tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post8096041344239514325..comments2024-01-14T11:45:23.991-05:00Comments on Occasional Superheroine: Casualties Of ComicsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-75722858436617029432008-08-28T00:09:00.000-04:002008-08-28T00:09:00.000-04:00What are the percentages of women to men in the co...What are the percentages of women to men in the comics industry versus the percentage of women to men in the financial sector?<BR/><BR/>Surely there are people like this that dart in and out of all professions. There are people who never find their professional focus just as they never find their social aptitude -- it's not unique to the comics industry. It's not unique to the world.J D Broadheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11031700013099514432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-18683401466496209392008-08-27T00:11:00.000-04:002008-08-27T00:11:00.000-04:00At the end of the day, people are responsible for ...At the end of the day, people are responsible for themselves. The circumstances which made them the way they are may be sad. The outside forces that conspired to produce their wretched states may make them objects of pity. But in the end, people represent themselves with their actions, and no amount of rationalization or reasoning for why they behave so appallingly will excuse it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-45451875102125596352008-08-26T17:09:00.000-04:002008-08-26T17:09:00.000-04:00Yeah, I'm gonna say no. It's not the comic book i...Yeah, I'm gonna say no. It's not the comic book industry that made these guys the way they are. It didn't help, that's for sure, but they have undiagnosed mental illnesses that need to be dealt with. At some point, people go off the rails, and it wouldn't matter if their life was perfect.Hysanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03085593008609914782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-3423221902373747242008-08-26T16:10:00.000-04:002008-08-26T16:10:00.000-04:00I could be mistaken, but I think the blog mentione...I could be mistaken, but I think the blog mentioned by this "Elektra" person in the comments for <A HREF="http://adistantsoil.com/blog/?p=3544" REL="nofollow">this post</A> might be OS. Not trying to make something of it here. And again, I may be COMPLETELY off here, but just thought I'd mention it.<BR/><BR/>On another note, reading the posts made me think (as seeing such trainwreck-like behavior normally does)...<BR/><BR/>Did I ever behave myself in what could be construed as "poor-etiquette" on my comments here, Val?Red Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278482440581921039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-4919894687456690222008-08-26T16:04:00.000-04:002008-08-26T16:04:00.000-04:00You are a compassionate person, Val. I say that si...You are a compassionate person, Val. I say that sincerely and with admiration.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09800584669511292820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-5964712718194545062008-08-26T13:22:00.000-04:002008-08-26T13:22:00.000-04:00"sorry, but the guy sounds creepy. admittedly, he ..."sorry, but the guy sounds creepy. admittedly, he could have been unaware of the exact nature of the stalker, but it still seems creepy."<BR/><BR/>He seemed to always become the middleman for stalkers, whether unintentionally or not. I've kept my distance, to an extent -- because I've kept my distance from a lot of that old crowd in general, it just wasn't a healthy environment. But I understand the origins and crisis of his current situation, and how goddamn common it's becoming.Vergehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10083468076834391732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-37969630742988195612008-08-26T13:12:00.000-04:002008-08-26T13:12:00.000-04:00Why are there so many mediocre artists that hold o...Why are there so many mediocre artists that hold out hope that they too can be published? Simple -- because so many mediocre artists are published. <BR/><BR/>I can remember when I was 12 years old reading a Hulk comic and thinking,"wow, this art sucks." And yet the artist had a long career in comics. <BR/><BR/>Marvel and DC have always had a mediocre artist assigned to a book in the hope, I suppose, that they would turn in to a superstar, but it often didn't happen. Todd McFarlane developed a popular style, but Don Perlin never got any better.J D Broadheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11031700013099514432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-55508609818721241952008-08-26T13:06:00.000-04:002008-08-26T13:06:00.000-04:00sorry, but the guy sounds creepy. admittedly, he c...sorry, but the guy sounds creepy. admittedly, he could have been unaware of the exact nature of the stalker, but it still seems creepy. quoting project runway: "a sister gotta keep one eye open is all i'm saying".Snow Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01329739140984852039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25566450.post-11838864341778772502008-08-26T11:16:00.000-04:002008-08-26T11:16:00.000-04:00This industry just chews up people at an alarming ...This industry just chews up people at an alarming rate.<BR/><BR/>I knew someone like this Scott about 10 years ago. Although he didn't share this Scott's less savory tendencies, he was someone who had always dreamed of being a professional comic book artist.<BR/><BR/>Sadly, he just didn't have the skills.<BR/><BR/>But he kept trying and working at it and sending in submissions and talking to anyone he could. Until his health kept him from doing so. He ended up having to sell off all of his prize possessions (a few friends of mine and I bought some even though we couldn't afford it much more than he could) and ended up living in a YMCA with no health insurance, no savings and bad health. He ended up dying there from a heart attack.<BR/><BR/>Truth was, he wasn't a horrible artist. He wasn't an Eisner or a Kirby but he knew his way around a pencil. Problem was that he just wasn't good enough and no one could bring themselves to tell him. Who were we to crush his dream? Which is why he died lonely and unpublished in a YMCA.<BR/><BR/>And that's also why I work as an accountant today because, as much as I wanted to work in comics, I didn't want to go out that way.LordShazamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16293598700557365464noreply@blogger.com