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This was my first ever publication sale! I still appreciate Dave Sim and Gerhardt for giving me that!

This was a Single Page story published in Cerebus High Society number 4. Don't know where I came up with the idea; ramblings, in all likelihood. It was sketched out in non-photo blue pencil on a medium grain coquille board, then inked. I used a grease pencil together with the texture of the board to get the varying tones and grays. That's how it used to be done back in the days of high-contrast printing, folks! I shot it on a stat camera (don't ask) and sent it in.

A few months later I got a check from Dave and Ger. How Cool Is That?!?! (On an amusing note, the prize was $100, but no one bothered to mention that the check was made out to $100 Canadian. After the exchange rate and inevitable bank fees, I only got like $84 US, but a sale is a sale, and now I have an amusing anecdote to share!)
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steampunkpainter's avatar
Hmm. Do any are there any people that still do that?
And I'll ask anyway: what is a stat camera?