It's a mess but I'm in it until I croak.

I was contacted by a journalist as he was given my address. He wanted a little background on comic book history.

GERMAN comic book history. I get this a lot yet there is someone in Germany who could help him.

Also, he mentioned artists who had mentioned a "legendary" creator they were in touch with or worked with in the 1980s. ME. Seriously. Now, most of these artists have not produced a quarterof the work I have, let alone published, yet they are seen as "comic legends".

It is fair to say that I am far better known outside the UK than in it. 

People have outlined my history as a Small Press publisher and promoter and even how I helped to spearhead the "UK Small Press Invasion" of the US back in the day: as well as all of my comics work ....on Wikipedia. Taken down within a few hours as I have "not contributed a great deal to the subject" (we KNOW who is behind this).

 I told someone not to bother but they wrote an entry on Black Tower Comics. Quite accurate and good. 24 hours later -gone for the same reason.

Lambiek, Comicsvine as well as french and American data bases list me (a couple told me of attempts to get entries withdrawn but they base things on facts and work I've done).

Meanwhile former UK editors who were open liars and cheats are having their pasts rebooted to be "really great and fab guys". Also, newer artists are being pimped BECAUSE if -IF- they make it big they are "in the pocket" of the comic "nice guys" and they get the "Do what we say or we'll kill that career" uh 'hint'.

How do you promote someone whpo is taking weeks to do a basic illo as a "new comic star of the future"?

Interestingly, and they'll be grinding their teeth right now, there are some "comic nice guys" who got plenty of work -some for DC comics- because I pushed them relentlessly to publishers and editors. Even interviewed some of them and published those interviews -despite all the evidence these people later denied even having met me 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I was asked earlier how I felt about all of this. Honestly...I don't feel anything. It means nothing to my life, work or anything else. I used to feel sad for these people because this is their life.  Even last week one of them was contacting people "in the bizz" to see whether they had any dirt on me. When the email was forwarded to me I simply replied: "Tell him I wrote porn comics for Fantagraphic Books (Eros)...but add that I got an award for that!"

It's a mess but I'm in it until I croak.