July - 2019

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Don't Scupport SCAB Artists!

Don't support artists who work for free! Artists who are financially privileged work for free for the Likes and "exposure" and put the...

New Comics

Some new comics: Well Read, Wildflower

Why Artists are Struggling to Make a Living From Their Art (and the Activists Fighting Back)

The current model that exists, where a few artists are superstars and everyone else barely struggles to exist, is bad for everyone, and...

Artists Are Workers!

Capitalism is the problem, but until that problem is solved, artists must be compensated for their work, which is real WORK, and this is...

On Speaking Out About Artists Being Paid For Their Work

When I talk about artists getting paid for their work, that does not mean I think the entire world or even people who enjoy my work owe...

On "Success"

Yesterday someone tried to insult me by saying that if people aren't clamoring to buy my work that it must be obviously worthless. It...

Shoutout to Greensboro Bound For Doing It Right

I am reposting this shoutout here to Greensboro Bound Literary Festival , I had to mention how much I appreciate that they added two paid...

HOW TO PAY AN ARTIST WITH "EXPOSURE"

"If you have the chutzpah to ask an artist to work for exposure (see also: "free"; "experience"; "no pay but we'll feed you a dry chicken...

WHY I ABANDONED 60,000 FOLLOWERS AND DELETED MY SOCIAL MEDIA

I've written one blog post and have been drafting more about artists getting paid and other important topics around creative work that...

"Everyone Is Creative"

The whole "Everyone is creative" bullshit undermines professional artists' insistence on being paid fair rates for our work. Of course...