Well, here we are again. Was your weekend nice? I tried hard but achieved little, as is often the case with me.

Do any of you remember the game Bad Piggies? It was a spin off of Angry Birds when the series was at the height of its cultural relevance. If you’ve never heard of it, it was basically a flash game with a simple physics engine that simulated gravity in the game world. You built contraptions in order to transport a pig from point A to point B. Most levels after the tutorial could be finished in more than one way. That kind of game was trendy at that time. Stuff like Happy Wheels. Anyway, the reason I bring it up is that the theme song was very fun. The music for the entire Angry Birds series was quite good. Ilmari Hakkola is the composer for several of the Angry Birds games and Bad Piggies. Anyway, I tell you all of that because there’s a guy on youtube called Luke Pickman who made a cover of the Bad Piggies theme that is lovingly crafted. It made me think how nice it is when someone loves your work so much that they are compelled to make an homage to it that is, very often in my case, better than the actual work. I don’t get a lot of fanart, but I’ve had a few pieces that put my work to shame, even though they were created out of love. Of course the problem with very high quality work is that it takes more time to make, which is why my stuff has always been unpolished, even for a webcomic. Making something at all is better than making something very well that comes out too slowly to build an audience. It’s nice to see what could potentially be done if I were faster, or more talented though.
I’ve tried to work with fans on things over the years but it has never worked out because most people can’t dedicate the time it takes to create their great art without a lot of compensation and I could never offer that. With my stuff you have to survive without compensation now and hope to get some later on. My work also has a tendency to resonate with people who end up hating me when they actually meet me, which is kind of odd since my work is very much a reflection of me in many ways…

Anyway, that’s just something I was thinking about. I hope you have a nice start to your week. As always I urge you to browse the various support links I’ve plastered about the page. I will return on Wednesday with more comic for you. Until then, ride the pig!

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