It's time to get fuckin' serious...!
So...the Keight-Monster's fuckin' broke; seriously, you have no idea.
So, rather than work on the comic this morning, I finally got off my ass and made a CafePress store for me and for The Adventures of Kanira Baxter: http://www.cafepress.com/bionicdance
I'm gonna probably make a video for YouTube about it; with not-quite 1,600 subscribers, I might be able to make a buck or two outta this, neh? And maybe I have more Kanira Baxter readers than I think, than I have evidence for, and maybe I can make a buck or two there. If I shamelessly whore myself, that is.
I HATE doing this, actually, I really do; it makes me feel somehow like I'm begging for money. I know I'm not--I'm offering people products; they're getting something for their money!--but somehow it feels like hitting up friends rather than actually earning. Yeah, it's irrational, and I do know better...so what? Acknowledge, understood...I'll get over it.
Besides, I don't see that I have much choice. Looking for work has been fruitless, the economy sucks...self-employment is looking better and better. I may have to sacrifice my dignity on the altar of finances, but so be it.
I'm not going to ask you folks to buy something; I know many of you have financial problems too. And I definitely don't want you buying something out of friendship or loyalty or whatever social/personal obligation to me; then I WILL feel like a whore! If you actually LIKE Kanira Baxter, and genuinely WANT a T-shirt or whatever (gonna make a coffee mug, a mousepad, maybe a hat or something later today), by all means...buy one. I can feel good about that.
But I'm not asking for charity, dammit; I'm gonna earn this. If I haven't earned your fandom, please...keep your money. Seriously, I mean this; it's not reverse psychology or a guilt trip. 'Kay? I'm happy to shamelessly whore for readers of Kanira and viewers of my YouTube channel, but that's as far as I go.
So, rather than work on the comic this morning, I finally got off my ass and made a CafePress store for me and for The Adventures of Kanira Baxter: http://www.cafepress.com/bionicdance
I'm gonna probably make a video for YouTube about it; with not-quite 1,600 subscribers, I might be able to make a buck or two outta this, neh? And maybe I have more Kanira Baxter readers than I think, than I have evidence for, and maybe I can make a buck or two there. If I shamelessly whore myself, that is.
I HATE doing this, actually, I really do; it makes me feel somehow like I'm begging for money. I know I'm not--I'm offering people products; they're getting something for their money!--but somehow it feels like hitting up friends rather than actually earning. Yeah, it's irrational, and I do know better...so what? Acknowledge, understood...I'll get over it.
Besides, I don't see that I have much choice. Looking for work has been fruitless, the economy sucks...self-employment is looking better and better. I may have to sacrifice my dignity on the altar of finances, but so be it.
I'm not going to ask you folks to buy something; I know many of you have financial problems too. And I definitely don't want you buying something out of friendship or loyalty or whatever social/personal obligation to me; then I WILL feel like a whore! If you actually LIKE Kanira Baxter, and genuinely WANT a T-shirt or whatever (gonna make a coffee mug, a mousepad, maybe a hat or something later today), by all means...buy one. I can feel good about that.
But I'm not asking for charity, dammit; I'm gonna earn this. If I haven't earned your fandom, please...keep your money. Seriously, I mean this; it's not reverse psychology or a guilt trip. 'Kay? I'm happy to shamelessly whore for readers of Kanira and viewers of my YouTube channel, but that's as far as I go.