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I got a new wrist brace. 

This was poorly drawn the other day, not with it on. Blew the hand and arm (and shoulder and neck and back) out between work and shoveling snow, even with Sarah taking a few shifts. So,  I won't be typing long posts for a little while. Apologies! 

Gearing up some other stuff, though. 

FYI: Beasts of Burden #4 is just about done, just lettering left. In a  few weeks we'll have a few new collections out, Bill & Ted, the Marvel Snapshots iirc. Beasts starts in April, btw, it came out really lovely thanks to Ben Dewey. Got a few commissions done, started some others. Organizing the studio while the arm rests. No print comics work scheduled. The direct market hasn't been particularly kind to my work the last few years, so, taking a break from  banging-the-head-against-the-wall.

 I have a writing gig for something, and will be working primarily on stuff for myself/my followers for a while, as mentioned here before. We'll see where that takes things. I'm talking to a few folks about a few neat little projects, and am pushing along some comics for the Patreon. A few more Cat Help pages a d a few other things. I started penciling the Dork #12 cover I roughed out ages ago in my sketchbook (and posted here at some point), just in case I ever need it.

Hope you're all well. This has been a particularly cruel month for a lot of folks. I guess they all are. Ugh.

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Roger H.

Yeah, I think the weather has really compounded things this month. I am giving myself treats and breaks when and where I can, they add up.

Alex MacPhee

Shit, that sucks. Just pre-ordered Snapshots & Bill & Ted 🙂

Erik C. Jones

Excited to see the non comics stuff you're working on, but I'll always order whatever comics you work on at my shop.

Evan Dorkin

It's nothing new, crowded industry, aging act, stupid business. Beasts suffered greatly because of the gap between collections, we're putting out more stoies but there's less response and a lot of folks have moved on or don't even know there are two more books. Blackwood collapsed in sales with the pandemic. Nobody seemed to care much about B&T once the novelty of there being a new series was over, the feedback was small and I have no idea if it sold, no one's asked for a follow-up so I assume that wasn't much of a success. Nothing I work on makes decent royalties anymore and the rates are stagnate or being cut, so, why go through the stress of trying not to hack stories out when I can make more on art sales and commissions? I'm not leaving comics, I'm just doing what's best for my household right now, and my head. Making comics just to be "in" comics is something too many of us do. even if it doesn't really benefit us. I am still making comics and stuff, just not for the black hole of the direct market for the time being. I was asked to continue on a new Beasts series I pitched pre-pandemic but I'm not willing to work under the conditions that were set post-pandemic. It's a business as well as an art, I can do the art outside the business fort a while.. And things often change unexpectedly, for good or bad, I could be offered a decent something or other by someone or other in the next week (or year, or never again!). But I'm not retiring or turning my back or anything. Just taking a breather.

Alex MacPhee

I stopped collecting comics properlly about 6 years ago as I just didn't gave the space. Plus I was ordering stuff but never getting round to reading the majority of it. Now I just buy collected editions & back crowdfunded projects. Commissions is the best way to earn a buck & I REALLY need to get one from youu one day 🙂👍

Bouncing Sims 4

Even a lot of Pro's are moving over to crowdfunding. It's where I began, and probably where I'll stay. Get a fanbase of 500 folks or so and just make and publish comics for them. I make more than most mainstream artists peddling my wares on Kickstarter and IndieGoGo.

Alex MacPhee

Yeah, just a few days ago I got Jimmy Palmiotti & Dave Johnson's Pop Kills & P. Craig Russell's 101 Drawings is in the post with a Morpheus sketch 🤯😱 That's another good thing about CF - a great way of getting sketches. But the shipping to the UK is a BITCH! 🤣