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Cartoons Don’t Pay? Visit the Komikon Anyway!

Joel — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:20:11 +0000

It’s nothing we haven’t heard before: Cartoons don’t pay. You’ll hear that for comics too..

But everyone enjoys them – those who make them, and those who read them. That’s why we just can’t stop a good thing. Really…. We can’t.

Case in point, our friends at the Komikon will be holding the 2011 [...]

Poetry for the Starving Artist

Joel — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:36:43 +0000

Starving Artist illustration by Dave Chow

Do what you love and money will follow? Hah! Will it come today or will it come tomorrow? It may be too little or it may be too late. Especially if you don’t bill a [...]

Attention Freelancers! Client – Vendor Haggling

Joel — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:30:24 +0000

I think all freelancers have gone through this stage where a client haggles down your fees for the entire scope project but still insists on getting the ENTIRE SCOPEof the project.

As you can see in the following video, this isn’t simply a Filipino culture thing. So let’s pass around this [...]