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HEY GUESS WHAT?!?
Paul Fricke is sending me AIN'T THAT PECULIAR!!! I love friends!!! YAY, PAUL!
Hey! Here's a Paul story that gets us back to selling Runaway Comics! Which is what we are supposed to be doing here, after all.
If you will all turn in your Runaway Comic #2, to the article in Jabberous Offline about that comic book company that ripped me off for $5... Are you with me? (If you do not have a Runaway Comic #2, go buy one, then come back here.)
Paul and I got the copy of Comics Buyers Guide that contained that amazing ad while I was in Chicago attending the Chicago Comic Con and staying at Paul's house. Paul's dramatic reading of that ad is one of my all-time funniest fondest memories! You shoulda been there! It was one of those "Oh God, stop, my sides hurt!!!" moments.
Flash forward to 2006. Paul gets his Runaway Comic #2, and says to me "What was it in here that you thought I'd be so interested to see?" He had completely forgotten the whole thing! Even after looking at it in RC#2! Of course, after I TOLD HIM what was so interesting, THEN he remembered.
It's so odd the way 2 different brains sort and file things.
I'd still pay a handsome sum for Muscle Car Hero.
important message from mrs martin
You're all invited!
(Except that nut who called Condi a you-know-what.) What the hell, it's not like we're snooty or anything. Come on! I dare you! If you are not that nut who called Condi a you-know-what, and you actually want to drop by, contact me for a map with real names, instead of these fake names. Kjartana, I'm counting on YOU!
much better
OK, here is the FINAL cover for issue 3. I fixed the earmuffs, and tweaked a few other things. This book is being solicited for April release. So if you just put a quarter in a jar every week, you'll have more than enough to buy one without feeling any pain.
Hey, what the heck. Wanta see the solicitation info I just sent Fantagraphics? For all of you who don't read PREVIEWS, here 'tis:
RUNAWAY COMIC #3
Montgomery Wart's journey to Blackopolis is interrupted by a shady character in Povertania, and Monty's dreams and schemes for his precious Old King Coal are squashed like a cigar butt on a railroad track.
PLUS! The classic markmartin.net favorite "Crazy Boss" is all re-vamped and polished up for its first appearance in print.
AND! Another exciting and confusing JABBEROUS OFFLINE completes this triple-decker of fun and frolic.
ain't that peculiar?
I'd still rather whine and beg here for some good samaritan to send me an mp3 of the superclean CD version of this wonderful song than spend 99 cents and download it.I'll just buy the whole dang CD if I don't get it soon. DON'T PUSH ME, MAN!!!
now we know
At last! An answer to the age-old quandary "How long would it take a YEAHBUTT to get from Massachusetts to Iceland? :
Me:
I'm mailing out this weekend. Not sure how long it will take to get to Iceland!
Kjartan:
About a month. I picked up the package a couple of days ago. Thot you'd like to know it got here safely. The customs people put so much tax on it that I essentially had to pay for it over again, but that's not your fault.
Me:
Thanks for ordering and enjoy your butt!
Kjartan:
I will. Thanks! - KJARTAN -
Friends, that is one dedicated Butt lover! HOORAY FOR KJARTAN!
PS - We still have a few of these Insanely Limited Edition beauts for sale. If you have not bought (or bot, as Kjartan might say!) yours yet, what are you, CRAZY? Look, if you're waiting for the price to go down, we have an iron-clad guarantee here - The price of the Insanely Limited Edition Yeahbutt Child Rearing Tool will NEVER EVER go down! It will always retain its original value, it can only go UP! (unless some dumbass puts his or hers on eBay for $5, then we're ALL screwed!) It's kinda like your 401K. If that thing goes in the toilet, the whole country just got nuked so grab a shotgun and go rob all your neighbors' food! Same thing! If the value of your YEAHBUTT decreases, the whole pop culture "community" just went insane so at least you're not alone!
Stop being so stubborn! BUY YOUR YEAHBUTT ALREADY!
And while you're at it:
Go read Jed's insightful and accurate analysis of the comics "biz" before he gets mad again. Scroll down here. That's exactly what "not that Runaway is a hit" means!
cartoonist's prayer
Dear Lord
Deliver me from endless debates concerning the nomenclature of calling the comics art a "business" or the comics business an "art". Forgive them, Lord, for they know not that they are just getting peanut butter on their chocolate, and chocolate in their peanut butter. It's two CLICK! two CLICK! two mints in one!
COMING SOON! The secret to non-cakey cornbread! The boss is in Alabama right now, but next week I should have details on that heavenly manna.
Here's an ancient comic I did. "TIMELY MANOR"! Get it? Pretty cool concept, huh, all these kooky karakters living in a boarding house. Oh man, the kooky adventures they were going to have, had Yahweh not smote the tabloid publisher down in his infinite merciful wisdom! Verily I say unto thee, click to embiggen.
Deliver me from endless debates concerning the nomenclature of calling the comics art a "business" or the comics business an "art". Forgive them, Lord, for they know not that they are just getting peanut butter on their chocolate, and chocolate in their peanut butter. It's two CLICK! two CLICK! two mints in one!
COMING SOON! The secret to non-cakey cornbread! The boss is in Alabama right now, but next week I should have details on that heavenly manna.
Here's an ancient comic I did. "TIMELY MANOR"! Get it? Pretty cool concept, huh, all these kooky karakters living in a boarding house. Oh man, the kooky adventures they were going to have, had Yahweh not smote the tabloid publisher down in his infinite merciful wisdom! Verily I say unto thee, click to embiggen.
meet the press
Jed said... Taking a random addle-minded whim and giving it such relentless treatment is perhaps your hidden gift.
me:
"HIDDEN"?!?!
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Anonymous said... Lord Luxury-Yacht is right- you don't even like Monty Python!
me:
That's a lie!
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BonzoGal said... maybe you could scan Con Job and some of your other mini-comics and put 'em on your website. Then you'll lose less money, and the terrorists won't win.
me:
Oh, I don't lose THAT much money. I consider it all promotional expense. Just having a mysterious "presence" out there makes me a "real artist"! Having a "rare" out-of-print jewel floating around gives me gravitas, whereas posting another comic on my website MAY get me a dozen more "hits".
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BonzoGal said... What's that from?
me:
That is Grunge's sand pail. Grunge is going to be an EVERYTHING in January, but I can go ahead and post it here to answer you:
GEN 13 TRADING CARD - 1996
Image and/or Wildstorm (?) published a set of trading cards featuring the Gen13 characters drawn by various unlikely artists. I guess. I assume that was the idea, as I was totally unqualified to draw a Gen13 character, having no clue what Gen13 was. They explained that this Grunge guy took on the qualities of whatever he touched. So I put him on a beach and had a cat pooping in the sand. Ha ha. Get it?
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Mike Dobbs said... I'm completely lost as usual.
me:
but - but - -
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eeTeeD said... if runaway isn’t the “hit” you want it to be, get out there and promote it! and BonzoGal said... eeTeed is right... you should schmooze up the McSweeney guys or Michael Chabon- ooh, or come to SF and do a event at the Cartoon Art Museum!
me:
Thanks for the tips!
Oh man. There are so many layers to that onion. I'll just touch on a few.
a. I know some brilliant cartoonists who go to all the cons and shake all the hands and, in my opinion, should be heralded as geniuses and showered with money and New Yorker cover assignments. But they are virtually unknown. But they enjoy going, and are not bitter or anything. That's not my point. My point is, getting out there does not make your book magically explode.
b. I live in the boondocks and have a day job. I also am not a huge extrovert.
c. HOWEVER - I did have trips to APE and to Frankfurt Book Fair planned this year. I DID! And for once in my life, I was really looking forward to the dog and pony show. But unforeseen events intervened, and I had to cancel both trips, losing gobs of money, and my opportunity to get out there and promote the debut of Runaway, and be chauffeured all over San Francisco by BonzoGal and Eric, and see Germany - BOO HOO!!! I hope I don't sound TOO MUCH like I am whining. Those are just the facts.
d. But really, even if I was able to drum up a couple thousand more sales of Runaway (which I probably would not) that still would not translate to anything approaching minimum wage for the work involved.
e. On the other hand - it could be a stepping stone to Sid and Marty Krofft's YEAHBUTT HOUR!!!
f. McSweeney, Blab, Kramer's, etc - all of those "cool" books are very clique. And my material is not that kind of cool. In their opinion.
g. Actually, I am just assuming McSweeney would snub me. I have not actually approached them. But Blab and Kramer's snubbed me, so que sera sera.
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me:
"HIDDEN"?!?!
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Anonymous said... Lord Luxury-Yacht is right- you don't even like Monty Python!
me:
That's a lie!
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BonzoGal said... maybe you could scan Con Job and some of your other mini-comics and put 'em on your website. Then you'll lose less money, and the terrorists won't win.
me:
Oh, I don't lose THAT much money. I consider it all promotional expense. Just having a mysterious "presence" out there makes me a "real artist"! Having a "rare" out-of-print jewel floating around gives me gravitas, whereas posting another comic on my website MAY get me a dozen more "hits".
≈
BonzoGal said... What's that from?
me:
That is Grunge's sand pail. Grunge is going to be an EVERYTHING in January, but I can go ahead and post it here to answer you:
GEN 13 TRADING CARD - 1996
Image and/or Wildstorm (?) published a set of trading cards featuring the Gen13 characters drawn by various unlikely artists. I guess. I assume that was the idea, as I was totally unqualified to draw a Gen13 character, having no clue what Gen13 was. They explained that this Grunge guy took on the qualities of whatever he touched. So I put him on a beach and had a cat pooping in the sand. Ha ha. Get it?
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Mike Dobbs said... I'm completely lost as usual.
me:
but - but - -
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eeTeeD said... if runaway isn’t the “hit” you want it to be, get out there and promote it! and BonzoGal said... eeTeed is right... you should schmooze up the McSweeney guys or Michael Chabon- ooh, or come to SF and do a event at the Cartoon Art Museum!
me:
Thanks for the tips!
Oh man. There are so many layers to that onion. I'll just touch on a few.
a. I know some brilliant cartoonists who go to all the cons and shake all the hands and, in my opinion, should be heralded as geniuses and showered with money and New Yorker cover assignments. But they are virtually unknown. But they enjoy going, and are not bitter or anything. That's not my point. My point is, getting out there does not make your book magically explode.
b. I live in the boondocks and have a day job. I also am not a huge extrovert.
c. HOWEVER - I did have trips to APE and to Frankfurt Book Fair planned this year. I DID! And for once in my life, I was really looking forward to the dog and pony show. But unforeseen events intervened, and I had to cancel both trips, losing gobs of money, and my opportunity to get out there and promote the debut of Runaway, and be chauffeured all over San Francisco by BonzoGal and Eric, and see Germany - BOO HOO!!! I hope I don't sound TOO MUCH like I am whining. Those are just the facts.
d. But really, even if I was able to drum up a couple thousand more sales of Runaway (which I probably would not) that still would not translate to anything approaching minimum wage for the work involved.
e. On the other hand - it could be a stepping stone to Sid and Marty Krofft's YEAHBUTT HOUR!!!
f. McSweeney, Blab, Kramer's, etc - all of those "cool" books are very clique. And my material is not that kind of cool. In their opinion.
g. Actually, I am just assuming McSweeney would snub me. I have not actually approached them. But Blab and Kramer's snubbed me, so que sera sera.
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WARNING! POLITICS!
THANKS FOR VOTING!
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Profound graffiti seen in Springfield Massachusetts KFC last night:
George Bush hates black people
and poor people
and Spanish people
and KFC
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Profound graffiti seen in Springfield Massachusetts KFC last night:
George Bush hates black people
and poor people
and Spanish people
and KFC
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and another thing!
There are less than half a dozen of these wonderful comics left on the open market. Well, actually, I think there are EXACTLY 6 left. So you oughta buy one. I'm just sayin'! It's a hell of a lot more fun than that depressing "Shadow of No Towers" thing, and it's easier to store!
I don't make a penny off this crap I shill here. In fact, I LOSE money! I'm just trying to give you some good advice.
never happy
I like this cover - but I really want to be doing the next installment of blogopera.
If blogopera became a "hit" I'd start something else and want to do that.
I just don't like working for the man. Even when the man is me.
Not that Runaway is a hit. But you know what I mean.
tardy
Oops. I meant to post this on Halloween -
Months ago Janet mentioned a pic here - a pic she had of me in my banana costume from 17 years ago. I told her to send it, and she eventually did, then I decided I'd wait and post it on Halloween, then I forgot...
Better late than never. OR IS IT?
Fun fact: Those glasses are not part of my costume. I actually wore those windshields regularly.
Helpful tip: Avoid cameras while drinking.
Months ago Janet mentioned a pic here - a pic she had of me in my banana costume from 17 years ago. I told her to send it, and she eventually did, then I decided I'd wait and post it on Halloween, then I forgot...
Better late than never. OR IS IT?
Fun fact: Those glasses are not part of my costume. I actually wore those windshields regularly.
Helpful tip: Avoid cameras while drinking.
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