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APE IN A CAPE: "Make Your Own, Then"

gailsimone:

Been thinking about this a lot lately, pardon me if it’s a bit scattered, I have to jot this down between deadlines and may mess it up a little.


I have seen, a million times, people with complaints about art or comics or film or music, dismissed online with the simple comment, “Make your own,…

“If you have a burning desire and a Tumblr account, you have a nuclear powered set of tools right in front of you.” 

Good Lord… Gail Simone could talk me into anything. Does anyone else see how profound this statement really is? 

  1. kaja-stone reblogged this from bevismusson
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  3. never-not-nora reblogged this from aim2misbehave and added:
    I am willing to try to make a comic with free software. I bought a tablet, last fall (when I probably shouldn’t have...
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  6. demonweasel reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    I think Gail got...of unjust flak over this, but she’s not wrong. Yeah, making something...
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  8. mostlyincoherentramblings reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    writing skills. Writing...I’ve ever thought...or even...
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  11. mrnexx reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    Somewhat apropos, follow Scott Johnson (the Marvel artist) on twitter. Amidst...usual...
  12. bigandtalltales said: You’re right, of course. It wasn’t until I actually made my own comic that my career started going somewhere. Now that I do a few online comics, opportunities are cropping up like mad. Any aspiring creator needs to absorb this.
  13. bevismusson reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    suspect I’m going...lot of what both you (Gail) and others
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  15. peppers-pray reblogged this from aim2misbehave and added:
    I would make my own. Lord knows I’d love to. But I would have to quit my job to dedicate time and effort and improve on...
  16. junkieofdata reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    This is an amazing idea,...really wish there were something similar for
  17. aim2misbehave reblogged this from rosalarian and added:
    I do agree that people should try if they want to. But I don’t think everyone can. Often, a major obstacle for amateurs...
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  19. ealperin reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    Great post, Gail! I, for one, agree...on this. Thinking