Whoring Yourself Out (i.e. Success and being spoiled in publishing)

If you want to simply DRAW your own comics or manga, and make a living at it, but don't have the following "little" support community-industry-system in place, You're screwed, man! It's Lulu Press and Scribd for you! There's a community system set up in place, one that destroys and mocks failure and perpetuates and whores out success.

Typical Comic Book Creator/Writer/Artist who had everything handed over to them...

• Flagshit title or series
• Articles
• Awards
• Editing Team to Make Them Look Good
• Awkward disposition, elitist mentality, left wing bias, and poor often arrogant and egomaniacal attitude that's masked by "mainstream appeal", public figure status, and publishing credentials

Pawn in the Machine, Phoning it in:

• (The "Safety Net Filter Team")
• Agency
• Publisher
• Editor
• Producer (if they work in animation, too)

"Industry" Profiles:

• Official Website (Name.com)
• Wikipedia "Homepage Article" Profile
• Publisher Homepage Profile
• Comixology Profile
• Amazon Profile
• Comic Book DB Profile

Social Media

• Twitter Account (probably created by publisher to be "social media active")
• Facebook (see Twitter)

Press (Articles and Interviews)

• Comic Book Resources
• Newsarama
• Sequential Tart
• Entertainment Weekly
• Famous Newspaper (Blurb or review)