Comments on: inkdick: february 28 2009 parents just don’t understand

By: Tetis

Tetis — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:24:36 +0000

btw:
THIS parent CARES :-)

By: Tetis

Tetis — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:23:05 +0000

Artists, sequential artists, artisans, craftsmen, architecs, ANYONE creative, craves recognition, or appreciation for the time, skill, effort involved in their creation…
but the reality is,
that mostly only peers, contemporaries of these creators are the ones that even begrudgingly sprinkle a trace of appreciation over the creators’ heads…. Yes?… No?…
SOME of the rest of the population, may enjoy… but say NOTHING.
A FEW of the rest of the population… say NOTHING.
MOST of the rest of the population DON’T KNOW about you…
And, the REMAINDER of the rest of the population, even if the KNEW…
would NOT care…
…
only the FEW survive.
…
Is this pessimistic?
no.
just REAL :P

By: Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:27:49 +0000

It may be because I’m new to this, but I felt a really favorable reaction from the browsing parents. Only one or two picked it up, but nearly all of them were appreciative. Given how often I have to explain mini-comics and zines to people younger than me, I was suprised.

By: L. Nichols

L. Nichols — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:31:27 +0000

You know, oddly enough I had a dream last night about a book with your comics in them. Or, really, all I saw was the outside of the book. Hardcover, some nice blue cloth, no dust jacket. And embossed in gold on the lower left toward the center a bit was “inkdick”. No joke.

By: Sean Williams

Sean Williams — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:25:00 +0000

I know it took my parents a while to get used to the idea that comics can be a job. Hell, I didn’t even think about the people behind those Spider-man comics I used to love were doing that as a career until nearly the end of high school. It’s just a whole new world that most of the US just doesn’t know about.

But it does irk me that an artist can spend a lot of his time and money on a comic, only to have someone flip through a few pages and put it down without a word.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:54:18 +0000

My parents were happy that I majored in Graphic Design (offered via the art department at the school I attend) instead of going to SCAD and doing, in their words, “god knows what.” They don’t see any general arts as a very successful way of supporting oneself, which I suppose I can understand, but I think they forget that sometimes doing what makes you happy is the best thing you can do! I’ve always wanted to do comics and go to a school like SCAD, so you should be very happy that you completed such an opportunity and are doing so well at it!

By: D

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:22:52 +0000

haha the dad you drew totally looks like a thiner version of my dad

By: T.J. Kirsch

T.J. Kirsch — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:18:14 +0000

I sold more comics at a non-comics event than I have at any other convention I’ve gone to recently. I guess it depends on the event itself.

Oh, and to that bald guy, “Good luck with your FACE!” Burnn…

By: aaron

aaron — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:12:26 +0000

i was expecting him to comment on the title.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:23:43 +0000

Ouch. That reminds me of the portfolio show my class had. I was in a Visual Communications program so we had illustrators, character designers, graphic designers and advertising. We also had a combined show with the photography department.

People looking through the illustration/character design portfolios while eyeing when the photographer beside me was going to be free. “So . . . what do you plan to do with this after?”

“Probably freelancing illustrating or working in concept art–”

“Good luck with that.” Then leaves and goes to talk to the photographer or graphic designer or whatever.

*facepalm*