|
Back in the seventh decade
of the XX century, when I wore platform shoes and my mother had an
afro, this is exactly how I imagined the future. I knew by around the
year 2007 I would earn my money with a laser pistol in my hand.
My prophesy was partially true. I spent most of
the current year in front of a conveyor belt, reading product barcode
labels with a laser scanner gun. Beep… beep… beep…Not
as exciting as being an alien-blasting, ray-gun totting mercenary. But
it's a job.
In my spare time, I keep
drawing my space adventures. Here I can have the future that I wanted.
In my comic's universe the cars fly, spaceships travel faster than
light and robots with artificial intelligence cook you breakfast.
Though these Pinton's
adventures existed in paper since the time computers ran on vacuum
tubes, they didn't reach their maximum potential until they
re-incarnated in digital form. In these 6 years, we reached a number
of people much lager than even before… Probably about twenty-something
guys who stumbled on my page by accident while searching for porn.
In a world where web comics
pop up everywhere like fungus, just to wither and die in a few months,
remaining on the web for 6 years is almost a record. We have been here
for long time! Some of my readers probably remember when a mouse had a
ball inside! Actually, my comics have been online since as early as
1996. But not as
futurepig.com.
I bought this domain in
2001. Some time later I lost it to some guy who wanted a ridiculous
amount of money for it. I set my page under futurepig.net for some
time until I found out a way to steal the domain back from him, using
his own trick.
Since then, I have enjoyed
every moment of my career as a web comic artist; an exciting life
marked by sub employment, alcoholism and carpal tunnel syndrome.
It's a great hobby, because
its fun for me to do... And fun for others to read.
It has been six years in
which I made both great friends and also a few enemies. I have
received messages from people who enjoy following my storylines. Some
even write me to point at small errors of continuity on my comic,
which makes me proud because it means they really pay attention to my
work.
I couldn't mention every
one of them, but many great people helped go on with my quest.
During the time when my
hosting was in danger,
Waccoon offered
me space in his own server. Eventually I didn't need to use his
hosting, but I'm still eternally grateful for extending a helpful
hand.
Brentos, whose
help with the spelling and grammar was invaluable during the composing
of my longest graphic novel "The Price of your skin".
Many others, just for being
there on the instant massagers, bringing some company to my long
nights of insomnia. Xod, which I miss greatly.
Surey Neko,
always sweet and patient.
Hobart Starr,
the king of porn games…. Just to mention a few.
Finally, when I recently
joined
Eyeskream, I
had the opportunity of sharing advice and experience with a great team
of creators. Their feedback and advice have greatly improved the
quality of my page in the recent months.
To all of you out there, my
most sincere thanks! And my promise I will keep drawing action-packed
pig adventures.
Let's see if you have the
balls to endure six more years! |
