Mirrored from Smudge Marks & Engel Werks.

So this week business wise, we’ve gotten a lot accomplished. We now officially have our business back account. And I’ve started our new accounting books. Last thing we need in the resale license from the BoE. That’s my job today ( Read more... )

Mirrored from Smudge Marks & Engel Werks.

Been fighting some pretty bad depression this last couple of months. A lot of it revolves around stress over money, or lack there of. But no small part is also due to my allergies and this past winter flu season. The flu shot this year did not help. To fight it, I’ve been nose deep in busy-work.

Currently I’m ( Read more... )

Mirrored from Smudge Marks & Engel Werks.

We’ve got all the paperwork in hand now, and we have the cash saved up. So Wednesday Baron and I are tromping all over the valley to do the official opening of Smudge Marks and Engel Werks. First it’s the City of Sunnyvale Department of Finance for the City Business License, then off to the Santa Clara court ( Read more... )

Mirrored from Smudge Marks & Engel Werks.

So after FC2014, Baron and I sat down and really took a look at things, on where we were art career wise. Our old company, BackBreaker Studios LLC, is long since gone, and at the beginning of last year we were able to pay off the final debts that had incurred. Now, we both agreed it’s time to get back on the ( Read more... )

Been thinking about starting a new business. It's been over a year since we had to close BackBreaker. And while I don't think I'm up for running a business again, even a small one, I *have* to do something to create some sort of income. A lot of this post is a thought exercise trying to decide which way to go and how to handle things ( Read more... )

Been doing stuff here. Probably not the stuff I should be doing, but there ya go ( Read more... )

I spent yesterday doing the painful work of deleting most of BackBreaker from the server. All but the comic section and the database which will remain up until one week after BMI concludes. Then, that too will go down. I know I said I'd wait for the Sys-Admin of the server boxes to email me saying his work was done, but I just wanted to get it over ( Read more... )

All the backups of Backbreaker have been completed. Once I hear back from our server's sys admin that his part is done, all of Backbreaker is being removed from the web, except for the online comics. The comics will remain up until 1 week after Bureau of Mana Investigation concludes. Then, that too, will be taken down ( Read more... )

It's begun, the end. Today, I started the process of shutting BackBreaker down ( Read more... )