I AM SO DAMN PUBLISHED IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY!!!
That's a distant shot of the February (March 2006 cover date) issue of Shonen Jump, where my first ever published-for-money article appears.
The article is about Famous Lady Pirates in History, written to accompany the serialization of One-Piece, which features several lady pirates, including Nami, one of the main characters. It only clocks in at 350 words, but that's pretty-much the maximum for SJ.
I AM SO THRILLED THAT I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE MY PANTS THREE TIMES TODAY.
The bestest part of this article? Marc W. over at Shonen Jump liked it enough that he's printing three more articles I've written for him, as well as giving me a Sooper Sekrit Projekt that I should be doing some work on this week.
So, now I actually edit manga (for DrMaster) and I write non-fiction articles for Shonen Jump and I have an awesome artist for my comic LAST SHOT...
Thanks to all of you for your support. This is just the beginning, my friends...
benjamin sTone