Go, Listen: Some Idiot Appears On Inkstuds

It's me. My energy was really off that day, so hopefully I didn't say anything too stridently stupid.

I hoped to make the distinction between a kind of Internet discourse that I feel is there to win the argument of something as opposed to a kind of dialogue that's there to improve the reality of something. I'm afraid I made that point in a way that will lead to that entire view of things being defeated in an Internet argument. Basically, I'm really positive about comics' possibilities right now, particularly the chance for comics to become a place where comics-makers can be better and more routinely rewarded for wanting to make art. My hunch is that one thing keeping us from getting there more quickly and more thoroughly is that we're not doing enough to be self-critical, which is important in that within one's self and within one's direct sphere of influence is a place where we can all affect significant change.

I also remember I tried to unpack a point of view about how amazing it is to live in a time for comics when quality work can hit you from multiple points of origin up to and including work showing up you've never seen before from 1931 or whatever, but I probably didn't do a great job with that, either. So please just read Bungle Family and that second Barnaby volume in addition to Bad Machinery and Beautiful Darkness and Palm Ash. Let work find its way to you. Enjoy.

I appreciate Robin McConnell and Brandon Graham wanting to talk to me. Thanks, fellas.
 
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