Our esteemed colleague, Rich Vicious (aka Rich Walker, founder/head honcho of RW Publishing in real life), just returned from a weekend comics show, where he got mentioned (and nearly quoted) by the (ahem) esteemed Dayton Daily News, and he offers up the following business advice for those contemplating the artistic way of life:

"Stay at home. Don't go to college as a comm major. Don't go to Wright State for a Masters. Never, ever under any circumstance conduct job interviews for artistic vacancies because all you'll end up with are wallpaper and rollerblade lesbians. Do not be hesitant about shouting back at editors and weasel agents who deem you wormbait in the initial meeting, yet believe the event never transpired when they see you at Pittsburgh outselling and outhustling, hell, just kicking their "preferred" clients' collective asses, and define that as friendship. Leave this pitiful field for those of us so insecure we don't need competition in our quest for world monopolization."