It's done...at least the creating & printing part

Since this past Thursday, I have had the pleasure to hold printed copies of my comic book, E.I. #1. Going from thought to reality was a rather long and at times painful process. Despite what is written in some books on the subject ("How To Self-Publish Your Own Comic Book" by Tony Caputo was the one I used most often), there are more little details that can bog you down even if you're paying attention. The two things one must have in order to see one's comic come to print is determination & money. Also having the quality of being of "Say what you mean & mean what you say" is quite helpful. Paying on time and what you say you will is also a really good idea. From here on in, its' about writing issue #2, getting my other ideas out of head and on to paper, and promoting the hell out of E.I. #1.
The website: www.wunderman-comics.com

Soccer - World Cup post-mortem

The orgy is over and it is time to clean up the debris. Italy managed to overcome perhaps the worst match-fixing scandal in the history of the game to win their 4th World Cup. On the local front, Team USA showed they are not quite ready for the next step up the world soccer ladder. Head Coach Bruce Arena was able to take them to a certain place, but no further. The squad itself was manifestly unready for the level they encountered. Add in a couple of questionable team selections: defender Eddie Pope & midfielder Ben Olson (both are Arena favorites), and a pathetic display from forward Landon Donovan that validated the German soccer establishments' assessment of him. The display produced was not all that surprising.
What remains is what the Sunil Gulati et al will do about this. The obvious to hire Jurgen Klinsmann as the new US National Team coach and give him a free rein. The other neccessary steps requires the agreement of MLS: participation of the US National Team in Copa America & of MLS teams in Copa Libratadores. It does not take a brain surgeon to note that American players do not play enough "games that matter" outside of their domestic league schedule. This conclusion was the obvious one back after the disastrous World Cup '98 experience. It was not acted upon then & looks like it might not be be now. Until the American soccer powers-that-be realize what their Mexican counterparts have: World Cup qualifying does not properly prepare their team for the World Cup tournament, American soccer fans can look forward to more frustration.

Try again

Hola All who care to read this,
I know I've written this before, but I will try to maintain a more regular posting schedule. Since so much has gone on since I added prior...to attempt to catch up would be mostly futile. Therefore, I'll just have to start up and gain traction as I go along.
The event that has been dominating my focus is the World Cup. It has been exciting and frustrating at the same time. By the time of this writing, the fate of the US team is known. Their exit is not all negative though. This time around, people who normally do not follow soccer were discussing it & were pissed. Considering in years past, most folks simply didn't care means that progress has been made.
On the comic book front, the comic I've been working for what seems like a decade (seven years since I wrote up a mini-treatment & mailed it to myself, creating a pocket copyright), is approaching the point of finished ready for public sale status, bumps in the road aside. It is a work that I am proud of.
That's all for today. Check back again later.