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Name: Mike
Birthday: 3/21/1982
Gender: Male
Interests: The concept of MetaNarrative, and how that concept is expressed conciously or uncounciously in life and art.
Expertise: Low Frequencies, sweet grooves, ink blots, and charcoal blurs.
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  LowFrequencyKing
Member Since:
1/14/2006
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| New Interview with me on a Comics PodcastHey guys, I just got interviewed for a cool podcast over at www.swapyourcomics.com.
The part with me starts about halfway through the show. I talk a lot about Dorm Dorks and webcomics in general. It was really fun, so go check it out! Enjoy!
Here's a direct link to the MP3.
-Mike
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| There's only one beer left in the fridge...
it'd be a shame if I left it in there all by it's lonesome...
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| Healing power of SkaThe convention went great, by the way... I did almost as well as I did at the previous show--and thats saying a lot, because this one was half the cost, and way less than half the size. So I did much better than break even this time, making it a glorious success! I also did some of the most interesting sketches ever... One was a 2 page spread involving like 10 original characters this guy had made... thats a funny story I'll tell some other time... but it came out really well, and everyone seemed really happy with my work, which is always a great boost to me.
I also got Kris Straub, creator of Starslip Crisis, to do a sweet sketch on the inside cover of my copy of his book. It was awesome, I had always wanted to meet him, and it was a cool experience.
That said, I haven't been posting as much as I would have liked, and there's a reason for that, I suppose.
I have had an incredibly rough month... in the span of the last 4 weeks or so, I found out I was losing the apartment, I got laid off from work, and my car got stolen. Then, my grandmother passed away.
I'm not saying this to be all like, oh woe is me, as much as to just get stuff off my chest. I feel utterly exhausted.
Things are looking up, though. I've secured a spot at an awesome new place, with some awesome people. I got a new car thats pretty cool. I still don't have a job, but I have a lot of prospects, so I don't feel horribly at wits end. We just got back from Arkansas for the burial, which... well, it was a very mixed experience, and it left me completely drained, and I don't have a chance to come back from it all. I've got a few interviews this week, and there's another memorial service this week that I have to do all this prep work for--I'm gonna be speaking at it and doing music--which is an honor, but again with the draining. Plus I'm trying to launch a new website for the comic--it'll kick ass when it's done, but it's a ton of hours of pouring over code, and a lot of time that I'm NOT making new strips, which bugs me. I get antsy and irritable when I'm not drawing regularly.
It's all okay, and in a few months, everything will be at a new "normal" which I'm actually really looking forward to. Getting there is going to be hard, though, so please bear with me.
And if you're wondering if there's anything you can do to help me with grieving or whatever--just know that telling me what a "bad christian" I am is NOT the way to do it. If I have one more "friend" tell me why I'm not spiritual enough, and thats why bad things are happening, I'm gonna do something I'll regret. Seriously. Don't tell me that I don't pray enough, or read the Bible enough, or that I'm supposed to "give it up to God" (whatever the hell that means). I'm sick of hearing it, and you're just making Christianity's reputation that much worse. Seriously--stop.
That's all the ranting I'll do. After all, I'm trying to sustain a good mood here--a good mood fueled by the healing power of ska.
Ahhhh..... ska......
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| Convention AppearanceHey guys, I'll be appearing at the Dallas Comic Con this weekend! Come and check it out!
It's January 12th and 13th, at the Richardson Civic Center. Check the link for details.
I'll have a bunch of books for sale, I'll be doing sketches, signings, whatever you want!
There'll also be a ton of other great comics pros there, like Tony De
Zungia, Terry Moore, Tim Bradstreet, Steve Niles (writer of 30 Days of
Night), Scott Kurtz (PVP), James O'Barr (creator of The Crow), Kris
Straub (Starslip Crisis), Kristian Donaldson (Supermarket), and tons of
other cool guests. If you're into Star Wars, Ray Park, the guy who
played Darth Maul, will be there.
Hope to see ya'll there!
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| New Poem/Lyrics Whatever...Here's a new poem I wrote. I think I wrote it on Christmas day, if I remember right. It's full of references and altered quotes from sources ranging from old Christmas Hymns to Crowder to Steven King. If you see something that doesn't make sense, it's probably a reference to something. Ask me about it.
The Breaking heart may make a sound
Beautiful, mournful and loud
But collisions are your specialty
Crushing personality
You never lied and never will
But can you ever get your fill
Of broken pots and powdered clay
Stained bloody walls day after day
Your purpose, your Tower
Your will your pride
Means I have to fall to the great divide
Are there other worlds than these,
The cogs in aging, malicious machines?
If I'm a wise man, I'll do my part
To stand fast to you in spite of my heart
It's broken sound already echoes
Through judgment halls
And rose-colored windows
It's tear is not from romance's call
But 'cause I loved you frist or not at all
You've led where I can never follow
Making the home I fought for hollow
Despite my outward drum and din
There's something deep withing my skin
That longs for you and nothing more
Yet I won't open your door
Nor rage against the dying of the light
Which deep inside might still burn bright
In the forests of my mind
Where faith flees fast from reason's might
Rather mourn it's pass with starlight tears
Sleepless nights, Lovecraftian fears
Then create my own reason to stay
On your world's intended decay.
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