D.J. Coffman - Sequential Artist, Thinker

Today is the last page of the Hero By Night epilogue story. If you didn’t read the first page, it’s here. We’ve also been #1 over on Drunk Duck for a few days as far as most read story or whatnot on their rankings. We’re usually in the number 2 spot behind Charby. That’s cool.

Issue one of our new ongoing series is in your local comic book shop, stop by and pick it up. It would make a cool stocking stuffer for all ages. At least I think so!

Now onto the brain dump…

Every year around this time I get this urge to launch something new in January when the new year rolls around. I have resisted so far, but I must be in honest in telling you that I think I came up with an excellent niche concept for a webcomic. I don’t know if I’ll be pursuing it at all, but I HATE it when I think of something in my head that I’m confident would work. Almost like I knew the poker comic niche, if done correctly would work, I just couldn’t get into that because I’m not a poker player— but this new idea? It’s something I’ve been doing for a LONG time and I do almost everday, and I relate very well to the conversations and other people who are into it… but I’ll leave it at that.

- Did you ever pour too much water into a coffee maker, and it starts leaking out some safety hole they put in the back?– Why don’t they just make the damn pots or water holders not hold as much water as the tank can? Or vice versa– make the reservoir larger. For idiots like me, of course.

- A cool post I found on 37 Signals about Self Promotion. I think I’ve mastered all of them but the last one that Steve Martin talks about. I work on that every day though.

- The rumors are true. I’ve been sleeping with a copy of my hardcover under my pillow because it’s so sexy.

- This i the FIRST time in forever that we’ve actually been DONE and wrapped as far as Christmas presents go. The past years I remember it was usually myself up on Christmas Eve wrapping like a madman and drinking Guinness.

- I haven’t had a Guinness since Nov 16 at Wizard World. I haven’t had a Guinness at home in a LONNNNG time… ever since my wife told me my breathe stank after drinking them. I have become self conscious about it. I think the holidays coming up might change that though.

- Speaking of alcohol… I have a new theory. I know a good many people on meds for this or that, depression, schizo, super depression, panic disorders, people disorders, etc etc. I know a few people who also go to therapy, and are probably prescribed these medicines that likely mess you up even more. So I have developed what I would like to call the “Cowboy Self Medicating Therapy”— if you’re having a bad day, or getting all emo about stuff in your past, your Mom didn’t love you, the chick screwed your best friend 5 years ago, you weren’t good to your kids…etc…. I suggest two shots of Whiskey before bed. If things seem unbearable during the daytime, do one shot anytime of the day. But just ONE. I don’t condone becoming an alcoholic or anything. I’m just thinknig that back in the 1880s, where there was a good chance you might be shot dead for no reason in a town like Deadwood– people had even MORE problems back then… and they were all solved with Whiskey. There’s a reason they said “It takes the EDGE off” — because it does.

- Note: If you think whiskey TASTES like crap, you’re not drinking it right. You’re not supposed to taste it, dummy!

- Note: I don’t drink Whiskey. I don’t use alcohol or any type of drugs, prescribed or otherwise to deal with my problems. I just MAN UP. Life sucks pretty much in reality, so count that we’re lucky to live in the USA and not Darfur! What you think are problems or depression… brother, let me tell you that it’s nothing at all.

- I have work to do, so this blog is done.

- Radio…silence….