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I heard the news last night that comic artist Michael Turner lost his battle with cancer.  I nearly cried.  While not a reader of Turner's creator owned work, I have always enjoyed his art, especially his covers.  It seems like comics have lost a lot of great people in the last year or two.  It's really shocking that such a small industry has lost so many great people in such a short time.  But that's not all that saddens me about his death. While I realize that comics are a niche industry, they are still a staple of American art.  Yet when we have lost these great comic artists recently (such as Turner and Mike Wieringo, most notably) nothi

So another day passes, and I dread going to work again.  This is becoming a usual thing.  I feel like I'm doing the work of three people, I get the appreciation of none, and it's wearing thin. We found out about a month ago that we would not get a raise this year.  That sucks.  I really need that extra 3 1/2% to help offset the rising cost of gas.  But it's not to be.  I've almost come to grips with that, though I admit I've been working much less hard than previous.  I also found out that I was named Manager of the Month for February on my project.  It's a nice honor, and normally comes with a $50 gift card to a place of my choice.  However

So I'm coming here, to a place where I know so many people that can do so many wonderful things to ask for aid.  I good about asking for help that way.  :) A few months ago, my good friend Slovman created a very cool logo for a production company I was a founding member of.  Well, as do most things in the creative world, the partnership has more or less dissolved.  Some of us have rebanded together, and are now looking for a new logo.  I'm sure I could just ask Slovman to work on one, but I'm not going to be that imposing on him, and I now know of a place where lots of creative people are who I can ask to do the same thing. What we are look