Skully- job interview
Hello all,
I’m really sorry for the spotty schedule lately, I am trying my best to make my way back to a weekly schedule once again.
I’ve updated the website a bit, and moved up to Tyler Martin’s fantastic ComicPress 2.5 theme for WordPress.
I’ve noticed my readership ebbing and flowing recently, which I am contributing to my latest fecal papal creation in the Kernel Corn storyline, or perhaps too much morbidity in the Skully series? Either way, it’s a naturally occurring phenomenon to have fans come or go.
This got me to thinking lately about my motivation for making comics. I began self publishing my comics about a dozen years ago or so mostly by accident, as once I had made my first, (having enjoyed the process, and the resulting people’s reactions) couldn’t stop. It was an endeavour I began without a goal or ‘finish line’ in mind. I had never hoped or intended it would become a job, my motivation was simply entertainment, both for myself and the readers.
Over the years I have dealt with a few failed run ins with the ‘business’ of comics, ranging from having my comics ‘almost’ published to a large production company shopping a ‘dorkboy’ tv series around to networks. Any time the comics have had the prospect of becoming or had started to feel like a job, the enjoyment of creating them had been almost completely removed.
So why do I make them?
Because every so often I know people like Liz are reading.
“I wish you knew how much I appreciate having funny people like you in the world. My husband had a heart attack, followed by four heart surgeries in two months. He is now recovering from a quadruple bypass. (Next month he turns 52.) When I am exhausted from my job and caretaking, and want to get my mind off of everything, I go online and read comics or go to online forums. I’m not even into potty humor and I read Kernel Corn and Peater.
Keep drawing. Keep writing. Somebody out there needs a good laugh today.
-Liz”
Thank you.
-damian
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June 6th, 2008 at 7:56 am
Way to connect with your readers… seriously, it’s dean nice to get a mail like that. I’m still waiting (bitterly waiting) for someone to tell me that I’m making their life better in some way… I’ll have to just settle for ‘not making it any worse’.
June 7th, 2008 at 1:34 am
No one was more surprised than myself, that A. I actually had readers, and B. I wasn’t causing them pain and heart ache.
I asked Liz if I could post this as I thought all of us webcomics people could use a little encouragement in knowing that we’re making a positive difference (yourself included).
-d