Entries from May 11, 2008 - May 17, 2008
Mark Heath
If you look closely, you might be surprised by what’s on the chair.
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Every year or so you should check the inner workings of your lightbox. If yours has a reflective surface, it should be more than a skating rink for dust mites.
If you draw a comic strip, and you’re wondering if anyone enjoys it, I highly recommend discontinuing it. I’ve been sipping the kind words down like a rare vintage. I may bottle the epitaphs and store them in a wine cellar to be enjoyed when I’m older and grayer.
In the meantime, I’m girding for the freelance life by hiring a designer to build my new site, one that’s braced with all the necessary girders and struts to support whatever it is I might do. I’m a bit nervous about this. I’ve never had someone design my site. I’ve always rolled up my sleeves and worked with templates and online instructions, building websites reminiscent of soapbox derby carts when I was hoping for the Batmobile.
I feel like Tony Stark strapping into his powered suit, gaining the ability to design a site I could never build on my own.
I’m especially looking forward to the boot rockets.
My thanks to all who have tossed a few words on Spot the Frog’s coffin. It’s much appreciated. The patter of eulogies on the cover is like the sound of rain on a tin roof. Very soothing.
Or is it? [the amazing SciencePunk blog]
One of these days I fully expect to close my eyes before going to sleep and finding an LED display on the underside of my eyelid, displaying an ad for a daily Mark Anderson cartoon. The question won’t be, “how did he install the display without my noticing,” but “how do I go about doing the same thing?” When it comes to marketing your work in the digital age — from his free daily cartoon to his recent Facebook App — where Anderson goes, others follow.
But his promotions aren’t always digital. This time around he’s offering his cartoons in a cozy analog format. And though eyelid screens might be amazing, with full color and 3-D imaging and picture-in-picture, you can’t beat the tactile satisfaction of a book, and the sharp snap of a black and white cartoon.
Beneath his cartoonist exterior — i.e. boxer shorts — Mark is a business sort of guy. Contemplating Profit and Loss puts a light in his eye, and his tan is largely the result of basking in the glow of Filemaker Pro. His love for business informs his cartoons. Nothing is too routine or dry to inspire a laugh.
They say business is dog-eat-dog, but when you’re a cartoonist, there’s always time for a tummy rub.