Saturday, Jul. 28, 2012 - 1:54 p.m.
I Have Outlived My Purpose
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I watched as my
brilliant cartooning career
turned to crap..
new media prefered stock photos
new media offered free exposure
to a million amateurs,
they got crap
but paid zero for it
new media was only paying half,
then a quarter
then a tenth
of old school art fees
within a very short time
new media would re-use art
without asking
or offering compensation
new media would never
keep a few artists on freelance
with enough work to stay alive- everybody got fucked once
then new media moved onto
the next sap,
there are no call backs
in new media, None
new media was making money
from advertising revenues,
not paying for paper, film
or distribution:
dropping staff to skeleton level
and still not paying for art
or writing.
They kept all the money for themselves.
new media did not grow-
Only the software writers
and IP servers grew,
everybody else in the chain
of new media died.
new media fell apart because they were not coming out with
anything interesting.
special, insightful or valuable.
just shit wrapped around ads..
and everybody knew it
new media steals,
and new media with holds royalties,
and new media can;t make or keep friends in production,
distribution or sales
so they dry up like minnows
in a desert pothole.
As a result,
new media has no line of credit
People can't read
because they won't read.
Thats all there is to it.
We're losing that ability
like we have lost the ability
to cook & feed ourselves,
kindle a fire,
sew on a button ,
or to even amuse ourselves
without spending money.
They will watch and listen
but they will not read.
We have to live with
that retrograde of perception
I am still hopeful
that some people are original
and appreciate originality
in other people.
same way as they appreciate
a fresh loaf of bread,
a ripe tomato
or a clean pair of underwear.
It is simply well worth the effort
of wearing clean underwear
in a world of skids
