So at this point I don't have any fans. I just figured it would be a good idea to document this experience in it's beginning stages.
If your reading this, your reading the very first entry of Bessie Johnson, and this is for Barely Alive in Cubicle 5. In case your wondering what that is, it's a comic zine that I created when I was working at the most mundane of jobs, while trying to pass the time. It was spawned from the fact that I am a huge dork, and I often find humor in things that I laugh at to myself, and often I wonder if the rest of the world is laughing at them too, it also spawned from the fact that life is full of interesting and hilariously crafted stories, I thought it would be fun to tell the stories of my many misadventures.
Today is January 21st. I'm watching a shitty episode of Jay Leno right now. Usually today would be just as passing as the next. But I realized that I am halfway through with my first issue. So far I have 23 pages. I set my goal at 40, but who knows how much bigger than 40 it will be at this stage. I'm having a lot of fun passing the time with this, it's definately going to continue. I even have the first 3 covers for each zine drawn out and ready to go. At this stage the 1st issue will be mostly stories of witnessed experiences, small pieces of collage art, drawings of silly funny things, and random exploitations of friends experiences.
Later I hope to have an illustrated tonight show, interviewing Bay Area Locals, and an illustrate a story section where people can send in their stories for me to illustrate.
More in later...
