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The biggest selling print was last year's "Link's Piggie Panic." [link] I made 20 copies and 17 of them sold. My two other new prints only sold roughly 4 or 5 copies. "Kafuka" [link] did not sell a single copy. my Bobobo print [link] has even sold more than that. (I sold 1 at this con.)

In general sales were weak, and the fact we were placed on a second floor sales area which closed at an early hour every night didn't help. I blame the economy: everyone was a careful spender this year, including me. Still, I have to take some of the blame for my work not doing so well. It's a clear sign that I have to try harder. I need to expand my portfolio to create more dynamic work. Hopefully, I'll make good on my promise this year to finish an original comic, as well as create more interesting prints year round.

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Link's Piggie Panic [link] - Was far and away my best selling print. I made 14 copies and they all sold out within two days of the convention. One little girl asked me for an autograph.

Radical Edward [link] came in second. I sold all but 3 slightly discolored copies which I gave away to friends instead. I gave a copy to the guest, Shinichi Watanabe, in exchange for a photo of the two of us together. Great guy.

1936 Pikachu [link] Didn't sell very well at first, but I managed to sell about 7 before the end of the con. I learned to point it out specifically to people dressed in pokemon cosplay. One person stopped to say "I really hated that part in Kingdom Hearts." I laughed.

Finally, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo [link] Only managed to sell 3 copies. I had people come to the table just to inform me how much they disliked the series. I could have argued with them about how truly poignant a parody it is, but oh well.

I sold maybe only two for five dollars. The rest sold for three dollars. I made 100 dollars exactly. Half of it is going into my bank, some of it is going to be split with (Thanks for sharing the booth!) and the rest I'm going to use to buy a personal DVD player to watch all the new anime I got.

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Sickening Squirrel ep. 1:
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Sickening Squirrel ep. 2:
[link] ]]> ~Slomoto http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/4546175/ http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/4546175/ Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:02:11 PST [link]. Check it out!

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Not only do they make a mockery of Charles Dickens AND one of my personal favorite literary characters, (whoever wrote the article did not understand Dickens' metaphor for selfishness, apperantly.) They also claim that being a miser makes a helpful contribution to the economy. Well, if that's true, then why do ANY of us bother to make any money? we can all just grab all the money we want and keep it to ourselves. The saddest part of it all is that these economy-minded individuals likely voted for W in the last election; the same presient who's spent a record amount of the government's money and put the economy in the crapper.

I don't think it's wrong to make the argument, if you want to claim that keeping money to yourself is beneficial to your way of living, that's fine. But it probably is not wise to support your claim with the use of the stingiest man in all literature. ]]> ~Slomoto http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/3163429/ http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/3163429/ Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:36:49 PDT ~Slomoto http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/3051539/ http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/3051539/ Thu, 05 Aug 2004 17:40:50 PDT
- People don't appreciate my cynicism enough. I worked hard for a long time to get this cynical and the least you people could do is ignore it until I'm out of earshot to call me a jerk.

- Every time you interview someone about doing some great thing, atheletes especially, they say that whatever great feat they've accomplished is "No big deal" and "Anybody could do it." I propose we actually take their ever present statement seriously: Let's never work to accomplish the things we do, since it's obvious modesty is far more important to people than going the so-called distance. Lord knows I need more modest people in my life.

-Patricia Heaton. Be she laying the smack down on Ray Romano or doing voice overs for grocery store, she gives me faith that this world is still hanging in there.

Well, that's all for now. I hope you will partake of the emptying of my soul and achieve just the slightest crum of enlightenment or meotinoal change from it. But, I really know you won't. I just say that because it makes ME feel good, so at least SOMEone is getting SOMEthing. ]]> ~Slomoto http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/3051537/ http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/3051537/ Thu, 05 Aug 2004 17:40:41 PDT
- People don't appreciate my cynicism enough. I worked hard for a long time to get this cynical and the least you people could do is ignore it until I'm out of earshot to call me a jerk.

- Every time you interview someone about doing some great thing, atheletes especially, they say that whatever great feat they've accomplished is "No big deal" and "Anybody could do it." I propose we actually take their ever present statement seriously: Let's never work to accomplish the things we do, since it's obvious modesty is far more important to people than going the so-called distance. Lord knows I need more modest people in my life.

-Patricia Heaton. Be she laying the smack down on Ray Romano or doing voice overs for grocery store, she gives me faith that this world is still hanging in there.

Well, that's all for now. I hope you will partake of the emptying of my soul and achieve just the slightest crum of enlightenment or meotinoal change from it. But, I really know you won't. I just say that because it makes ME feel good, so at least SOMEone is getting SOMEthing. ]]> ~Slomoto http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/3037749/ http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/3037749/ Tue, 03 Aug 2004 21:38:30 PDT
They were right about one thing tho: You do end up treating people exactly the way you want to be treated. If only I could be treated the same way people wanted me to act. Then I'd have a reason to treat people like they wanted to be treated. Nobody ever wants to be the first person to swallow their pride, however. Only makes people gloat at you anyhow.

Well, maybe this will be my last ACUTAL journal entry. I'm more than certain I'm gonna quit writing a journal and turning this section into a "friends and clubs" page, just like many other DeviantArt members. ]]> ~Slomoto http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/3018860/ http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/3018860/ Sun, 01 Aug 2004 13:41:00 PDT
I've been thinking about cutting it out with the random entries and doing a constantly re-edited single page like most other devrt members. I'll have to tell you what I decide on later, but, you know, I was never a person to do things like everyone else does. ]]> ~Slomoto http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/3001835/ http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/3001835/ Fri, 30 Jul 2004 06:56:43 PDT ~Slomoto http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/2983678/ http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/2983678/ Tue, 27 Jul 2004 21:40:07 PDT
Over the past few weeks the following public statements were criticized by the status quo: Vice President Dick Cheney's use of the F-bomb during an un-official statement. That's not too bad, a little anal, but understandable. The fact that it was not meant for the press to hear yet the press heard it anyway kinda scared me.

The Governator, Arnold Shwarzenegger came under fire over the use of the word "Girlie Man" in reference to his political opponents. Now, you can go ahead and make the argument that his statement was off-color and homophobic, but still, you have to take this comment with a grain of salt. After all, you elected the guy, and the sole reason he was elected was because of all those famous movie lines he blended with his campaign. Lines like "Girlie Man."

Then there's the coup de faux pas. The instant I heard people took issue with this the wheels in my head just jammed for a few seconds: Teresa Heinz Kerry's controversial "shove it" comment during the democratic national convention. I could legitimize the controversy by admitting that the reporter confronting this first lady in waiting was correct in his statement. Still, I've seen alot of the E! network and I can tell you: saying "Shove it" to a reporter is not taboo in any capacity.

People need to start easing up. We don't expect ourselves to be polite and sympathetic every minute of every day, so why do we expect or role models to? It's almost like we expect the people we look up to in politics to be better than us, which is silly since the whole idea is to elect someone who's gonna represent you: the average cussing, slightly phobic yet always frustrated citizen.

I'm all into Teresa Heinz now tho: She's a little firecracker. ]]> ~Slomoto http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/2928868/ http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/2928868/ Tue, 20 Jul 2004 20:08:09 PDT ~Slomoto http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/2928865/ http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/2928865/ Tue, 20 Jul 2004 20:07:45 PDT ~Slomoto http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/2905914/ http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/2905914/ Sat, 17 Jul 2004 18:10:18 PDT
I saw the video for They Might be Giants' new single on Homestar Runner. [link] and I ran out to get the album. Now, I think TMBG is great.

You gotta understand I had a very filtered view of the band before this point: I heard Dr. Worm, I heard Pencil Rain, and Triangle Man. So I thought that TMBG was just some silly novelty group. But this new tune is so catchy, with lyrics far more engaging than "the sun is a mass of incandescent gas." The rest of the album is pretty good too. I'm completely turned around on the group, their work is genius, and I just haven't seen it. I'd encourage anyone to run out and get this CD, it's a welcome addition to the collection of any....CD.....collector, since it has a little something for just about anyone.

Oh, and keep it from the people who jsut don't understand TMBG. ]]> ~Slomoto http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/2899853/ http://Slomoto.deviantart.com/journal/2899853/ Fri, 16 Jul 2004 20:31:02 PDT ~Slomoto