tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273409.post5151361927998066216..comments2023-07-04T10:09:14.711-04:00Comments on jabberous: where was i?Mark Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04799399359022340724noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273409.post-779937883931017312007-04-13T05:49:00.000-04:002007-04-13T05:49:00.000-04:00Yay. I swear I truly believe that if only the SPX ...Yay. I swear I truly believe that if only the SPX crowd knew that Grimes existed, they'd call him the bees knees! The guy's just waiting to be rediscovered. He was ahead of his time! I remember those one pagers on the back of a couple of issues of Veitch's The One--as if the The One wasn't weird enough, but somehow The One fit in with the rest of the funky mostly super hero based grooviness coming out at the time. But Grimes, yipes! That shit blew my mind! There was nothing like it. He was just hitting the wrong audience. Maybe he would've had a better chance in Raw. But now, the Raw guys are the new mainstream---sort of. There's a particular story in Taboo involving a character named Fuckley and something about Maybeline that I remember being particularly enthralled by.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, Mark, I don't know that you have to go into what you have against conventions--travel expense, hotel, mind bendingly long days smiling and signing and sketching by people who really don't get out much for people that really don't get out much who collectively have social skills just shy of sociopathic. Plus there's no guarantee that any of this will increase your visibility in the field, or raise consciousness about your book. Are their statistics? Does it really make any difference at all?<BR/><BR/>Then there's all that feeling bad. Feeling bad about <BR/>all the folks who show you their work and want your "opinion" (but not really). Feeling bad about all of the banal loud, lame, crappy, trashy, ill-concieved, feeble junk that people are trying to sell. Bad that they're selling more of it than you are. Bad and just plain nauseous. By the end of it, I'm so disoriented, It takes me almost a week to get over it. Sure, there's people I haven't seen forever that I get to see again, and that's always nice, but it seriously hurts my brain.<BR/><BR/>I was only saying, you should capitolize on the TMNT thing while it's hot hot hot! You'd at least be able to pay for your airline tickets with the turtle cash you'd be sure to attain!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273409.post-87964684818002204482007-04-13T03:34:00.000-04:002007-04-13T03:34:00.000-04:00other negotiations and investigations are occuring...other negotiations and investigations are occuring behind the scenes. This is very sensitive - national security etcMark Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04799399359022340724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273409.post-44954950158692195532007-04-12T17:11:00.000-04:002007-04-12T17:11:00.000-04:00"Calling Rick Grimes! Where are you, Rick???"That'..."Calling Rick Grimes! Where are you, Rick???"<BR/><BR/>That's it?<BR/><BR/>What's wrong with you people!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273409.post-7624038060776915792007-04-10T08:35:00.000-04:002007-04-10T08:35:00.000-04:00Oh, and congrats on winning. I called in some real...Oh, and congrats on winning. I called in some really huge favors to stuff that ballot box for you, Pumpie. Now you really owe me, even more than you owe Ben.SRBissettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14426874992235196378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273409.post-5126856829230473912007-04-10T08:33:00.000-04:002007-04-10T08:33:00.000-04:00Huh, RUNAWAY at last! What's this new Drew With Me...Huh, RUNAWAY at last! What's this new Drew With Me thingie? I'll have to indulge again, if you'll let me... but do I get a copy of the last 'draw with me' production? Ever?SRBissettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14426874992235196378noreply@blogger.com