Ha! Selling something to a network or publisher? That's RICH....

I'd be surprised if they'd even bother to let me clean their office toilets as a JANITOR, let alone sell something as an author.

Earnings...

Well well well. Made a not so bad amount of $40 from book sales so far. Primarily from selling spare copies to my best friends and family who really like me. I'm not worried about the commercial book market. I'm perfectly happy only selling to friends and family. For now. Some people I know buying copies is still better than no one doing so. That's my advice to indie authors. Sell copies, in person to friends and family you know. If you know a lot of people (I only know some) you can make a decent amount that way.

Social Influence In International Territory

Apparently if a 13 y.o. Japanese girl writes of you're artwork online "It's horribly crappy", apparently they really think the opposite, that you're the greatest thing around. Why is this? Well, if we look up social influence, and its sub-chapter, "Culture" on our good friend Wiki, unlike American kids and teens, Japanese kids and teens belittle and show indifference towards that which they "know everyone else likes".

As the article says:

"Japan likewise has a collectivist culture and thus a higher propensity to conform; however, in a 1970 Asch-style study, it was found that, when alienated, Japanese students would be susceptible to anticonformity (given answers that were incorrect even when the group coincided on correct answers) one third of the time."

So in Japan, it's opposite day EVERY day? Wow! How totally good, er I mean HORRIBLY CRAPPY.

I suppose cybercommenting is no exception. Ah, the weirdness and deception that is Japanese psychology.

Yup. Harry Potter definitely has the "INTP Scorpio Look"

Dark short hair, glasses, kinda nerdy but powerful. Kind of like Bill Gates (who is another Scorpio other than myself with short hair and glasses), but with darker hair and thicker darker glasses. That's kind of my own look, too. It's mah brand!

Q: Any Advice For Artists With a Lot of Talent Who Want to Make a Living With Art?

A: Yeah, first and formost, WATCH YOUR BACK. There are a surprisingly high number of so-called "high profile" artists just waiting in limbo for a "random upstart" (at least in their view) to ram into and get into a high profile feud with, for the sake of promoting their comics and career with. You're probably best ignoring ALL OF THEM, and certainly don't devote time in your stories to them, as they thrive on negative publicity and negative reaction from others.

Daily Schedule

In terms of my daily schedule. I'm a bit of a 1-theme-or-motif-a-day man. I'll find 1 subject or area of study (short stories, architectural drawings, noir covers, rough action poses, sci-fi, density, scripts, journals), and will often only get excited in my studies by one or two major themes a day, and that will generally be all I draw, the only thing or subject matter I draw for that entire day, for a handful of newly created pages of art and/or writing for that day.

Today, for me, it was architecture buildings and drawings of buildings / downtown areas.

April 1st, Midnight, Anime Excitement. A Day for History: Toonami: The [Adult Swim] Run

So with no marketing whatsoever, other than 2 single posts on Twitter from Steve Blum and Lance Heiskell themselves, Toonami hit the air again as an "April Fools Joke". But if it actually was an April Fools "Gag" What an Epic and Dramatic one it was. Absolute Appointment Television. They started off with Bleach, but then it got REAL serious when they started playing Vintage Toonami Shows like Dragonball Z, then Gundam Wing, then all the rest(!), all their most famous, iconic, and highest rated show, and that is when you knew it was on. That moment they announced the lineup of their old shows that WASN'T listed on the DVR DirecTV schedule was the moment when you KNEW it was gonna be a party, and not to leave the internet or your TV in your room. Very well one of the greatest surprises in Television Animation History. Easily one of the Top 5 Moments in Great Broadcasting in my Book. I'm glad I was able to post a handful of messages to their forums while it was happening, along with the 700 or so other people on the ASMB.

According to Wiki: "The shows, order aired, and episodes: Dragon Ball Z #191, Gundam Wing #10, Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki #19, Outlaw Star #25, Big O #1, Yu Yu Hakusho #110, Blue Submarine #6 #1, Trigun #23, the original Astro Boy #1, and Gigantor #1."

If nothing else, this proves Williams Street could still handle doing a new, or perhaps "new-ish" version of Toonami today or in the near future. It's left many asking if Toonami really is coming back to the airwaves, which in and of itself would indeed be a Miracle. Ah hell, it already WAS a Miracle seeing it as a "one time thing", but it would be an even more Epic thaumarturgy if it really actually was permanent. And I'm not the only one.

Steve Blum is on the side of the fans. He too hopes to one day see the return of a Toonami series, but even he doesn't seem to know whether the Toonami comeback has been temporary or permanent. Or does he? Hmmmm.

Yes, I know it's hard to believe this claim.

That's why YouTube and Toonami Digital Arsenal have Proof!

[Only Toonami]

[4.1.12]

[Adult Swim]