Iron Man, No More?
Ok… here’s the skinny. Yeah, I think I’m dropping out of the GRIND thing. Mostly because I want to open up time to focus more on the Hero By Night comic books coming out early next year, I begin drawing the actual pages REALLY soon here and I want to enjoy it and pretend I’m my heroes like Jack Kirby, Wally Wood, or Will Eisner for a spell.
Am I REALLY dropping out? Yeah. But tune in tomorrow for another comic anyway, it’s not official JUST YET. Then on Wednesday I have a new announcement (that club members already know about)
I know i talked a TON of crap about winning the Grind Competition, but really I got to thinking a few things. Number one, how much stuff do I have to win? Does it make me look like a big baby if I don’t win something? And even if I did win that thing and grind it out, no one would care. I’ve beat all the people who I thought would win, and now in the end it looks like the IRON MAN will likely be a girl, with a leaf blower none the less! - That’s not a diss… I actually endorse Jennie to win it all. And not a “man vs woman” thing either. I do find it funny though anytime a woman wins anything called “IRON MAN”. And she’s a good sport, always– unlike some other snobby ladies who would demand the name be changed to “daily grind IRON PERSON” challenge just because they entered.
Plus, nothing personal against my other competition, but WOW, people are really slacking off and delivering subpar stuff. It means nothing to beat them at all. I’d collect a grand, people would shrug and the legend of DJ Coffman would be maybe three quarters of an inch taller, but I’ve got bigger fish to fry. The thought of outlasting a bunch of other people use to be appealing to me, or interesting, but now it seems like it’s just retarded. Does that make any sense?
October 5th marked the third year of Yirmumah online. It went by quietly this year with no fanfare, no one noticed, not even me. But, DAMN! I’ve gone three years without missing a planned update, and that’s pretty friggin awesome. When I tell you Yirmumah will be here, it WILL be here, and I’m super proud of that. So, I’m telling you it will AT LEAST be here M-W-F’s while I’m full time drawing the Hero By Night comic book. And, again, tune in Wednesday for something else too that rocks socks. I’m not slowing down at all, just making some room for MORE things.
This move also allows me to have some fun! I’ve never had a GUEST WEEK like other comics have done, and I’m curious to see other creators takes on Yirmumah, so this is a loose call for GUEST STRIPS right now. They’ll ALL be used at some scheduled time in the near future and I’ll hype up your own projects. So, pick your favorite flavor of Yirmumah and run with it– Only guidelines, Keep the final comics 475pixels wide 700 tall please, and simply e-mail them to me.
Want more ORIGIN? Well, ORIGIN CHAPTER THREE will be written in my spare time for now, I may start posting it in the club section, but I don’t want to release it publicly until I’m done with it. Right now I’m focusing on Hero By Night first and foremost, then I’ll get back to the ORIGIN chapters. I plan on putting the first two chapters into a 64 page book sometime soon. Chapters one and two really are for all intents and purposes ONE COMPLETE STORY, which works out well.
See you back here tomorrow.
Recent Topics: Daily Grind, Iron Man Challenge, ORIGIN, Hero By Night, Platinum Studios, Guest Week,
October 16th, 2006 at 3:23 am
Hold up.
You do NOT diss the Jennie.
YOU’RE a pervert.
SHE’S a pervert!
You don’t get to diss the Jennie.
You don’t want to play no more.. fine.
You started talking shit with ladies present, you LEAVE with ladies present. Admit your lack of testicles and walk away.
Sorry… had to do that.
But comon… half the shit I talked to you was ABOUT how bad you acted in the grind. I know you won’t apologize, because you meant every last damn thing you said. But drop the BS, wouldja? You got bored, you don’t want to deal, fine. You still lost.
Make a fittingly humiliating artwork against yourself and walk away.
Otherwise you are pretty damn weak.
October 16th, 2006 at 3:27 am
Oh..
…and I agree about the weak updates of 1/2 of the survivors. 99% of the live journal crap is pointless.
You simply talked too much shit to count that.
October 16th, 2006 at 8:37 am
Come on Crazeyal i’ve never even checked out that website before today and i found it’s excuse for comics, if ever unable to deliver it they post up a doodle at least DJ did decent comics every day; heck look at origins chapters 1 & 2 those rocked
at least he has the guts to drop out and know then enough is enough because the competitions become somthing pretty mediocher
October 16th, 2006 at 8:42 am
On the contrary, I don’t think I’m dissing Jennie at all, if it reads that way to you I don’t know what to say. I’m actually endorsing her to win it.
But really, it’s a dumb contest at this point. A meaningless “win” for me at this point.
October 16th, 2006 at 8:48 am
Ok, I edited that to seperate in paragraphs from the other thought about the other competition.
There are still a handful of people I respect in the competition, but I haven’t been following it to go look and see, off the top of my head, they would be Brad Guigar, who I forgot was even in it, and Breeden.
October 16th, 2006 at 9:50 am
Ah.. good thing you backed off on the Jennie thing.. Her fans are… unique…
I *WAS* kidding about dissing the Jenmeister.. I knew it was a joke.
Actually, I think it’s good that you are backing out if you don’t feel like participating. but…Does crow really taste like chicken?
*ducks from incoming fanboy rage*
Keep up the great work man… I am DIGGING Origin!
October 16th, 2006 at 9:56 am
Oh and Akion?
I’m not dissing DJ. It’s a common misconception that I give him grief because I hate him or something. I just call it like I see it.
DJ’s gonna be bigger than Scott Kurtz (hopefully not physically.. YEESH!)and he deserves every minute of it.
Sometimes he acts like an ass and I call him on it. No hatred. When Yirmumah goes back to the dick jokes, I’ll still be here, laughing as hard as I always have.
I wonder if he’s going to announce he’s getting an animation deal… Wednesday can’t come soon enough!
October 16th, 2006 at 1:13 pm
And this is why I don’t talk shit.
I understand though. If you remain in the Grind, it could take years for you to win, time that could be spent on other projects that are obviously more important.
Did you have any requirements for format? Can we submit multiple strips?
October 16th, 2006 at 1:23 pm
dude, sorry to hear about you dropping out! But I thin the grind has done enough fo you. I mean I discovered Yirmumah because of the Grind and stuck with it because of the genius star wars strips. And now I’m the No.1 International fan!! (Don’t worry DJ, your bribe is in the mail).
October 16th, 2006 at 1:27 pm
Don’t worry about it, DJ. I’m not entirely sure anyone even visits the Daily Grind webpage anymore, and those of us who do are disgusted by the sheer garbage people put out just to stay in a meaningless contest that no one remembers anymore.
The Grand would be nice, but enh, you’ve got bigger and better things to do rather than compete daily with halfassed ink jobs and stick figure sellout strips designed to keep the people afloat. Yirmumuh! has never reduced itself to that level, and you just packing your bags and walking away from it all is entirely acceptable, because I’m not entirely sure that contest is ever going to end without some level of quality control.
Hell, just for spite you could put up stick figure updates on tuesday and thursday just randomly trashing grind comics, and you’d be fine. It’s a shame, really. I think you’re the bigger man for realizing you got better things to do in life and just walking away from it.
And never apologize for talking trash. Your talking trash was one of the few things that made the grind interesting. That and Crosby dropping.
October 16th, 2006 at 2:12 pm
The problem with “The Grind” is there was never any requirement of quality, since quality is, obviously, qualitative.
There’s a few good comics still going, but the majority are meh and several are just. . . embarassing.
In the end, the Grind will be won by someone who A) has a stable internet connection and server and B) spends so little time and effort on the comic that it can be completed and uploaded every weekday regardless anything else that happens in his or her life.
October 16th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
What am I going to do on Tues- and thursdays from now on?
October 16th, 2006 at 6:32 pm
I know what I’ll be doing.
Eating lots of pie.
DJ, you do as you damn well pleasey. I know there’s a prize for winning the grind, in the long run it’s worth less than going with your gut instinct.
I’m interested in a shot at guesting, too. What are the rules? Or is the first rule of Yirmumah that you do not talk about Yirmumah? In which case, I’ll shut up.
October 16th, 2006 at 7:02 pm
Hah ! I KNEW you wouldn’t - COULDN’T - win The Grind . GRRRLLLLL POWER !
October 16th, 2006 at 7:07 pm
Dropping out makes perfect sense to me. You’ve got this big deal with Hero By Night that could potentially make you a lot more than the prize from the Iron Man thing. I am saddened by the fact that there will be only three days of Yirmumah but the sacrifice is worth seeing Hero By Night in print. I think Kurtz was thinking the same thing when he dropped out. Iron Man was fun while it lasted but when something better comes along then the time for shit talking and game playing is over.
BTW, DJ did you get my email awhile back?
October 16th, 2006 at 7:19 pm
GAH!
Bitter old hag hath returned!
Men! Commence Operation: Hide Your Testicles!
October 16th, 2006 at 7:45 pm
I’m sorry, but you have some real shit to deal with now and those stupid challenges are just that…stupid. You’ve got a good thing in the works with HBN and you’d be a moron to let some shitbrick challenge slow you down. DJ, you’ve always produced quality work on your schedule. I’d much rather you go to three days of awsome stuff as opposed to five days of shit. Hell, even if you updated once a week, I’d remain a loyal reader.
All these people who piss and moan are probably just mad that their crappy challenges aren’t going to draw the support that your readers would bring. Think about it, if a big man drops out of the race, they’re losing a lot of potential views. Oh well. If they want to play with the big dogs, then they need to bite and bark a little louder. :o)
I’m done running my mouth now. Go back to your lives. HA HA HA.
October 16th, 2006 at 8:04 pm
Curse you DJ. Because you struck my curiosity I had to find those strips you referenced in your strip to see if they really existed. Now I’ve given a hit to each one of those strips. A hit they don’t deserve. And their crappyness is forever burned into my brain. Your stuff continues to rock.
October 16th, 2006 at 8:17 pm
Hey diane, where is your comic again?
Way to be a sexist also. And give Deej hits everyday because you check out his site looking for things to jump on.
DIANE IS A SEXIST BECAUSE SHE IS SEPERATING MALE COMICS FROM FEMALE. SAYING FEMALES ARE BETTER AND THE SUPERIOR RACE.
Read more about this in my weekly newsletter.
October 16th, 2006 at 8:47 pm
Eddie– Which e-mail? The one with the comic links in it?? I thought I e-mailed you back.
Yeah, guys and gals… and guys pretending to be girls… There will still be SOMETHING here everyday, but just comics on M-W-F until I my major workload on HBN is done. I’m really dedicating a good part of my working hours to it now, and it’s something I hope knocks people’s socks off.
October 16th, 2006 at 9:25 pm
Pardon me , young sir . But at the top of your page - is that a Pearl Jam lyric stuck up there ?
October 16th, 2006 at 9:39 pm
Man, you do what you need to do!
I had totally forgotten about the Grind anyway. . .
October 16th, 2006 at 9:43 pm
And just when I got my Morning Coffee Firefox extension down…
I find you’re changing to MWF format.
But there’ll still be stuff on TT.
Uke Club comics? Pages From The Sketchpad? Failed Drama Llama TV Pilots?
The possibilites are endless…
…
Maybe they are.
October 16th, 2006 at 10:42 pm
Pearl Jam.. it is.
October 17th, 2006 at 12:40 am
It is Pearl Jam , huh ? I went to one of their concerts a long time ago . One of the best concerts and seats I’d ever had . Weird thing about it all was that Iggy Pop opened ( way cool ) but some douchebag right next to me kept screaming , ” YOU’RE MY BITCH , IGGY POP ! YOU ‘RE MY BITCH ! ” true story .Actually , it kinda made the show a little bit more fun to tell ya’ the truth .
October 17th, 2006 at 8:39 am
DJ, stay in the Grind, man. Jennie isn’t gonna win if you drop out. Tim Hulsizer or TK Longmire are, because their work requires zero effort. I mean, for God’s sake, *I* could draw a TK Longmire “comic” every day, and my art skills peaked a year before kindergarten.
You know what? F*** playing defense. Go on offense.
I think you should devote Tuesdays and Thursdays to a “State of Webcomics” comic. Pick the saddest, most pathetic webcomic you can find, then have a variety of your comics characters MST it… in that artist’s style. If that means a Deej stick figure or a Charlie (LAB) finger-paint, do that.
Or hell, man, you’re doing work every day. Post two panels from whatever you work on that day as your entry, sort of a George Lucas comic blog.
Anyway, the other thing you’re doing if you drop out is celebrating mediocrity in judging, because the current Grind judges are for shit. They’re so concerned with being liked that they’re not even trying. They’re certainly not doing their jobs as JUDGES. A dozen of the remaining Grinders should have been out or should be out, but the judges don’t seem to be bothered with it any more. If I was the judge of the Grind, it’d be down to six or eight at this point: you, Jennie, Brandon, Steve Troop, Brad Guigar, and a couple of others who are actually putting out daily quality work either in their art or in their humor. The fact that the judges won’t do their job is a crime.
You don’t need to stay in the Grind to win the Grind. You need to stay in the Grind because it’s a moral imperitive to point out that there’s still more than six or seven people in that contest that care about their work.
October 17th, 2006 at 5:14 pm
The “Flick” in the second panel looks a LOTlike the word “Fuck”
October 17th, 2006 at 7:17 pm
Well, as a fellow Grinder, I just want to say kudos and job well done! I found your comic through the Grind and I’ve really enjoyed it. In fact, it’s really the only one I go outside of my LJ friends page (yeah, I still deal in the LJ’s) to read.
As for posting shitty comics, I’ll admit I’ve been responsible for that every once in awhile. I wasn’t thrilled to do it, but it usually was never about me not coming up with some idea, it was always a weather thing or a lack of power thing or a moving to Kansas thing. But I like to think my majority as been of decent quality. Ah well, no excuses.
BTW, your three Yirmumah comics that I purchased at the Pittsburgh Comic Con were the only three comics I took with me in my move. They now share the hallowed ‘Bathroom Reading Material Shelf’ with my Transformers Encyclopedia.
I look forward to your future comics!
October 18th, 2006 at 11:15 pm
I just found your response, DJ. It shows you how often I check that account.
I am glad that I was able to help. I signed up for the HBN list and look forward to the web and print comic.
October 19th, 2006 at 11:27 pm
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