There’s a disturbing trend at the shows I go to where people will pick up a book and slowly read through the entire thing, then put it back on the table and walk away. It doesn’t bother me that people are reading my comics for free. I love sharing my comics. I wouldn’t put them online for free if I didn’t. There’s just something awkward and demoralizing about someone using your table as their own personal library.
What was odd about Zinefest is that more women were doing this than men. I’m more used to geeky, socially awkward men doing this.
Also, the person giving me the salesmanship advice is Dan Olson of Super Maxi Pad Girl and Bewilderedkid fame.
Maybe you could offer coffee and snarky remarks with the free read. Man, people are shameless. On the other hand, it’s a nice opportunity to practice those pickup lines and get someone’s phonenumber/e-mail.
by the way, the ‘shorts’ icon in your navigation is hillarious.
Thanks! People can be shameless, but then again this comic is pretty shameless as well.
What a great way to start off my morning! I really didn’t expect the punchline!
The part of Zinefest that I’ve really enjoyed, saleswise, thus far is you, Danno, and myself all vying for that one woman’s need for a funny animal book. Oh what fun that was. BTW, I think you should draw some furry animal porn comics. I really think that would be a hit.
I don’t know. It’s a pretty saturated market.
Hillarious – I do that sometimes… (not exactly the boob comment conversation… just to rattle a bit. Not even thinking about it… stream of thought type comment. It is usually truth, and hopefully thought provoking.. but mostly, tells people I don’t like small-talk! Like talking about the famous crocs (I hate them)… everyone… oh I like them, so comfortable, blah blah blah… and blurt out “oh… I use them to take out the garbage” … I laughed at the odd, slightly offended faces (some folks are slaves to fashion to the point they don’t realize how they look themselves)… LOL
Hillarious strip!
It was so embarrassing sitting next to you, you sexist monster.
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I concur with Danno, you’re testosterone was out of control. That primal scream you let out after your open mic reading was down right scary.
That was a somewhat repressed primal scream too. Hopefully you’ll never hear the full one.