“Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth. And it happens every few minutes, the problem with groups who deal with rape is that they try to educate women about how to defend themselves. What really needs to be done is teaching men not to rape. Go to the source and start there.” - Kurt Cobain.
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I am nailing down my Wonder Con schedule. I should be there Friday afternoon and all of Saturday, not sure about Sunday. I will not have my own table - rather, I will be hanging around the Prism Comics booth. They have Picnic on the Moon, Disconnect, and Flesh Games for sale but no prints this time around. I will be doing a signing there, also, the time of which I will update soon!
This is the panel I’m participating in: “The Bad and The Bold: Pushing the Boundaries with LGBT Characters” Room 211AB. Friday, 6:30-7:30pm! Proudly brought to you by the letter B, if you didn’t already know. :>
A lot of young Western girls have their first “love” affairs with horses, which can be interpreted in a Freudian way considering the passion frequently flares up in the years right before and during puberty. I myself loved horses between the ages of 10 and 14 despite the fact that riding them scared me and I was always frustrated at their lack of affection toward people unlike cats or dogs. I don’t usually talk much about individual pages, preferring to let readers interpret each page, but it only dawned on me later that Brina’s assertion of self and a new act separate from Zaire, whom she realized did not return her romantic feelings, involved horses (or in this case, horse-like critters.) Seems apropos.
I love trying to show feelings and moods as physical manifestation. This was my idea for what a deep emotional bond might look like: almost a melting between two people. (Not a codependent relationship, natch.)
Inking next Acrobats page, sorry it’s a little late again. :(
So looks like I will be going to Wonder Con even though it moved to Anaheim this year. I was invited to participate on a panel about LGBT characters in comics (woo!) Well it’s really more specific than that but I’ll update with more info closer to the date. It’s the weekend of March 16-18th.
http://agentagnes.com/acrobats/
New page! So it looks like I’m keeping up with the old “every other week” schedule until further notice. I was totally high school and listening to a song on repeat drawing this - In Power We Trust the Love Eternal by Dead Can Dance (and covered by The Gathering!)
I’m settled in my new place and starting a brand shiny new job in a week. Yay!
I found a new reception job in the city, which I am stoked about. I told one of my bosses and her response was:
We knew we were safe when you were applying to jobs in your field… but when we heard you were applying to veterinary reception jobs and thought, “uh oh…”
I don’t think she meant it to be an insult, but yes, “my field” means anything having to do with art.
If I think about it logically, my life makes sense: I was torn as a child between working with animals or doing art, and now I do both, and on my own terms. I have stable employment and am self-reliant. I do only art projects that interest me and that I find fun to do. Yet from the tone of voice and what folks say to me, I get the impression that people think there is only one option to pick. Either I must be desperate to finally get into “my field” because nothing else could make me happy, or I am now finally working in the field I wanted and should go back to school to study what I am really interested in. Perplexing.
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sugarshallwe-deactivated2016033 asked: Agnes you have a tumlr! Welcome! :D
Thanks muchly! And now I know how this question/answer thingie works, so I doubly appreciate the welcome. :3
Hi Everyone! So I’m hopping the Tumblr train… Woo! I think this will make it easier for me to stay caught up with friends and artists and easier for tumblr fans to follow me. I will still keep tweeting, facebooking, deviantarting, and updating my Wordpress blog. :) And since this is my first post, it fits I link the first page of Acrobats in over a month!
