Saturday, January 17, 2009
I made a wrong turn
So you wake up one day and your 37. 40 is right around the corner. And you realize all you've done with your life for the past 10 years is draw an online strip. Then you realize in 10 years you'll be 47. What webcomics bring you? A way to avoid going to college and entering corporate America but you give up the paid vacations, the yearly raises, the benefits, health insurance, 401k, retirement funds and building your resume. You tell yourself that you are happy with your life but you begin to suffer burn out. It becomes harder and harder to draw your strip. The excitement has long gone and now the drudge of the daily routine has set in. And you realize, unlike the corporate world where you can move around in a company, your life has not changed in the past 10 years. You draw a strip today, you'll draw a strip tomorrow, next year, three years, etc. You have a great idea, draw a epic win and realize that in a week that will be forgotten and you will have to keep creating. And 40 is right around the corner. Hello, I'm 40 and I have the skillset of a 6 year old. I draw. And I have no plan B. No backup. And the despair begins to set in. That's what I mean when I refer to you as the sad rocker.
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