Here’s something I wrote on another board for a good buddy, Danny Donovan, who is dealing with the sometimes uncomfortable cost of moving forward when others can’t.

Danny has a new project over at DC’s Zuda. His webcomic is Kogoshii.

So, here it is.

Give yourself permission to not be liked by total strangers, and yet to go on living a happy productive life.

Give yourself permission to do what is in your best interest.

Free yourself of the good opinion of others. The only opinion that counts is that of your own conscience.

Give yourself permission to leave people who are not good for you, because if they are not good for you, then their proximity to you is not good for them, either.

Charity begins at home: if you give, and give and give to others, then one day you will have nothing left to give. Give yourself permission to give to yourself.

Don’t let anyone emotionally blackmail you into believing that your happiness is a sin against them.

The Absolute Sandman original art has gone to ebay, for a dead low minimum bid!

It’s madness, MADNESS I say to auction art during convention season, but it is even MORE madder than mad to not pay the quarterly taxes on time! MADNESS with MADDER RED SAUCE!!! Here’s my ebay link, and I will be adding a few more items the next couple of days.

In addition to the Absolute Sandman page, there’s a really nice Power Pack with major characters in costume page, and two books from my personal collection, inscribed by Disney Imagineer artist Tim Kirk. Yes, that is a pic of Mickey Mouse drawn as a bar rat, and I guess it’s obvious Tim Kirk doesn’t work at Disney anymore. I’m not a Tim Kirk fan. These were given to me by someone who knew him, and I don’t have any personal connection to them. They should really go to the collection of someone who will appreciate them as much as they deserve. They are nifty collectibles.

Some of the original art at THIS LINK is still for sale, but those prices are FIRM. NOT negotiable. I think they are very fair.

Here’s a nice Orbiter page. I didn’t even know I still had this one, and it’s the only remaining page from the book with the space shuttle on it. Orbiter was written by Warren Ellis, and since someone asks nearly every week, yes, Stealth Tribes is still alive. We will complete this book. Part of the problem has been Warren’s schedule, and the other part has been mine, and the fact that now that I have regular work again, I am having to slowly work up to producing the way I did back in the days before I moved to a soporific farm life, and JEEZUS CHRIST, I forgot what it was like working until 2 AM several days a week. It’s taken me WEEKS just to work my way back up to 3/4 pages a day. I hope to be back to 1.5 a day before long. I really need to get back there.

Anyway, Orbiter page 93. $110. Includes shipping. Price firm.

From an A Distant Soil back cover, a painting of Jason, from a VERY early edition of the series, circa 1984. Holy cow, that date makes my head hurt. Mixed media on board, good condition. 12″x17″ image area, actual board with nearly 2″ margin all around. Edges of board have some wear, but actual image area is quite nice. Very clean and bright colors. $500 with shipping included. FIRM.

Very nice page from the King Arthur sequence of A Distant Soil, issue 5 page 10. Pen and ink on oversized bristol board, larger than normal comic page and image area. Clean and bright. $110 shipping included FIRM.

I will probably post a few more pages over the weekend, but once I’ve met my tax payment goal, that will be all.