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Apr

27

What’s Up, Sunday?

Filed Under Comics Artists, Elmer, Filipino Artists, My Comics, Philippine Comics, Timawa | 7 Comments

The puppies are turning out to be a noisy bunch. Well, one of them at least. After a week of observing them, I’m now very aware of what their individual characteristics are. Boney (the less hairy one) seems to be more independent and smart. She’s also more affectionate, but at the same time the first to growl at strangers. She eats very fast. Milky (the hairy, cuter one) seems to be more needy. She’s very noisy when I’m not around. She’s much more sensitive to disturbances and noise. Boney tries to play with her when she freaks out to calm her down. On the other hand, she’s a very slow and calm eater. I have to watch those two while they eat because Boney has a tendency to eat Milky’s food after finishing hers.

Now that Milky’s wounds are healing, I’ll start them on their anti-mites bath, which I should be very careful with. The bath is a bit poisonous, even to me, so I have to wear gloves and keep them from licking themselves afterwards.

Work-wise, I’m working on Timawa #8 at the moment, while working on Elmer #4 at night. Not much to say about the work itself other than I’m glad I’m able to do it the way I do it. I’m glad that I have so much freedom to do what I want. People get the impression I’m lucky to do what I do. But it’s not true. “Luck” gives the impression that all this fell into my lap just like that. I worked really hard to get where I am, and luck had nothing to do with it. I’ve also had to make a lot of hard decisions. I insisted on getting treated right and walked away from many projects where I felt I was not allowed my freedoms or felt like I was being taken advantage of.

A lot of artists are walking around bitter because they feel entitled to get the jobs other artists get. “I’m BETTER than that guy, why is HE working and I’m not?” would be a common gripe, moaning about not being given the chance.

I’m sorry for all those who feel that way, but if you feel that jobs will fall on your lap simply because you feel you’re a GOOD artist, even a GREAT artist, it’s not going to happen. You’re going to have to work hard to get yourself out there. Get rid of that stupid pride chicken and get working. Send comics proposals to publishers. That’s how the comics industry has evolved in the past 2 decades. You need to be more aggressive, self reliant with your own self initiative. A lot of publishers out there are now open to comics proposals, either for graphic novels, magazines and so forth. You need to find those jobs nowadays, instead of waiting around for it to find you. So get writing and drawing! I’m very much looking forward to what you can do!

It’s been so busy lately. I made a video at You Tube about having NO TIME to do a video about having NO TIME to make a video. It was a gag, and I’m glad people get it.

I’m going out. It’s my niece’s birthday. 7 years old so it’s a big thing.

Oh yeah, Free Comic Book day this coming Saturday and Komikero Meeting the following day.

Comments

7 Responses to “What’s Up, Sunday?”

  1. Jonas Diego on April 27th, 2008 11:28 am

    There’s actually a LOT of publishers out there now (or investors for that matter) who would now like to get into the whole comic book bandwagon…they just don’t know what to publish.

    Chances are these will be their first time to do it.

    It’s a perfect opportunity for comic book creators in general to pitch ideas. It should be easy enough to catch their imagination because, heck…that is our job isn’t it? Capturing people’s imagination. :D

  2. kc cordero on April 27th, 2008 11:09 pm

    right, jonas. a lot of them want to venture into publishing, and it’s important that those who wish to get their works printed pitch the right materials.

    gerry,
    the ‘buzz’ will forever be grateful to you, and you know the reasons why.

  3. Reno on April 28th, 2008 9:41 am

    Why would the BUZZ be grateful to Gerry? Was there a substantial bump in sales since TIMAWA started? Where are the figures? The proof? Please substantiate…

    Nah. Just kidding. :P

    Anyway, good to hear that the puppies are doing fine. Maybe you could do a before and after shot of them so that those of us interested can see how their health has improved. :)

  4. Gerry Alanguilan on April 28th, 2008 9:58 am

    Reno… for a moment there tumayo ang balahibo ko. he.he.

    Yep! These puppies will be very well photo documented. :D

  5. kc cordero on April 28th, 2008 10:44 am

    reno,
    hehehe, i would say ‘the buzz and gerry’ is an example of a very good publisher and artist collaboration. :)

  6. Reno on April 28th, 2008 1:32 pm

    Gumanti lang sa April Fool’s joke mo, Gerry. hehe.

  7. Philip Tan on April 28th, 2008 3:37 pm

    Yey for the pups : ) Hope we get to see more of their pics Gerry!

    My dad owns lots of dogs, mostly Rotweilers(sp?) and my whole family loves them.. back in Cavite. Sandy Sansolis’ good friend who owns the Comic Odyssey branch here in LA owns a Yellow Lab, it;s the closest thing I can get to play with T__T my apartment don’t allow pets .

    Now to the serious stuff… my heart agrees to everything you mentioned, it drives the message home. No one in the industry, especially those who are new, should take our blessings for granted. It is hard enough already to get our first step in, it’s even harder to maintain and be successful in it! This is a very hard field to work in, if you don’t have the passion and will to survive in here, better find something else.. the extra effort that we do, out of our way, just to make our work better will all be initially without pay, all labor of love for the medium… the rewards come after that, after you establish yourselves.

    Also, quality is NOT the only thing people ask for. It’s also a big business on top of it being an outlet where creative people do what they love to do in our field. Unless you have proven yourself to be able to deliver ON TIME, RELIABLE and with GOOD QUALITY… they will more likely go get someone who has a track record of work ethics even if that person provides lesser quality product.. of course, there is a minimum standard for everything… so if someone who draws better than Jim Lee and Bryan Hitch combined promises and took a monthly gig and provides 3 pages a month.. he better start looking for another job since you can almost guarantee that no one will hire him afterwards.. and hey, even if you have a contract… you better change or else you will never get another one after it expires… so there is no reason to get complacent even after you got an awesome deal.

    The chance to even start you say? Unfortunately, like I said, they will more likely hire people who proves to be reliable than someone new unless they are just THAT good in comparison to others… BUT, like alot of peeps here say also, there are lots of independent publishers who are looking for creative people.. even with them, prove to the industry that you can deliver and the opportunity will start to go your way… it’s all about proving yourself and keeping it up or get even better… no other way or shortcuts!

    Ok, it’s late, I hope I don’t have too much grammatical errors… OR being off topic at all… lol

    P