Well folks, as the more astute of you may have been able to tell, I’ve been absent for a few weeks from this thing we call a webcomic.
It’s been a culmination of stress, stress relief, possible jobs, and insurance companies screwing me over that’s kept me away. But mostly here I want to focus on the possible job that may keep me away from doing my comic as I wish. Although I can’t go into it in full I am trying to work out a deal in which I’ll be doing illustration work for a book. Hate to sound all “hush-hush” and stuff, but I was told to be, but the fact is I don’t know how well the comic will fare while I’m trying to illustrate a book over the summer. As with most webcomics, this webcomic is a labor of love, something I do for little to no money, and in the end, things that will land me with money to spend on things like food and stuff will have to take front place in my workload. I’m sure we understand this.
Still, I have to say I’m a little regretful of this, as I was really getting into the heat of the story and have major plans for the next coming storylines. But the world revolves around money, alas. And drawing for a job sure beats working at McDonald’s.
Secondly- don’t beat me if this is too silly a question- I have a problem in my house. I have too much art. Way too much art. While some I have to send to the people who own the characters or are just stuck with me because they are fanart, I have currently 121 comic strips in my possession. The later 63 of these are actually done on regular 8.5″ x 11″ cardstock, at a 2 x 2 orientation. The ones before that were done on sketchpaper, landscape orientation, but still usually 2 x 2 panels. Not all of them are lookers, a lot of them look rather different from the originals, even taking into account add the text and balloons digitally. But, they are all here, and they are taking up a massive amount of space in my art file.
So. I bet you know what I am going to ask. Is there any possible interest in the buying of originals? I have tried selling originals of my other artwork sketches, but perhaps the original artwork for my comics will have more appeal? I will always scan the originals so you can see what they really look like before I cut them apart in Photoshop so you can see what it actually looks like.
Cameo strips are off limits, obviously. Those are gifts to those who were cameoed in them.
I feel this question is silly considering what a small fanbase I have, but it doesn’t hurt to ask, right?
Oh, and in case you’re wondering, I keep high-resolution copies of the completed strips, and have them backed up several places. The completed strips are what matter to me, as I learned with Anxiety Cafe- a comic is really no good if you don’t remember what words were supposed to go there.
That’s it for now. In the immortal words of Bill and Ted:
Stay excellent to each other!
