Autumn Shimmer almost here!
Mary of Shimmer has finished proof-reading the Autumn issue of Shimmer! Yeay! 
Guess who’s got a piece in that one? 
I’m still amazed I’ve got a piece of artwork published in an actual publication, let alone having a second on its way! 
I used to have aspirations of becomming a “good” artist, but really never thought I was good enough to publish in anything. Then I sort of fell out of it, when I got a “real job” and ended up working 60 hour weeks, not including the 4-5 hours a day on the road commuting.
In late 2004, with my move to Massachusetts, I decided to start posting a weekly webcomic, as a way to rekindle some of the creative juices that lay almost forgetten within me. Melancholix eventually came out as a way to put down some more serious art. One of them, Unemployment, got published in the Sprint 2006 issue of Shimmer! And now another is going to be in the Autumn 2006 issue!
I still don’t consider myself an “awesome” artist, but having a magazine like Shimmer helping out the “little guys (and girls)” is such a great boost to keep me doing what I’m doing. I hope to keep improving and expanding my art, and maybe we’ll see some more of my stuff out there.
If you get a chance, go pick up a copy of Shimmer. They’re not all that expensive, at $5 for printed, or $3.50 for electronic format. Most of us probably waste that much in change a week on things we really don’t need like candy bars, soda, cookies, etc. Theres even a special Pirate Issue coming out! I’d better get working on a pirate comic!
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