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A friend of mine over on Gab did some fan art of Captain Kekistan, among others, for Christmas! How is it everyone draws Captain Kekistan better than I do?! 😆😆😆

#Captainkekistan

#indiecomics

#characterart

#gab

I JUST read JAWBREAKERS: G0DKING a few minutes ago and Yeah, it wasn't good. Which is a shame because I really liked the Jawbreakers. But the Jawbreakers stories seem like they were meant to be single issues instead of graphic novels. His pacing is off, the story doesn't have any structure in regards of rising action, climax, resolution. It has a slew of plot points that are never introduced or followed up on. And when Hell Priest says that Knife Hands WAS one of them right after saying he wasn't, I just felt like that was rushed story telling, like he was trying to shoehorn redemption into it because this was the last book or something.

If Richard Meyer continues to write (and I don't think he does) he seriously needs to decompress his writing. This was WAY too convoluted for what was essentially a single issue.

#ComicsGate #komixgate

I JUST read it a few minutes ago and Yeah, it wasn't good. Which is a shame because I really liked the Jawbreakers. But the Jawbreakers stories seem like they were meant to be single issues instead of graphic novels. His pacing is off, the story doesn't have any structure in regards of rising action, climax, resolution. It has a slew of plot points that are never introduced or followed up on. And when Hell Priest says that Knife Hands WAS one of them right after saying he wasn't, I just felt like that was rushed story telling, like he was trying to shoehorn redemption into it because this was the last book or something.

If Richard Meyer continues to write (and I don't think he does) he seriously needs to decompress his writing. This was WAY too convoluted for what was essentially a single issue.

So I'm going to go on a little bit of a spiel...

Every now and then I get a wild hair to check my indiegogo and see which books are still not fulfilled. I'm pretty chill about it, but I just get curious.

And ive noticed something about who is late and who is on time.

Even though I don't really follow #comicsgate at all anymore I still %100 agree with its core principles. The problem, however isn't the principles, it's the various social circles that have coalesced around it. These are almost entirely independently funded creators. Notice I didn't say "indie creators".

These creators, almost universally, have a trait that's quickly become a pet peeve of mine and that's the LARPing as a big time Comic book company. They seem preoccupied with being ultra-professional and super-official. They rewrite scripts over and over. They redraw pages over and over. They obsess over minutiae like box designs and extras and goodies.

And they're often very rude. I was once lectured about "Artistic professionalism" from someone because I couldn't open a file. He wasn't late on anything but he's definitely a prime example of a One Man Show pretending to be a multinational corporation. Being scolded by someone I thought was my friend for a technical difficulty not only hurt but was kind of insulting to boot.

And then these books are late, years late sometimes. Years late on something that ends up being a very pretty fight scene. And as absolutely LOATHE as I am to agree with Leftist Twitter maniacs about anything, #comicsgate books do tend to be light on the character development and heavy on the action.

That's who's Late, now let's talk about who's on time.

This is where I return to my comment about "indie creators". You see the first group were the independently funded. They still want to be pros, they still want to do this for a living. These are creators that are businessmen hybrids. But Indie creators are the ones who love the medium and create for its own sake. They're the old man who sits on the cliffs and paints sunsets over the ocean. Why? Because he loves sunsets and he loves the ocean. He'll occasionally take his paintings to the village swap meet and see if he can earn enough for more art supplies, but that's about it.

If I were more charismatic I'd try to make #Komixgate a thing. Something for the little guys who draw comics on TV dinner trays and print them out on printer paper from the office supply store. But I'm not, so I won't.

But these Indie creators are almost never late. They're often early. They're not hustling to jump start some sort of comic book empire. They just want to tell stories and once that story is told they move on to another story. Their books may not always be magnificent artwork masterpieces,(though sometimes they are) but they're available to buy, read, and put up. A so-so book in the hand is worth two in the bush and your gorgeous artwork means nothing to me if I'm never going to see it.

I now buy books almost exclusively from indie creators who have already made the book and are selling the finished product instead of independently funded creators who want to sell me the IDEA of their product.

Anyway, it's a little longer than I had planned but it's something I felt I needed to articulate while I was scrolling through my indiegogo Backed Projects list holding a $2 xerox comic.

So I'm going to go on a little bit of a spiel...

Every now and then I get a wild hair to check my indiegogo and see which books are still not fulfilled. I'm pretty chill about it, but I just get curious.

And ive noticed something about who is late and who is on time.

Even though I don't really follow #comicsgate at all anymore I still %100 agree with its core principles. The problem, however isn't the principles, it's the various social circles that have coalesced around it. These are almost entirely independently funded creators. Notice I didn't say "indie creators".

These creators, almost universally, have a trait that's quickly become a pet peeve of mine and that's the LARPing as a big time Comic book company. They seem preoccupied with being ultra-professional and super-official. They rewrite scripts over and over. They redraw pages over and over. They obsess over minutiae like box designs and extras and goodies.

And they're often very rude. I was once lectured about "Artistic professionalism" from someone because I couldn't open a file. He wasn't late on anything but he's definitely a prime example of a One Man Show pretending to be a multinational corporation. Being scolded by someone I thought was my friend for a technical difficulty not only hurt but was kind of insulting to boot.

And then these books are late, years late sometimes. Years late on something that ends up being a very pretty fight scene. And as absolutely LOATHE as I am to agree with Leftist Twitter maniacs about anything, #comicsgate books do tend to be light on the character development and heavy on the action.

That's who's Late, now let's talk about who's on time.

This is where I return to my comment about "indie creators". You see the first group were the independently funded. They still want to be pros, they still want to do this for a living. These are creators that are businessmen hybrids. But Indie creators are the ones who love the medium and create for its own sake. They're the old man who sits on the cliffs and paints sunsets over the ocean. Why? Because he loves sunsets and he loves the ocean. He'll occasionally take his paintings to the village swap meet and see if he can earn enough for more art supplies, but that's about it.

If I were more charismatic I'd try to make #Komixgate a thing. Something for the little guys who draw comics on TV dinner trays and print them out on printer paper from the office supply store. But I'm not, so I won't.

But these Indie creators are almost never late. They're often early. They're not hustling to jump start some sort of comic book empire. They just want to tell stories and once that story is told they move on to another story. Their books may not always be magnificent artwork masterpieces,(though sometimes they are) but they're available to buy, read, and put up. A so-so book in the hand is worth two in the bush and your gorgeous artwork means nothing to me if I'm never going to see it.

I now buy books almost exclusively from indie creators who have already made the book and are selling the finished product instead of independently funded creators who want to sell me the IDEA of their product.

Anyway, it's a little longer than I had planned but it's something I felt I needed to articulate while I was scrolling through my indiegogo Backed Projects list holding a $2 xerox comic.