Fool's Wisdom

Anonymous asked: Tom, that comment about Schiti's sales vs Land's is kinda bullshit on your part isn't it? cause Greg drew the #1 issue, and we all know #1's sell better than #6's, right?

brevoortformspring:

You’re moving the goal posts here a little bit, We’re not measuring issue #1 against issue #6, we’re measuring issue #5 against issue #6, and #8 against issue #9, and so forth. And either way, if Greg’s first issue sold more, why would I change things? Selling copies is what we’re all about!

I know I touched on this last night, but this is exactly the attitude that’s driving me away from comics.  Money?  You’re making money, so that’s what makes one artist superior to another?

Look, I admire Greg Land’s ability to draw things.  He can do things, I’m sure, sick and miserable and half-high on cough syrup that I couldn’t do on my best day; I remember loving his art back in the ‘90s..  But that was before he started tracing every damn thing and every female character he drew started to look like she’d been taken directly out of a freezeframe from porn.

I just cannot understand this mindset, man.  Maybe it is me.  Maybe I’ve just gotten too old for the market, I dunno.  But it damn well makes me angry.