Transmission 11 - Life Lessons - Section F
Jul 19, 2021
I have set myself the goal of publishing a page a week, but recently, life caught up with me. Last week I turned into something closely resembling the screaming blue monster of frame 1. I then spent the rest of the week recovering and turning back into something more human until finally, I was able to publish this.
Such are the pitfalls faced by the amateur. No need to go into the life events that caused me to stumble, just an observation that many of the artists and writers on this site know all too well, sometimes it really sucks to have to put work and home chores first.
My youngest son is very excited that my comics are on the internet and sometimes goes into flights of fantasy about me making millions. I try to let him down gently with all sorts of good reasons why this is very, very, very, VERY unlikely. But luck and age and of course ability aside, there's also the important reason that I'm not interested in such things. All I want in terms of money is an income that means I'm left alone to do this full time, or even that I could spend less hours on my mundane and soul-destroying work, work.
Perhaps if I had more self-confidence and self-worth, things would be easier.
Funnily enough I have met a few people with a passion for comics like me and with a similar restriction of ability (also like me) who at the same time, have been blessed with a sunny, excelsior-shouting disposition. For example I was constantly amazed by a guy I went to college with, who, embarking on the publication of a badly photocopied fanzine, seriously believed it would end up a rival of 2000AD (we published one issue). Similarly, he thought his two or three pages full of the same pair of eyes flicking left or right in accompaniment to his text, was soemthing to rival Simon Bisley! Even being told otherwise didn't diminish his faith.
So, anyway, back to normal next week ... unless I go ballistic again! And you really wouldn't like me when I'm angry!
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