I got interviewed by SLUG Magazine about comics, art, draw night and a bunch of other stuff. Go check it out! Thanks to James Orme for being interested in my boring ass and for a great article!
Ok, ok, ok! Some of you may have noticed (and hopefully clicked and then ordered) the link on the left for my new book, “Derek Hunter is a F**k“. And anyone who saw that link probably though any one of the following: 1. What in the hell is that a link for? 2. That is DEFINITELY not Pirate Club related! 3. Why would Derek call himself that on his own website? and 4. I need to know more.
Wow, I cannot believe I am writing about this. This book has been a long time in the making. I have been threatening to make a book about some of the less-than-Christian things I have done in my past for a long time. Every time I go to a party and get asked to “Tell the story about the time you broke up with a girl by____”, I think about making this book. But then a big part of me is like, “You idiot, don’t dwell on the stories that make you seem like a worse person than you are!”
And yes, the stories I wrote and drew about are awful, embarrassing, damning, and least of all, shocking. But, I dunno, this work is definitely some of the best comic work I’ve done in a long time. And, I know I should be embarrassed by the person I was, but dammit if I didn’t piss people off in a horribly comedic way (if I do say so myself). For a long time, I’ve wanted to make an autobiographical comic, but never really felt like I was funny enough, or interesting enough, or did enough craaaaazy things to necessitate a comic about me. But then I thought, “Well, why does my comic have to be like all the others out there? I should do the opposite! I should make the reader NOT want my life”. So I set out to make a book that made me look awful instead of awesome. And the results are hilarious.
I had a blast making this book! Talking to old friends, reminiscing about awful times I should have forgotten, and second-guessing my sanity the whole way. I mean, really…who in their right mind wants to draw a book that makes the reader feel disgusted by the author? Me, I guess…and it was fun as hell!
So, what are you waiting for? Go! Click the link, see me be an asshole. And buy a copy for hells sake! It really is one of my best books yet. I can promise you that.
SLG is having a HUGE sale! My books are already marked down, and if you buy them and add the checkout code, ‘facebook’, you can get another 40% off If I’m doing my math right, that puts each Pirate Club trade at $2.97! How can you go wrong?! Go buy some comics! http://www.slgcomic.com/P-T-Graphic-Novel-Titles_c_29-2-3.html
Thank you, and spread the word via twitter, facebook, live journal, anything! For the love of Pirate Club!
Derek
*EDIT* Sale over! Thanks to all of those who ordered!
I AM TIRED. People run off of 6 hrs of sleep all the time. I know this. I see it all the time. But me? No way, I need 7-8 solid hours or I feel it. Thing is, I also can’t bring myself to go to sleep without a little gaming getting done. Nothing crazy, mind you. Just some NES or some puzzle games on my PSP, but I need em to unwind. On a side note, the 12 year old–hell, the 24 year old in me would die if he knew the extent of my gaming these days was NES and puzzle games. I still love games as a concept. I still eagerly await E3 and TGS every year, but I just can’t bring myself to invest any REAL amount of time on gaming. Hence the reason I don’t have a PS3 or a 360.
I get a lot of shit from my friends for not joining in on a rousing game of the new Halo Beta (which I know has been closed or whatever), or COD MW2…but I had to make a choice…games or comics? Do I invest the time and money into games, or should I lose myself in the world of comics? Now, i’m not, nor have I in many years been a big comic reader, but I’ve never failed to be an enthusiastic comic creator…and even when I worked my childhood dream job in games, I’d have been hard pressed to call myself an enthusiastic developer. So, if I had to make a choice, it was comics. Did I have to make a choice? YES. For me, a choice definitely had to be made, because I have no self control. If I was playing anything more than simple “pick up and play” games I would not get any comicking done. NONE. Halo would be the death of me if I gave it a chance, and XBOX Live would be my executioner.
Just a thought for today. A thought about hard/necessary choices as it pertains to accomplishing goals. What are your goals? What have you decided has gotten in the way of them, and have you forsaken these possible road blocks to your success? Also, as a Pirate Club reader, what webcomics are out there that you think I’d go nuts for? They don’t have to be exactly like mine, I just wanna hear your favs more than anything.
I think the website is fixed. What’s more, I think I figured out (finally) a way to have a running blog that is independent of my posts. This could be cool. Seriously…I hate, hate, HATE figuring out web stuff. The last 3 evenings have been spent backing up my site, juggling domains and hosting, fixing wordpress, fixing comic press, troubleshooting, customer support phone calls and more. I have not drawn anything and it’s driving me nuts! I think a few things are still buggy, but nothing major…for instance I’m having to redo my whole links pages. No biggie compared to the nightmare of reposting all my comics (which I did not have to do). So, anyways, my stress level is back to a normal-ish level and I think I can get back to work.
In other news, it snowed this week. Are you kidding me?!
