December 16th, 2005
Mmm. Going to the dentist in the morning on your day off from classes is awesooome.

What's to talk about? How many of you actually care about online comics? I mean, as a community? Like, how many of you go around and read opinions or news or reviews or whatever you can think of about comics that are online?

And then how many of you just go to sites like this to give you a quick chuckle or a smirk for your day and move on? Probably 20% of you care about the community and 80% just want a time waster I'm guessing.

I don't know what to say. When I was younger and in high school, that is, when I first started posting comics online, I wanted attention for my work. And this is like, 1999, when my work was atrocious and didn't deserve attention. I don't know why? Maybe I wanted some kind of acknowledgment for going out of my way to do more than what was asked for me? A simple pat on the back and "keep it up" words of encouragement? Maybe cause I was younger and just wanted to be liked? Beats the shit out of me.

However, since then, the "community" has blossomed, and good for them. No! GREAT for them. It makes them happy. And yet, I'm not a part of it, and I couldn't be happier. My chum Mitch wrote his point of view of also not being a part of the community. It seems to him that he feels like he is ignored and not recognized by other peers that just spend their hours riding on the backs of others toward "fame" whatever "fame" may be for them, but the point he made was it's not why he does it. He does his comic for himself, and has branched out to get attention in a community he wants. The punk rocker community. He has become an artist for punk rock magazines, touring in shows to meet an audience that he was targeting in the first place. Good for you Mitch, you deserve it, no matter how gory your teeth and gums might be. Haha.

So what do I want to say myself? I think I'm glad for the same reasons. I'm not doing it for those guys. I mean there are people who basically self-declared themselves as authority of what should be read and what should be ignored. Sure, if I talked out loud on the streets enough people might start paying attention to me, but not as much as I think or want. And then there's people who are simply jealous for the lack of attention their comics get, and become foul and bitter towards other cartoonists. Guys. That's not healthy. You're not going to move far in life that way...

Who does my comic attract? People with my sense of humor, people who are immature, people who are like "that is so fucked up and I can't stop laughing," children, high schoolers, and even adults read this site. My audience is not really punks or nerds. It's honestly a slice of life comic shoved up the ass with pop culture references, and even some not so pop-culture references. Like everyone picked up my "who stole the cookie from the cookie jar" reference? Pssh, doubtful. The fact is, I have people who are drop dead gorgeous telling me wonderful things about my work, and then people who have lacked sunlight for months, because the sun glare off their computer monitor makes it too hard to see, say the same things.

So thanks guys. Thanks for enjoying my outlet of creativity so my other work doesn't burn me out. Thanks for knowing how to laugh, no matter how pathetic or lame a joke might be.

Haha, that said, I have an online comic community news to report to you all shortly...

The Online Comic That Tries To Do Nothing But Attempt To Make You Laugh Every Now And Then.