I've actually been reading comixpedia for quite some time, I feel a bit guilty for spilling my guts here looking for advice and so I'm trying to balance the self-absorbed by discussing a little and paying attention to others. Ironically that leads to a kind of self-absorbed activity: introduction. I didn't introduce myself when I joined the forum, when I almost but didn't reply to some interesting threads at the new year. I've been reading comixpedia for 3 years and have seen people really get ripped up here, I'm kinda hoping to tiptoe in and out before that happens to me.

So here you go. I write and draw a comic you have likely never heard of, and if what I read is accurate, likely never will (unless you click the www button, but that's cheating). I'm a fan of The Tick, pretty much anything Ben Edlund is even tangentially involved in, Boy on a Stick and Slither, Anywhere But Here, Teen Girl Squad & Peasant Quest, By the Wayside, and I just don't get what the big deal is about Girl Genius. I have a violent allergy to manga, something I developed over the last year. I have zero credentials except the fact that I've been drawing for a few years and trying for the last 3 to suss out the best ways to go about delivering what I have to say. But I like to talk theory anyhow, I find it really interesting even if I do end up talking out of pure speculation.

I have an irrational drive to (someday in the mythical future) refinance my rocket car (they promised us rocket cars) for the money to create a small-time publishing company out of the little LLC set up to deal with our expenses and liability shield (talk about religion, and you are immediately advised to put up a shield). I have three zombies at my site that keep me from falling apart too badly to keep drawing. It's a full time job.

Y'all intimidate the hell out of me, I've only spoken to any of you before this when I got het up about the pay-comics issue, but so far I've met some great people, so, umm, hello.

*this is not a request to promote/evaluate my work, I'm not in a good place for that right now. This is just because it felt discourteous not to make any sort of introduction when the Coffee Haus asks you to :)