing again soon.