Clearing Things Up

It has come to my attention that my agenda or my purpose for having this blog isn't clear, or rather that I didn't do a great job of defining it. I wrongfully assumed people would just read my profile, but if people look at something on the net and it looks kind of boring or bland they don't bother to stay around. Okay, that's fine. I admit that the look and feel is kind of bland, but I haven't had time to add the bells and whistles. But that's no excuse, I realize. The least I could do is throw up some cool pics or something, right?

Anyway, moving on. My name, obviously, is Brant W. Fowler, and I wear many hats. Predominately what made me decide to start this blog is my hat as columnist for The Comic Avalanche (now I'm a co-owner and the web designer also). See, in that column I feature indy creators, titles and studios. But I had no forum to discuss my own projects or mainstream content. Then I started thinking that everyone else lets their opinions be heard, so why not mine, right? Okay, so I started this blog with the intent of doing just that, mainly focusing on comic related stuff I couldn't cover in my column. And to get people to conversate with me about this stuff.

But then I got to thinking that since my website is being redesigned I could use this to discuss my works and my experiences as well. And that's what I've done ever since. I have also talked about off the wall stuff just to spark conversation. Maybe I was wrong, but I was under the impression a blog didn't really need to have a specific purpose. It seems to me that blogs exist so people can say or talk about whatever they want. Maybe I'm wrong.

So to clearly define what this blog is about, it is about my journey in comics, my thoughts and opinions on comics and all of pop culture, and anything else my heart so desires, which could range from sites I think are cool to what I had for dinner last night. It's supposed to be fun, entertaining and stimulating. Well, two out of three ain't bad. :)

My next post will describe my experience in getting my first paid writing assignment.

In the meantime, whatever you guys and gals think would make my blog more interesting or more visually appealing to you please tell me. The black and silver will stay, but maybe I can still spice it up a bit. In my next post I am actually going to post a page from a project I have coming up, so that's a start.

Until then...

B-Out