People often ask me, "So, what's it like running a multi-million dollar corporation?" Okay, no they don't. In truth, over the course of doing the strip and running JBiRD iNK, I am often asked many questions, with "Where do you get your ideas?" and "How long have you been doing this?" among the most common. But Kim and I have recently been faced with the prospect of trying to imagine what an answer to the first question might look like, particularly in regards to our life together. After all, I am planning on sticking with her as long as she'll have me. Apparently, we've come to a crossroads. …
Archives for October 2002
Protecting Childhood
One of the very first things that attracted me to my wife Kim was her exciting and fun childlike spirit. I think that was one of the first things we realized we had in common. Of course, that's how this whole "Kim & Jason" thing started. Had we both been pessimistic, stuffy, and cynical, I doubt cartoon drawings would have entered the scene at all. Some of the reasons I've put over two years of my life into this so far is because I love to draw, I love to make people laugh, and I love to encourage them to follow their dreams. Over the course of the time I've been working on this dream …
On Burning Stuff.
I consider burning the flag to be a bad thing. Burning marshmallows, on the other hand, I find to be quite good indeed. Burning a CD of my favorite songs; also quite good. Normally, burning bridges is a bad thing, especially in relationships with people. But with dreams - now that's an entirely different story. Today I met with some retired business executives hoping to get some golden nuggets of wisdom about attaining financing and managing cash flow. As I summed up the last two years in a fashion that would make Chris Berman jealous, I could tell they were very interested in this …