I almost always have work, I get to travel, and I can provide for the people around me. But it never gets easier. That’s the only lesson I […]
My job search has always been done by attitude. So-and-so got a job drawing some album covers, I called the 20 or so bands I knew and askedif […]
It’s been my experience that the economy has very little effect on an artist as long as he-she doesn’t fall into the trap of relying on clients to […]
The economics of comics is bad, no other entertainment form has increased in price adjusting for inflation harder than comics. It’s $3.99 right now for a comic. Which […]
100 million dollars – that’s what they spent on the Watchmen film which nearly didn’t come out because of the lawsuit, that’s what they spent on The League […]
There is more integrity in comics. It sounds simplistic, but I believe there is a formula that you can apply to almost any work of modern culture… The […]
The poisonous touch of capitalism may not be new, and it certainly does not exist only within the comic pages, but it is disappointing to see that the […]
No idea has proven more damaging to the comics industry than the myth that its professionals – not just creators, but retailers, even distributor – work for love […]
It seems like cartoonists and any freelance craftsperson or artist has to constantly be skirting around the outside of society, trying to find random ways of making money […]
Doing one’s work and eschewing more financially beneficial options might seem groundbreaking to people who are used to consuming mass marketed things, but in the world of indie […]
Cartoonists are all paid more poorly than a prose author would ever be, and this isn’t even factoring in all of this extra work. How many prose authors […]
With most comics priced between $3 and $4, and since very few folks put out single issue stories aymore, I find it a continual struggle whether to buy […]
Since I have a comic store, it’s easy to have a display up front. If I make a pitch to someone asking if they want to read my […]
It was gratifying when I went back to Hawaii for my first [Usagi Yojimbo] book signing. It was crowded. There were kids everywhere. My Dad said, “Okay, I […]