Like my ex-next door neighbour who told me that I couldn't sunbathe in my own garden naked! How dare he tell me what I couldn't do!!! As it happens I wasn't even sunbathing naked in my back garden. I was wearing speedos, but he couldn't see them due to an unfortunate thyroid problem I was suffering from in the mid-90's (all cleared up now, thankfully). But I wasn't going to be bossed about by someone who didn't even have an upstairs lavatory for guests, and a poorly installed conservatory.
I took the same view of those who sought to dissuade me from becoming a cartoonist. I instinctively knew that my cartoons were brilliant, so what other people thought was largely irrelevant. I'm happy to say that I was proved right in the end. This site has had over 511000 visitors since it's launch in February 2010 (11,000 since March 2010 alone!), and as I proved in a recent post - many positive search results on Google.
Now, I am considering myself as an experienced cartoonist. I provide help and support to many web cartoonists - who actively seek my wise advice on all matters concerning cartooning matters. If you need to know which type of paper to use with which type of pencil or pen - then I can advise. Soon I will be launching my own cartoon correspondence school, but unlike others out there - I will be upfront about the costs.
The same goes for clients who might want to use my services or cartoons. I publish my prices up front, unlike many cartoonists who are very secretive about what they charge. Why do they do that? I've no idea. Seems very stupid to me (and most other people). If I was a client and I wanted a cartoonist to drawer a cartoon for my website or newsletter - I would want to know how much it was going to cost right away. It's no accident that many of these so called 'professional' cartoonists appear nowhere in a Google search for "cheap cartoonist".
So if you want a "cheap cartoonist" for your recession busting business - then look no further than Leonard Gubbins*
*I'm also available for Search Engine Optimisation, Tarot Reading, and Oven Cleaning (weekday evenings only).
I'm more concerned about the Vicar wearing fish-net stockings. What kind of a message does that send out? He may be a man-of-the-cloth, but I don't call fish-net material, "cloth".
ReplyDeleteHe's not just wearing fishnet stockings (though they may be tights, Nigel), but he's also wearing a frock.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever come across the expression 'unfrocked priest' as someone who has renounced Holy Orders? Well, I have, and I think it's jolly hypocritical of these clergy in their fishnet stockings and female apparel to get all uppity about other male gentlemen who also want to wear frocks!
Nigel, as Cathy is one of those women, I think we'll both have to conceed that she is 100% correct.
ReplyDeleteAll these priests defrocking each other all the time. It's disgusting.