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Published: 2018-12-28 06:47:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 3602; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 0
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Description Long long ago under a different name I used to do a Vegeta-centric Vegebul comic similar in format and humour to the Erasermic ones I do now. It was called SPAM (Short Psychotic Alien Monkey) 
I used a very simplified style and stuck to an eight panel format. It got modestly popular here and on Tumblr, and I started promising weekly updates, taking requests, self censoring and trying to work in things I knew my fans liked. 

Wrong move. 

I fell apart. I ended up hating it and hating my art. I tried a couple of times to resurrect it to no avail. I ended up having a breakdown and deleting all my art online, deleting my old 30K follower accounts and archiving everything I had, either to external harddrives or a storage facility. 

The Erasermic comics were an attempt to get back on my feet, drawing what I wanted to draw because I wanted to. No crowd pleasing, no censoring off colour jokes or avoiding making characters queer, no art shortcuts to make things quicker, just what I wanted for the pure enjoyment and challenge of it, like the very early days of SPAM. It worked. I’m happier now, I enjoy what I do and I enjoy doing art again. 

So I think it’s time to wake the sleeping Dragon(ball), but this time do it right. Draw it the way I want, put in the more risque off colour jokes, no censors, no shortcuts. I did love it, and part of me still does and still wants to draw them, to blow away the cobwebs of bad associations and start new 

So in 2019 I will welcome back SPAM.

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Comments: 10

noodleTH [2019-02-14 23:38:01 +0000 UTC]

I'm gonna be so glad to see SPAM again!

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NansJns [2019-02-04 08:13:17 +0000 UTC]

I look forward to seeing SPAM again!  I'm glad you're feeling better.

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HappyBiteySnake In reply to NansJns [2019-02-07 05:51:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. It's taken a lot to get back to a place where I can do them again... but hopefully they will be far better than before without me trying to cater to what I thought everyone wanted. 

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NansJns In reply to HappyBiteySnake [2019-02-10 06:13:34 +0000 UTC]

I'm sorry it got so bad for you; fan suggestions can be great, but can become overwhelming.  I happily await what you come up with!

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HappyBiteySnake In reply to NansJns [2019-02-10 07:37:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. Fans weren't that demanding, I just got caught up trying to predict what they would like and what would please them most. I've since learned the very hard lesson that you absolutely can't guess that sort of thing- it even varies platform to platform. Things that go massively well on my Instagram are barely noticed on Tumblr- people hate one character on Tumblr and insta but on pintrest they go nuts for him. It's weird and crazy and getting all tied up in trying to work it out and use it is stupid amounts of completely pointless stress. 

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NansJns In reply to HappyBiteySnake [2019-03-06 00:56:29 +0000 UTC]

I can totally see that.  All you can do is what you want to do and what makes you laugh, and hope enough others like it, too.  And if they don't - well, you still made yourself happy, and that's enough!

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elleboe [2018-12-30 11:06:25 +0000 UTC]

I've missed your wonderful comics a lot

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HappyBiteySnake In reply to elleboe [2019-02-07 06:05:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I missed making them but I desperately needed the time to get my head into a better place. I hope they're still as enjoyable for you when I start them up

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DragonBall-Norlight [2018-12-28 11:51:08 +0000 UTC]

Nice booty grab, Bulma.

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SuperSaiyanI9000 [2018-12-28 09:31:49 +0000 UTC]

Haha, gotcha Bulma, great work 

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