7:00PM I got a call and a fax saying that I’ve been chosen as Best Young Comic Book Designer (National Awards)…
It’s true. Check this link
Isn’t that odd? I mean… Well for one thing Mr. Alanguilan, Mr. Arre, Mr. Vergara, Mr. Dimaano, Mr. Tadeo, Mr. Diego, and the gentlemen at Culture Crush aren’t all that old, right? They’ve certainly got more comics out there than I do.
And think about all those artists in their early 20s who’ve come out with their own indie comics… surely they’ve gotten more material out than I have. A few of them are pretty good too.
So now I’m wondering how Consumer Today, the National Product Quality Excellence Awards, and the National Council for Product & Service Quality heard about me. Did they see my Digital Coloring Workshop ad? Did they read Vin’s Clockwork Kingdom in Cherry Blossom or did they read Jamie’s Worth the Wait in Cast? Or did Blitzworx turn over my work to them? Did they get a preview to my upcoming Suite Dream? Or did I just magically make many friends sitting hunched in front of my computer - painting?
Oho. But that’s not all! In a following fax the Consumer Today Magazine provides a fair deal of marketing mileage promises. Public recognition. Published in Inquirer and Consumer Today. Published in www.productexcellence.com - (which is in German/English and obviously hasn’t been registered properly to Consumer Today - that’s saying it nicely). All that only I remit Php15,000 to them.
So I figured — It’s likely a scam. It fed off my ego. They may have sent you or your business friends one too, so be vigilant!
