There Are a Million Ways to Sell Yourself Out

Artwork not by Bill Watterson, but a damn fine pastiche. Text of the comic is by Watterson.

Hit close to home for me today, as you might imagine. The accompanying article is good too, but is mostly of interest to comics geeks.

-The Gneech

My tweets

• Mon, 12:25: RT @TheScienceGuy: Happy Women's Equality Day. Way to go mom, you were the vanguard. #womenshistory http://t.co/I7O3YLl64H
• Mon, 12:39: RT @timpratt: Asked about writing process. Said "My process is I think about what I want to write and then I write it down and if it's not …
• Mon, 12:44: RT @chipotlecoyote: Privacy and Presence: http://t.co/GwjZTI0DA0
• Mon, 14:07: I'd love to see a @mlp_Mannus and @mlp_Plotline story sometime. Those guys would get along like a house on fire.
• Mon, 15:03: I'm not sure why, but today I'm remembering the (thankfully small) backlash when Drezzer's orientation was revealed in Suburban Jungle.
• Mon, 15:04: The phrase that rankled me most was a very dismissive groan about "the obligatory alternate-lifestyle character." (cont'd)
• Mon, 15:05: I was like, "Dude. I'm creating SJ on my own time and paying somebody to host it. Who exactly do you think I'm obliged to?"
• Mon, 15:06: That, and the whole implication that "alternate lifestyle characters" are a nuisance that everybody else just HAS to bear. Poor things.
• Mon, 15:08: On top of which, commenter didn't know MY orientation. What if Drezzer was an author stand-in, jackass? How would that comment make me feel?
• Mon, 15:10: Anyway. Don't know why that's on my mind today. All I can hope is that Drezzer's gayness was a grind in that dude's gears. :P

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