3/29/2025
Do You Mean This?
Hello Reader, thank you for bearing with me through my recent complications getting back online. This passage is for anyone who has ever bought a comic book from me or stopped to discuss business (anyone really): The picture contained here is the first appearance, first print of my comic book next to the third/fourth prints that I have been selling over the past years. The print on the left is the one I moved to Los Angeles with from Phoenix Arizona right after I graduated from ASU. It is my portfolio piece from when I first got to L.A. 17 years ago. I still have the first appearance, first print of my comic book character Himloune the Shaman. How about that for industry standard? Himloune survived life in Los Angeles, which is where he first appeared while I was doing interviews for jobs when I first got to the city. Neat-o story! Huh? Himloune has a cameo appearance in “Observations, Book, Essay, and Material from Various Works,” and the text for the comic book was used to make the historical play in “Two Plays on Revenge and History.” All in all, he is still a successful comic book character, and this print is where he got his start. Again, thanks for reading; my dad-mode is checking back in. Keep your look sharp and do what is right for your as a person, I say, because some of those twists and turns through the industry are dicey without respecting what it is you value most. Why? Because, who are you supposed to be in this business without your first print?