comic crew
LINDA
Crew? Oh, that'll be just me. You might ask why I refer to myself as "we" when I'm only one person. Well, it's a wild attempt to make myself sound big, powerful, and all mighty (which I am) and to give the impression that I have minions working for me (which I can). It's like my safety clause, I'll blame my minions when my page doesn't get updated daily. This was my non-paying summer of 2006 comic endeavor after leaving my good paying real-life job before going to a (cross-my-fingers) higher-paying or quite possibly (just my luck) lower-paying job. Very excited to finally be rich start this comic and can't wait to see how far I can go with it! If you're bored, here's some more of that mundane history:
After I graduated with a Bachelors in Industrial Arts (non-fancy name for graphic design) and when I was way under a quarter of a century years old (and I mean "way"), I wanted to become a comic strip artist. I got some books and started hashing out ideas for a comic strip. My first and only idea was a story about a little girl who was poor. I doodled some and thought some. Then I got scared, stopped, and went to look for a "real" job because I didn't want me to be the poor little girl. It's hard to earn a living doing comic strips unless you start doing it at the ripe age of 5 and even then, no guarantee. Four years later, I finally started the comic about the little girl who was poor. You're welcome!
About Comics
The perks of my pseudo-career in comics:
- Living life dangerously (No steady income) plus, I am a mom
Being independent (You work alone, eat alone, talk alone)nope, mom nowWaking up late (Is 2pm really that late though?)nope, mom now- Loving what you do (Imagine that)
- Wow you are going to be rich (No and I'm proving it)
- So how many newspapers are you in? (ummm...)
- How many books have you sold so far? (ummm...)
- Mentor - Teach me everything you know about comics for free
- Sponsor - Pay me outrageous amounts of money just because
- Marketing Assistant - Advertise my comic on tv commercials, radio stations, and blimps without my consent and without pay
Not About Comics
Other titles I have held in the past (some titles exaggerated, but only a little). These are the jobs you must endure before becoming a successful (not in the money way) comic strip creator like myself. And they must be suffered in the exact same order:
- Babysitter
- Department Store Sales Associate
- Head Academic Coach
- Fashion Retail Store Sales & Support
- Publishing Assistant
- Graphic Designer
- Website Designer
- Orthodontics Office Manager
- Web Applications Intern
- Performance Marketing Implementation Manager
- Starving Artist
- QA in Ecommerce
- QA Release Manager in Ecommerce
- QA in Advertising
- QA Lead in Advertising
- Starving Artist once more, with feeling
I can't believe I wrote all that and I can't believe you read all that. Hope you learned your lesson. We're even. Thanks for dropping by!
- Linda