Bodyguards can pull some pretty long shifts. Especially the ones at the bottom of the totem pole.
And he won't be exactly throwing himself in front of an assassin's bullet meant for the president, either. But more on that later.
Scip gets work from a central office. He's assigned enough hours to cover rent, and he's paid well for his time, but he doesn't work five days a week. Actually, I stuck all the members of the primary cast (and a lot of the supporting players) with jobs that would let 'em believably be home (or wherever) whenever I might need 'em. (Bodyguard, writer, musician, truant student, drunk, etc.) Ray probably comes the closest to having a straight job, but she basically half-runs that joint and picks her own hours.
Speaking of which... Y'know, I used to be afraid that Reagan's dialect was a little over-the-top, even for one of my characters. Yeah, it was fun writing her, but in my brain, she came off a little too close to Tony Soprano for comfort. I harbored a mild fear she was doing Hollywood New York, not the real deal.
Then I went to New York this December and holy shit, I'm going easy on you guys. If I wrote Ray how my waitress in the hotel diner talked, she'd be freakin' unintelligible.
I was in New York for a con, and I'll be at another con this weekend: Ohayocon in Columbus. This was kind of a surprise, and the spot opened up at the very last minute. it's not very far from here and the room'll be cheap, so hey, why not? Come see me, if you're so inclined. I'll have books and shirts for sale! Templar should update as normal on Friday, when I'm on the road.
Also, for some reason, I have mirrored TAZ over on Drunk Duck, where it'll run daily until the archives catch up.
I have a theory, you see.
Back to work...
...And your theory is that you have to be EVERYWHERE ?
Thanks Spike, for acknowledging the question about Fruit of the Loom and sweatshops, re your shirts...
Yeah, I'd buy a $30 Tshirt that combined rad image with Fair-Trade manufacture and quality.
I'm aware that this is not affordable for some who are scrabbling for the basics... but I think simply purchasing less overall can enable those people who do have discretionary cash to obtain products that don't exploit the workers making them.
Yeah, I guess that idea ultimately could mean the collapse of modern capitalist/consumerist culture. *grin!*
I LOVE Raygun's face in the last panel.
I'm a lifelong New Yorker, and while not everyone here talks like Reagan, everyone here knows at least one person who does.
I have a theory.. that it's a demon.. a dancing demon.. no something isn't right there...
I love the way the storyline is evolving..
So, Gene's Jakeskin family is visiting, and for Reagan it's like the circus is in town, isn't it ?
Re: the shirts
http://catandgirl.com/view.php?loc=214
As much as I would just LOVE buying a $30 t-shirt instead of food, the only thing creating such an item is going to accomplish is less income for Spike. It's not like she charges us to read her comics, you know. Even she says that if there was a viable organic/fair trade alternative she would go for it, but right now it's not really an option for the self-employed indie comic artist or their fans who really want to support them.
BTW, that Cat and Girl comic gets +200 awesome points.
I have to agree. A $30 dollar shirt isn't really an option for most people, writers and fans alike.
It's not that I'm not a tree-hugging hippy...I am...but the pure reality of the situation is: we be po'.
Well not all of us. I think.
It's not that "I Be Po'," it's that I won't drop $30 on a shirt that doesn't go with a suit. Hell, I don't even spend $30 on dress shirts.
I don't spend more than $30 on any article of clothing, actually.
Though I'm changing that to: Spend more on used and/or environmentally responsible and/or fair trade items... and spend less on sweatshop-made stuff, to compensate. Same principle overall, for food, housewares. I gotta say that I'm far from perfect in the execution of this, urgh.
As I said initially, I recognize that not everyone has options to spend beyond food/workclothes/housing/maybe school. But if someone can afford a $18 plus shipping frivolity-purchase, I think it's fairly likely that this person can afford a $30 one - just not as often.
There's also the long-term: Pay less upfront now, pay in the future due to pollution from the immense amount of pesticides used to grow cotton conventionally. And maybe loss of life through rioting by exploited laborers. OK, the latter is probably well suppressed, and `we', the group likely reading comix online, don't have to worry about that too much. Whew!
In any case, yes, I see that Spike may lose sales and money through higher pricing. Might it be possible to do something like Cafe Press, where I think each order is printed on demand, and American Apparel is available?
For now, I don't want a Fruit of the Loom shirt purchased new, so I'll head to the Tip Jar to support this artist. Done, $18, with great admiration to Spike's work.
I agree with Avram. I never thought Ray sounded over-the top. Hell, I talk like that sometimes.
Er, not to get self righteous. I don't eat out of dumpsters (by choice - `freegan') or use a computer made out of sticks and berries, like some, so I don't have the right. Not that I appreciate it when those folks wax preachy, either.
_Would_ like to add a little context by asking what poor or po means globally, and what the question `what does this cost' means, in the broadest sense. Thanks.
Oatmeal?
I somehow did not see that coming.