capitalism/horsies

[maria_sputnik]

Two things:

1. I set up an etsy shop! So if you want to buy comics, you can do it there.

(If you already asked for a comic and gave me your address, your comics were free! and are currently on their way.)

2. Drunk Pony Fished From Swimming Pool

Comments

love and ponies

[maria_sputnik]

that pony story would just confuse things. it confuses me!

also

[maria_sputnik]

i'm going to start selling dog portraits on etsy, and i was thinking maybe you should sell cat portraits there! that is, if you are still into doing that. i swear, a little promotion and you could be rolling in a stack of cat-portrait dollar bills

[maria_sputnik]

i was thinking about selling them for twenty-five dollars. i think you should charge fifty or sixty, though. PET OWNERS WILL PAY. my friend who i got the cat portrait for is still talking about it and thinking of sending other cat owners your way and etc.

i am in sf from early evening friday (halloween) through late evening sunday. is APE the kind of thing you can break out from to have a tax-deductible lunch?

also, about going to comics festivals, what are people supposed to do there? besides roaming around and buy comics. at MOCCA i went around trying to befriend people and trade comics with them but it didn't feel right at all -- MOCCA is no portland zine symposium!

[maria_sputnik]

jesse made us feel like we were supposed to go to comics conventions and make friends with people, like that was the key to a successful and happy life, so @ mocca i felt like i was supposed to be Socializing and Getting to Know Someone. and i did meet dylan, but mostly it was just a nervewrackathon and maybe i am better suited to courting happiness and success via mail-order

you wanna have lunch or dinner saturday?

w/regards to your upcoming cat portrait empire, you don't have to tell anyone much of anything, it's easy to set up an etsy acct., there are already people on there doing dog portraits but they are not half as good as your cat portraits. seriously man. do you want me to set it up for you?

living the cat portraiture dream

[maria_sputnik]

etsy is just a way for people to find you. you still have to send your stuff directly to the person buying...it's like ebay, i think. but without the "auction" part. and everything is handmade. or has a weeping deer applique. or witch juice.

they take a bite of your proceeds (takes 20 cents to list, and they take 3.5 of your eventual profit). the advantage is that all the crafty people can find you easily.

as for its functionality, i dunno. i just signed up 24 hours ago. i've already sold sixteen comics (!) but i don't think that has much to do with etsy.