Comments on: How About Something Positive?

By: Eddie

Eddie — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:52:18 +0000

I’ll see yir already married and hideously ugly and raise you a “rather admire her from afar and wouldn’t want to ruin such sweetness.”

Nice interview, DJ. Thanks for linking it. I even bookmarked her. I love it when an artist enjoys their work so much that they’ll wade through all that adversity to keep doing it.

By: Crazeyal

Crazeyal — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 19:11:46 +0000

I read both Something Positive, and Devils Panties. I’ve been reading Jennie since before she got “spotted”. She is a down to earth person, with the slightly skewed outlook of a lifelong gamer. She LARPs, games, collects comic books…

Too bad I’m already married (and hideously ugly…) or I’d have stalk… snatched.. uh.. persued her….

uh..

I’d have gotten shot down about a billion times by now..

Seriously, Jennie is on the cusp of professional success, and deserves every second of it. (not that she isn’t a great hit, but she still has a day job, last I’d heard) Every sunday she posts her artwork rather than her comics, and it’s unbelievable.

By: Zach

Zach — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 17:13:21 +0000

I don’t know if you did this inadvertantly, but there is another webcomic called SomethingPositive, by R.K. Milholland, which is an awesome comic.

By: steve

steve — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 11:52:00 +0000

She seems like such an awesome person. In a field littered with arrogant asshats it’s refreshing to see someone who doesn’t carry an ego the size of Texas. I found it sad a comic as good as hers made her -400 last year. I agree with DJ, there are ways of making money out there. The guy who draws “the Norm” set up a pay service and his goal was $100k per year (he ended up making between 70-80k) upfront to keep his strip updating daily.
The four year rule is nice but some of the biggest names in the art industry (Schultz, Watterson, Dr. Seuss (I know it’s not his real name)) hit in their thirties and fourties. If you love it and truly want to make a living at it you’ve got to do what DJ is and bust your ass. Jen may never get rich but she is doing what she loves and has left her mark on the world.

By: Mike Wytrykus

Mike Wytrykus — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:24:15 +0000

I had the opportunity to talk with Ms. Breeden at this past summer’s Wizard World Chicago and I whole heartedly agree with D.J.

Jennie is a wonderfully friendly and positive person, an absolute pleasure to talk to. She not talked about her own work, but was kind enough to listen to me talk about mine and look at my book collection that I had with me. She had some very constructive and helpful advise for me.

I still feel a little sorry for some of the more geeky fanboys she had to deal with there.