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Perazza

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I dabble in comics, games, and socialism. Then: Marvel, DC Comics, and Archie. Now: Economic Policy Institute Dog lover, coffee agreeable, process enthusiast, hockey dad, trains over plains. HoH

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Iron Spike's avatar Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social
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Hey, so. I understand that this is anecdotal and not research, but. It is WILD how useless social media has become for promo. It's a fucking disgrace, really.

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yes, we boiled the planet, but it was worth it to make a machine that, instead of adding two plus two, takes the statistical average of every answer to questions containing "what" "is" "two" and "plus" from a database of illegal cell phone transcripts and returns a fake nude pic of a high schooler

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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Is there any sort of Marxist theory about the dangers of actual human beings fetishizing Capitalism so much that they personify it to the degree we do in the United States? Attribute to it needs and rights over those of other, actual humans?

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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I read this as if they were all some sort of weird hockey fans.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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One unexpected fun thing about being #HoH is that my dog, who is mostly a lazy dummy and not a service dog, has really stepped up to let me know when someone at the door or when a car is coming around a corner or things like that.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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The Democrats inability to do literally anything more substantial than a sharply worded rebuke in the face of the systemic dismantling of democracy is astounding.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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These corruptions build up - the graft, the double standards, the gaslighting, the self-dealing. After a while they not only cripple the institutions and the ability of those institutions to recover but also, ultimately, faith that those institutions are worth recovering. That’s where this goes.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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This is a power grab by the court. It removes decision making authority from regulatory agencies like the EPA or FCC (and Congress) in favor of the courts and, ultimately, the Supreme Court.

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

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Paul Duane's avatar Paul Duane @paulduane.bsky.social
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I think the reason Philip K Dick is still the predominant SF writer of the last century is, he was the only one who foresaw a future where everything would be boring, inconvenient and dehumanising, and where the only way you can win is to somehow refuse to give up your humanity.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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This hand wringing is funny. As if a modern political party machine had ever, or could ever, make an organized, radical, fast, unprecedented, successful change of direction. Slow motion train wrecks though, we’ve got that down pat.

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It’s gross. The nakedly capitalist goal here is to reduce the labor cost - artists, designers, etc - to absolute zero. They don’t see the value in the thing. It’s just a cost.

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It really seems so. Corporate America has such gold fever about AI that theres an absolute land rush to simultaneously use it and justify its use, regardless of its utility or effectiveness.

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mark's avatar mark @gnostichippie.bsky.social
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Philip K Dick anticipating how AI could improve Moby Dick

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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This is the entire plot of Rocky.

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Preeti Chhibber's avatar Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social
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you know what i love about instagram? how it never shows anyone anything

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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Oh man, I just heard. I didn’t know her well but she was at WildStorm while my wife was still there and we crossed paths briefly. So sad.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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Perfect t-shirt. Someone please make that.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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It might be worth noting too, in comics, that the advance really only comes into play if you sell a book. A graphic novel. It rarely (if ever!) is part of a standard page rate for a monthly comic where the publisher owns the IP (Spider-Man, Batman, etc.)

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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Yeah. I think ZUDA did some genuine good for a lot of artists. But it’s hard to look at the history of comics publishers and just ignore decades long patterns of IP theft.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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I’m sure that in the end ZUDA was a financial loss for DC. The whole business model was pay up front for the comics and invest in the lions share of the IP long term. That’s 14K per comic, 18 comics per year…and then tank the line and revert the IP after 3 years because of a management change.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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I’d love to know what that showed. At the time we had posted our contracts publicly. I think you could earn something like $14K per year max on the webcomic itself - which was a HUGE bargain from DCs side. And then there were rev share percentages on other stuff.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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He gave you the blueprint for endless holidays...and you picked honesty.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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The line “Since 1900, every time a Republican president has taken over, economic inequality has increased and the country has become more violent” really jumps out. I work at @epi-org.bsky.social (creative) and we recently released a report that supports this 100% www.epi.org/publication/...

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One thing about the Trump trial that’s striking to me is that it’s a rare time that a powerful person wasn’t able to buy, influence, or dodge the system. He had to go through the same tedious bullshit we do - and it worked. We need more of that.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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If only I had seen this then. Apologies!

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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Freelance artists get the absolute shortest straw when it comes to their work. No unions, no protections, blatant exploitation…people are conditioned to place no value on their labor.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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You would be appalled at how many artists - great artists! - forget this.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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Thanks! There were a few people back in the day where we would actively avoid them when they came to the office or the convention booth, the bar, or whatever. We knew what was going to happen ahead of time and were just like, ugh... and then we'd laugh at whomever got cornered.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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5) Finally, the comics industry is brutal. Low pay, long hours, and little job security. It’s 100% ok to make comics when you have time, how you like, because you have a passion for it while still having a day job, or a family, or relationships, or a dog, or hobbies...

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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4) Bear in mind that social media is not the real world. There is so much about the way the comics business ACTUALLY works on practical, day-to-day level that has little or nothing to do with how the social media THINKS the business works. Don’t drive yourself crazy.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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3) Play your game. Don’t get caught up trying to be “the next…” whomever or compare yourself to this or that person. Have a vision, however niche, and run with it. The honesty of your work is important. And along the way if you change your vision, that’s ok too.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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2) Network with other creators and the comics community - don’t relentlessly target people you think can give you work. Building a reputation as an engaging, trustworthy, normal, collaborative person is gold. Being the person always hustling for work, always pitching, makes people avoid you.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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1) Have a website or portfolio where it's easy to see a range of your work - and keep it updated. No need to go crazy. A social account where you regularly post work just fine. Your body of work is the main reason someone will hire you. Make sure your contact information is easy to find.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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I've held a few different roles as an editor and creative director in comics over the years and it continues to amaze me how some writers and artists hobble their own careers.

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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I grew up fairly rural - riding dirt bikes, four-wheelers, etc. - and used to see trucks with lifts frequently in the pits where we used to ride. Trucks, Jeeps, and other off-road 4x4s with lifts were pretty common for “mudding.” en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_bog...

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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I wonder how they imagine a real man's man would put on his bright red boots while wearing his tights and cape?

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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I don't know how much you're serious about those sorts of small fashion decisions are important! As soon as you pointed it out I was like, oh yeah 100%. StarWars used them (plus cape!) on a lot of the imperial uniforms.

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How absolutely arbitrary, right?

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Perazza's avatar Perazza @perazza.bsky.social
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I hate it so much. I'm not a gambler. I'm not anti-gambling ...it's just not my thing. But I am a sports fan. The degree to which gambling apps, offers, commercials, logos, etc. is now overwhelmingly integrated into EVERYTHING sports-related is absurd.

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I love a lot of those creators. Maybe I’m old and cynical but the marketing around the company itself rang really off key. Too much hype and somehow not genuine.

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