Sketchbook and chit chatting
Ayyyy,
I am going to learn how to use this thing to communicate. For months I have gone to write a post every few days and type nine million paragraphs then delete it. There is always so much going on in my life and the struggle to keep my head above water and I type like a babbling neanderthal so I feel like I just make a mess on the page. So I am going to just let it be bad and try to commit to posting what the hell is up once a week.
So what’s new? I went to comic con and my new book is out. I have been doing the completely worst job promoting it, but I’ve been pretty broke and it’s hard to motivate myself to post on social media. I can’t really take the time to make a post selling a book that I won’t get cash for immediately when my bank account dips in the the double digits. I don’t like talk about money because I consider myself very luck, but I spent a good portion of my time at comic con working on a freelance job for a cartoon because I had 11 cents in the bank account and I needed the cash to get the car out of the parking garage at the airport when I got home. But I still feel like the luckiest person alive. I got to hang out at comic con and draw backgrounds for a cartoon.
I DO need to take money more seriously because I am actually going to start suffering in a way I don’t think I fully comprehend as I age, but I think it’s a problem that will sort itself out. Every year I have more opportunities and I get better at what I am doing.
Anyways I have made the very cool and not stupid decision to stop doing as much freelance and lean into posting comics online again and self publishing. I lost a pretty decent job the other week because I kept getting sick and just could not motivate myself to get it done on time. I think that’s a good thing. I am retooling some of the aesthetics of my work this week with the hope of starting posting next week. Here’s some pages from the sketchbook yesterday. Once I start posting I am going to be releasing some shirts again and start pushing on trying to get subscribers on here. If you are into the idea of getting more of these comics feel free to hit the paid tier! 5 bucks goes a long way towards getting my car out of random parking garages. <3
Love u,
Michael Sweater
It gives me great comfort looking at your doodles (Cheez - that sounds like the inside of a Hallmark card).
I'd happily have any of them on a T-shirt (but international freight is a reluctant mistress).
Keep trying - even your failures are better than you think in others eyes (There you go - totally Hallmark-worthy!)