I write the scripts. I also draw the panels. I also created the look and feel of my site massaging the CSS into submission. I also self host, which means I created databases, installed WordPress including seven or eight plug-ins. One of those plug-ins was ComicPress; I set that up and worked that puzzle within a puzzle to completion. I manage my own SEO. I also create all my advertising, and place the media calls. I promote myself on Facebook, Twitter, Buzz, my own blog, a few comic listing sites, and some local comic book events.

I cannot tell you how many hours I have spent, creating, writing and directing this endeavor – all with the end goal of achieving some sort of artistic expression. (And I should say — with as little out of pocket cost as possible.) I cannot imagine turning any of this over to anybody else to accomplish.

My wife says I suffer from Babara Streisand complex, and keeps reminding me that my time is worth money.

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No, this is not a regular post. This is more of a sketchbook wandering. I found some scrap online that had an interesting look, and I wanted to turn her into a vamp kind of image. I really didn’t have a story in mind. I wanted to play. So I played and lost interest someplace in he middle. It’s not like vampires don’t interest me, but I am more of a dog person. I like werewolves. Anyway, after some frustrating wrestling with hand geometries and heart placement and some anatomy issues, I decided it wasn’t fun anymore. So it died on the vine. I post if for your enjoyment and as yet another mark proving that sometimes it just doesn’t come together.

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It makes sense to blog about the process, at least a little. I am not entirely sure I have a process. Is whim a process? My brain suddenly comes up with an idea. In order to make sense of it my brain often ties other ideas to it. Before you know it I have a concept with legs. From there I put together thumbnail sketchs, because, not all concepts with legs actually work on paper. Some concepts that I find laugh-out-loud funny are dead as bricks when they hit the reality of visual space. Some concepts I find incredibly deep often come off as stupid.

Be that as it may, I like to share my doodles, and when it comes down to it, posting more content can’t be a bad thing. And for those of you who are interested, you can see how a story goes from brain burp to cerebral yowl.