Had the economy not taken the downturn it did, it might actually work out well for me – since all of my income is print sales and work from out of town. The money coming in vs. cost of living, would have made for a nice dynamic.

I think I am still doing better on sales than most artists out there – despite the slowdown, print sales have still been covering my living expenses, just not much more than that.

Art shows, and exposure from them would however be nice, as would finding new local clients. Neither are really happening here, and I am a long way away from NYC and LA – and the weather here really gets to me. I hate it when the temp is below 165 degrees, and I have not seen a day without snow on the ground in over a month now.

I am however closer to you, and other Ohio people – so meeting halfway, or going all the way to Ohio here or there would be nice – once the weather gets a little bit better.

Thanks much for passing on the comic. It really hasn’t been all that much of a hit – I have been wondering to myself whether I should go ahead with the next installment, or edit the hell out of the current one… there really aren’t that many copies out there anyway.

I would like to think that has to do with exposure and my lack of marketing… but I doubt it. Thanks for passing it on – it would be neat if that panned out.

From what I gather, Michigan is the worst of the worst economically. I’ve been wondering how you were doing up there. How is/was SGWBM doing? I gave one of my copies to Chuck at comicrelated.com a few days ago. Hopefully, he can give you some press.

SPACE, indeed. Never miss it.

You know, I wish my days were half as productive as yours, and my business even half as successful – but I am glad you are doing well over there.

Yeah, the economy has given us a serious hit. I took for granted that I was going to wake up every day to find sales, and spend my days shipping – no matter how bad the economy was, I still managed. I didn’t think it could get any worse – but these last two weeks were worse than the previous months, end they worse than the ones before. I found myself in a position where my business depended solely on sales, and was very lucky I held onto a client or two “just in case”.

Anyway – I hope to see you at SPACE this year – no telling if we can make it or not, but it is in our plans.