Where aspiring creators go to die
Sunday, January 16, 2005
A year later you realize there is no anthology, the guy you were working with pulls this whole thing on a regular basis and you were just sort of dragged along. This happens to all of us aspiring writers. It’s happened to me twice.
I’ve also dealt with the sub par talent that overcharges for work. At the beginning, you pay for everything and you rarely realize what’s good and what’s not. There are tons of people trying to make money off of you. They never get published but neither do you and you’re out a couple of hundred bucks per pitch.
The reason I bring this up is because I just stumbled across a website for some comic “company” that is forming that features the “editors” of the two dupe-anthologies and a letterer and inker that fall in that charge too much for shit category, both of whom I dealt with.
I’m not a bitter person, I took some lumps and now Hoarse & Buggy treats me good. I bring this up, because this makes for an interesting experiment. Are they all lying to each other? Are they all ripping each other off? It’s funny how you see these people all start to group together, like it’s their last attempt, they realize they need to produce and they find each other.
I’m going to track these guys, see what they come up with. I know the guy that’s running this whole thing is actually crazy. And not crazy as in “______ is kind of crazy” but crazy as in “_______is fucking nuts”. This should make for some great entertainment.
Oh yeah. Peyton Manning is a choker.
posted by Jason at
8:32 PM
8 Comments
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saulcolt said...
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You have me intrigued. Please post more on this as you see fit!
saul
www.ssscomics.com - 11:14 PM
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Jason said...
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Yet another soapbox for Saul to pimp from.
I will give updates as they come. I'm debating attemping to infiltrate their "company" for better stories. - 12:18 AM
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hooray said...
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- 12:53 PM
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Jason said...
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Jason said...
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God damn it - I had a spelling mistake in my post and deleted hooray's instead.
Here's what he said:
"Its a good thing you put this up, for now I will follow the path. Someone once told me to do the same thing, but I havent gotten around to giving him anything yet. I hope he wasnt trying to set me up, like you were..... "
And here's what I said:
Crap. It didn't copy correctly. Ok, I have to get used to this. - 1:10 PM
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Jason said...
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hooray -
Dag, at first I thought you were saying I was setting you up, little notification email popped up and I rushed to defend myself. Damn inflectionless internet text.
Anyway, since I'm here, I don't think it's a "set-up". There are people that don't get published because their work isn't being noticed. I like to think those people will eventually become noticed and get some stuff out. Then there are people that don't get published because they shouldn't be.
Those are the people that sort of set up some anthology or company and get you all amped and then it slowly falls apart.
A true litmus test - does he have artists? If he has some seriously good artists that are actively taking part in the development of the book and you hear there voice, not just what the publisher is telling you, than yeah, stick it out. Credits are credits. It might not be top300 but it's something to show.
If he has an artist or two with minimal skills and he spends more time developing logos, websites and press releases run the fuck out of there. Don't look back.
I am such a fucking mess with this blog thing. I'll get used to it. - 1:11 PM
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hooray said...
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Oops, sorry to word it wrong. No, your not setting me up, for we have never met. At least I think we havent. I simply meant you were set up.
The swallow may fly south with the sun, or the house martin or the plover seek hot lands in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land. - 1:29 PM
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Jason said...
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"The swallow may fly south with the sun, or the house martin or the plover seek hot lands in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land."
So, then where DID you get those coconuts? - 1:39 PM
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