Archive for February 2nd, 2010

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New Portfolio Site is Up

by Colleen Doran on February 2nd, 2010
Posted In: Blog, Colleen's Work

Thanks to the glorious Web Goddess DC McQueen, I now have a nifty new portfolio site. The static web design is gone with the wind.

Now I will be able to update frequently, as well as use the site to post some short stories I have been dying to show you. Some are long out of print, and others are new. Expect posts a few times a week, as well as many additions to the galleries.

I will not be blogging there, except to make comments about some of the work. All natter and industry chatter will stay right here.

Have a look!

I highly recommend DC’s services. I have been very happy with everything she has done for me, from design to hosting. While I appreciate all the fine work the kind John Muth did on the previous sites, the new blogs give me a flexiblity I did not have before. I hope you will all enjoy the new pics and stories!

I will post here whenever I add to a gallery or update the other site.

And I must say, the new gallery is particularly nice. We get rather high traffic here and it is problematic having images with high loads. So if you want a good look at some of my unpublished sketches and other pieces, pop on over there.

Only a few up right now, but more to be added soon.

Thanks!

c

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02/02/2010

by Colleen Doran on February 2nd, 2010
Posted In: A Distant Soil Webcomic
02/02/2010

It is hard to believe scenes like this used to elicit hate mail and threats of book banning, because to my eyes this page looks relatively tame. Especially compared to some manga imports.

I haven’t had a single weird-o-gram about my work in ages, but for well over a decade there were several male fans who spent years trying to mend my sinful ways by sending me, my editors, my publishers, retailers, distributors, and yes, even my mom, letters condemning me and my work for scenes just like this. One guy even sent me his drawings of an angry, bleeding Jesus, admonishing me to THINK.

Another strange letter-writer dude filed complaints against me to the EEOC because I would not hire him. He claimed sex discrimination, age discrimination, and even religious discrimination. He was Jewish, but thought himself to be as Sir Galahad. That left me confused as to exactly what I was supposed to be discriminating against.

His letters would go on and on about how I was soiling myself writing and drawing “dirty” A Distant Soil. Of which he had every issue (I bet they were sticky). And on which he demanded a job.

I don’t recall getting any mail about how I was soiling myself drawing wicked comics from women. But some men had an inordinate amount of interest in my being “neat and clean,” and that’s a direct quote from a weird-o-gram.

Some dudes don’t have issues, they have volumes.

For the record, the content of the webcomic has received nary a whisper of scorn. I hardly ever get anything but useful, interesting feedback from readers. And I have more readers than ever.

Have attitudes toward comics and their content changed? What raised eyebrows in 1995 doesn’t raise eyebrows anymore, I guess. I don’t know. I’m just glad the scary people have gone away.

Anyway, thanks to Bob Heer, whose sponsorship of A Distant Soil brings you today’s thrilling romantic entanglement. Thanks so much, Bob!

Bob is an adult who doesn’t go off his nut when he sees a bit of flank in a drawing.

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