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To those of the Next 100 Movement, you already know the maxim: If you want to see something REALLY new, you know that you've GOT to make it yourself! The days of following the bad business models ARE OVER! As I have said, my business models don't do catwalks... Yet we're the ones who are expected to support a failed fashion!

Come on, indie creators out there... Join the NEW INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT that IS The NEXT 100--- The Next 100 upcoming creators that plan to shake the industry simply by giving the people ORIGINAL CONCEPTS!! That's it. No cult. No money to join. No hassle.

Simply get on your game and create.

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]]> ~RodBuddah http://RodBuddah.deviantart.com/journal/24015779/ http://RodBuddah.deviantart.com/journal/24015779/ Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:22:43 PDT [link], and read the comments that have been sent. I greatly appreciate those comments, because in the process of reading them, a little light went off in the grey matter....

'They say they want you successful/ but then they make it stressful/ when you start keeping pace, they start changing up the tempo...'

This line is a great example of what's going on with many of us trudging through the trenches, looking to not necessarily change the industry, but to secure our natural and rightful place in it. By creating such harsh restrictures, they shoot themselves in the foot by re-creating the very conditions that started the distributor wars in the first place! The medium is dying out, slow and sure... And this began well before the economic crisis! Marvel and DC are cool, but there's more out there than capes and tights!

Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, to those of you who feel the same as I do, and are willing to support such a stand, I ask you not to consider the NEXT 100 as a mere title, but as a platform for the NEW INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT!

For those of you who don't think you see anything in this, I say: keep looking.
To those of you who sincerely want real change, we've got alot of work to do.

Allow me to re-introduce myself... My name is Rodney Blackwell AKA the infamous RodBuddah. I make comics.

WELCOME TO THE ERA OF THE NEXT 100.

]]> ~RodBuddah http://RodBuddah.deviantart.com/journal/23995171/ http://RodBuddah.deviantart.com/journal/23995171/ Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:09:24 PDT On top of that, Robert Scott of the CBIA mentions that indie publishers that sell DIRECT to the people instead of through the illustrious Diamond-listed retailers are crippling the market and therefore should be considered a detriment to the existing consumer pool.

Oh yeah, the final straw is Mr. Scott's recommendation that indy publishers that sell outside the mainstream online should be fought by the 'brick and mortar' retailers tooth and nail!

This is a joke, right?

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Recently, those of us here at PLANET GRIFFIN have been talking alot about some of
the recent developments taking place around the comics industry (the most interesting being the changes with Diamond and the recent re-emergence of Cold Cut distro, Haven.)

Moreover, the question that's irritating me is: Where are the new storytellers?
The whole debate of why the industry is shrinking seems to hang on this question...

So now, it's time that we begin entering the era of the NEXT 100--- For those that keep up with my blog (thank you, readers!) knows what I'm talking about.

To all my fellow Deviants, I invite you all to come visit the blogspot and toss in your 2 cents, opinions, hatemail, rants and raves, etc. Click the link and off you go:

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I need feedback on this to better understand how the storytelling question is being addressed and handled.

]]> ~RodBuddah http://RodBuddah.deviantart.com/journal/22695377/ http://RodBuddah.deviantart.com/journal/22695377/ Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:19:24 PST , Trying to maintain the house, Struggling to get sleep where I can... Yeah, Life comes at you fast.

And then, at long last, the house is silent ( once everybody's knocked out)--- and like a beacon of light, the art table summons me to her side ( yes, I said 'her'... Art is a fickle mistress--- and a helluva drug!). As I enable the first stroke of the brush, the entire chaos-theory we call the world washes away. UNTIL---

---The alarm clock belts out that familiar and annoying tune at 6AM... I wearily kill the timer, and try not to let the family see that I worked all night AGAIN!

Don't get me wrong, it's hard work... You gotta love it!!!

]]> ~RodBuddah http://RodBuddah.deviantart.com/journal/22285277/ http://RodBuddah.deviantart.com/journal/22285277/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:39:22 PST Like many of us here, I've been struggling with my Alter Ego ( You know, breadwinner by day, art ninjas by night); trying to finish the overflow of work on my plate. The few pieces that are on my page so far can be best described as ' the warm-up', cuz' the REAL HEAT is right around the corner.

Honest.

Recession, jobs in crisis, and everyday personal struggles await us all---- appreciate what you've got and be truly thankful for your abilities/skills everyone--- lets get ready for the party that'll surely be 2009! See ya there!

The Infamous RodBuddah

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