Never Go Mainstream
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Never Go Mainstream

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15 x 18 matted.

Limited Edition of 999 prints

Plate Signed

Printed on acid free, textured fine art paper and finished with a mat

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$125.00

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  • Fiachra
    1st September 2011 03:03 am
    Reminds me of what Neil Young said about his mainstream hit single, "Heart of Gold", and his subsequent albums: "This song put me in the middle of the road. Travelling there soon became a bore so I headed for the ditch. A rougher ride but I saw more interesting people there."
  • 31st August 2011 19:44 pm
    I'm always being told "your work is great, it's so niche". But niche can be good and bad. Sometimes it's a hard sell. Maybe it's an Australian thing. Not sure.
  • 31st August 2011 17:01 pm
    Yes - you speak the truth - it's all about edgecraft - Seth rocks as well...
  • Rebecca
    31st August 2011 15:18 pm
    I NEEDED to see this today !! thanks
  • 31st August 2011 14:36 pm
    i love this cartoon. so true! i tried mainstream. sure didn't work for me! now my niche is the new black. and, like you, it only took about 10 years to become an overnight success.
  • 31st August 2011 14:27 pm
    One exception. It's OK to go mainstream if the mainstream comes to you.
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NEVER GO MAINSTREAM

 


Back when I was a kid and aspiring to be a professional cartoonist one day, I had this dreadful fear hanging over my head:


That the only way to become successful as a cartoonist, was to go mainstream. Cute and cuddly, warm and fuzzy. In the world of the big money cartooning, there was little room for "Edge".


Check out the traditional US Sunday comics section of any newspaper, and you'll see what I mean. Utter, cutey-pie dreck.


I just couldn't see myself doing it. My stuff was just too "out there", and when I tried to reign it in, it just made it worse.


Of course, that was before the Internet came along and changed everything...


Anybody who courts the mainstream deserves everything they get. There's far more action in niches.

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