Aug 5, 1998 - A message by Scott Kurtz, currently
authoring PVP. The message
was in reference to my
Bones' UO Comics, which is of course part of my comics history.
My response. Maybe it's just me, but
somehow I always thought it to be more professional to not
go around attacking the works of your peers, and telling them how to
run their comics.
Perhaps I misread it, but clearly some of his
assumptions about my work were inaccurate, leading me to believe he
didn't take a close look before speaking. And heck, it's an artform. Artists have different styles,
not all of them are out for success, and not all of them pose a threat
to each other. Interestingly enough, he appears to still be at it.
In any case, I kept things diplomatic and friendly. To this day, however,
my Bones' UO Comics site
still has the comics postings and picture of the day that resulted from
a combination of this particular discourse and
this comic he posted months later. Shortly after I added my "drawing" strips, he
added this one.
At least we all kept things in good humor. We're all one big happy
comics community, right? :)
Like I said, I may have read too much into it. But when I found out that
the mail I received was one of the nicer ones amongst many to other
game "cartoonists" at the time, it skewed my opinion somewhat.
(The remaining tidbits on the UO Comics site are basically due
to the fact that I stopped updated soon afterwards, and until I
locate my password it might be difficult to go in and change things)
This Rant and
This Comic from
Penny Arcade
is very interesting on the subject of certain opinions as well.
