Lonely Star

(above» trying out some new software. Lobster Johnson.)

I have a couple of small things in the pipeline then I’m free to work on whatever I want. I feel an urgent need to work on these things. Partly because I don’t feel positive about where things are going with the industry. I’m really trying to stay positive. Really. In the back of my mind, one might call it… panic? I’m watching things unfold. Comics (to clarify- floppies)are crying out to be distributed on the cheap as digital downloads. While there is a readership for these things, it’s small and well… aging. With no new blood coming in. Finally publishers are doing digital downloads. Yay. But the bigger companies are charging the same price as the print versions. Boo. Temporarily this will work short-term but it’s not sustainable.

At one time, I honestly thought I could make a career out of comics. That quickly faded as I watch the numbers slowly dwindle.  The reality is if you’re not one of the lucky few making a living doing comics, you’re creating these on the side. You have a day job and draw these in the evening or weekends. Now, for the last few years, I’ve been diversifying my output. Prints, small gallery shows, t-shirts and then comics. I think back on it now and yeah, sometimes I think I should have gone into something more viable, like tattooing.

It still could happen. I’ll always have a soft spot for comics but it’s a very hard road to travel.