http://www.thisiswhatconcernsme.com THE PERSONAL IS THE POLITICAL IS THE PERSONAL BLOG OF SUSIE CAGLE Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:45:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Another victory for peer pressure and the internet time-suck: I joined Formspring over here, where you ask questions of people and they answer them. I don't know if there's any information you're really looking to extract from me, but if so, fire away. http://www.thisiswhatconcernsme.com/2010/03/12/ask-away/ My story is finally finished! You can check it out at Spot.Us. 4,000 words!? In its hugeness, it looks like the graphic might be breaking their site though -- if you can't get it to work, try this mirror. And let me know what you think! The project is ... http://www.thisiswhatconcernsme.com/2010/03/10/mid-market-has-teeth/ I heard this Craig Morgan song for the first time a couple weeks ago in the car; I guess it's a sensation. I played it for my roommate and she said it reminded her of this MGMT video. So, well, here you go -- mashed for your pleasure. YouTube killed ... http://www.thisiswhatconcernsme.com/2010/02/28/video-killed-the-redneck-star/ So far I've raised $600 for my story about Mid-Market blight and troubles, past and future, at California crowdfunding journalism site Spot.Us. I'm humbled and amazed by the generosity of my friends and strangers -- and I'm surprised by the general interest in this topic. The story will be ... http://www.thisiswhatconcernsme.com/2010/02/19/mid-market-update-almost-fully-funded/ I've been up to a lot in the last month or so, but none of it is currently up to blog snuff, so please accept this Tom Brosseau video in the meanwhile... http://www.thisiswhatconcernsme.com/2010/02/18/how-low-can-you-get/ I finally got my shit together and printed up a new batch of these suckers. These ones have slightly less awesome cover paper, and are a new black and white line art design instead of the old color painting... HOWEVER: I am hand-painting all of them. Still $5! And ... http://www.thisiswhatconcernsme.com/2010/01/21/new-gallons/ http://www.thisiswhatconcernsme.com/2010/01/07/my-new-favorite-thing/ Indie comics favorite John Isaacson and Henry Chamberlain at Newsarama both listed Nine Gallons on their Tops of 2009 lists. Chamberlain even called it "brilliant"! Whaaaat!? http://www.thisiswhatconcernsme.com/2010/01/05/accolades-accolades/ I think I'll publish a second issue even though I swore I'd never do another legal-sized comic again (those things are expensive). This is causing some awkward rewriting but I think it'll be worth it, as it's more of the ethics and conflict chapter after the introduction. However! There won't ... http://www.thisiswhatconcernsme.com/2009/12/29/nine-gallons-update/ So I didn't get the Xeric grant to publish Nine Gallons as the 96-page paperback book I'd like to. I'm not sure how I feel about the Kickstarter business plan (especially since I've already got a Spot.Us project in the works, and one should only have so many hats on ... http://www.thisiswhatconcernsme.com/2009/12/26/advice-give-me-some/