So I'm in Portland,  that's not such a bad thing except that today is the first day of the comic convention in Seattle.  Yes,  people all over Seattle are dressed up as their favorite super heroes and driving or awkwardly riding the public transportation to the convention hall downtown.  Converging in a mass nerdom,  ready to stand in long lines,  and eager to spend hundreds of their hard earned dollars,  until they realize their rent check has not been cashed yet,  and they are in grave danger of it bouncing.  Ahh yes the world of cons.  But this is not my year of sales,  it is a year of production,  flying under the radar and producing a body of work.  I am gathering my mana for the next round ( I think that was a proper use of a dorky term).  And on that note Dereck and I made a mock up of the first Breakaway Sagas.  It is only a mock up,  I photocopied the pencils and then inked the photocopies.  But it is good for what it is.  When I was apprenticing under Bossman some guy there said it is what it is was a term from art school.  Two days ago I heard it three times,  and not from art students.  It began to annoy me.  So I am careful not to use it ever again,  what the fuck does that mean anyway.  Every thing is what it is,  unless it's a shape changer,  and those don't exist.  It is just supposed to reflect a resignation to something that is below your expectations,  screw that.  back to the mock up.  I'm happy with it,  but the best news is I don't have to work on it for another week.  Until Dereck gets back to me in New York I can sit back and draw my own comic that has been on the burner for a few.  So my aspiration is to get Sayonara done,  and then he will call me and say yes Breakaway will fund the printing,  Ha.  I have too much on my mind to really think about weather or not we will get funding,  and what that would mean.  I feel like it's a long shot,  but who knows.  If it did happen I think initially the best out come would be Dereck,  he would be ecstatic,  and he could help me unravel this enigma of promotion that I am not tackling successfully at all.  Well I am writing this at the library since my computer died,  screw ASUS.  I'm sort of into the idea of not having a computer,  there are enough places I can use them around,  but it has made typing my blog a little harder,  just when I was finding my groove.  Oh well,  more effort,  more desperation,  more self published adventure.       Good bye for now.