Rotty Blog

Took a bit of a break from Rotting.

It’s not that we haven’t been eating out, I think I’ve just been burning out. I’ve been bringing my camera in case I get in the mood, but I end up not drawing anything. With all the time I spend working, you would think I’d be making enough to live off the interest.

Still no word yet on the trademark thing. My application hasn’t been assigned an attorney yet, and I’m not really expecting anything for a few more months anyway, so no biggie.

I signed up for a Flash class this Spring at the local community college with the hopes that The Rots site can be done completely in it. I used Dreamweaver and HTML and JavaScript for my other two sites, but the way I see The Rots site coming together can only be done in Flash.

Well, The Rots show at DV8 in Greensburg, PA, is finished. Thanks to everybody who made it out and left the great comments in my book. In case you missed it, here’s the image from the postcard.

I’ve started a catalog of all the things we had available at the show, and I’m hoping to have that available in a few months. In case you’re wondering, here’s a short list of some of the merchandise:

• t-shirts
• greeting cards
• note cards
• postcards
• bookmarks
• journals
• calendars

I’m still working on the logistics of printing and distribution, so I’m not sure how soon all this will get up and running. The sooner the better, I think!

I took my biggest step in becoming legitimate today. I filled out a trademark application for “The Rots”. A little scary, especially with the money involved. It would be nice to be sure this whole adventure is going to stick around for a while! But I did it, and now I just wait for the lawyers in D.C. to give me the “thumbs up” or feed me to the lions.

Either way, they keep the money!