Mike Dawson (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mikedawsoncomic) wrote,@ 2008-03-26 19:49:00 |
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Certified Cool
I remembered this morning that FREDDIE & ME was supposed to be solicited in the April PREVIEWS, so after lunch I nipped over to Cosmic Comics and checked it out.
And yes, it's in there, on page 232, with a nice little "Spotlight On:" box around it, and CERTIFIED COOL. Awesome!
I also bought the new LOVE & ROCKETS collection, and GANGES #2 by Kevin Huizenga. I haven't read the L&R book yet, but I read most of Ganges on the subway ride home, and finished it once I got here. It was really good.
In the comic Glenn Ganges is working at a dot com start-up in the years 1999-2000. It brought a lot of memories rushing back, and kind of a bad feeling. I dunno, it seemed fun when I was there, but now when I think back on that feeling of getting money for nothing that I had at the time, it kind of makes me feel a sense of dread. I'm not 100% sure why.
My best guesses are that it was a combination of my personal feelings of being unqualified for my job, and the general reckless attitude of the time that permeated at least two of the dot com offices I worked in before 9/11: the company tossing money around to buy toys for the employees and throwing parties all the time; everyone getting expensive thousand-dollar Herman Miller chairs; spending way more than necessary to get prime office space with a view of Central Park. I thought it was so awesome when it was happening, but now not so much.
I remembered this morning that FREDDIE & ME was supposed to be solicited in the April PREVIEWS, so after lunch I nipped over to Cosmic Comics and checked it out.
And yes, it's in there, on page 232, with a nice little "Spotlight On:" box around it, and CERTIFIED COOL. Awesome!
I also bought the new LOVE & ROCKETS collection, and GANGES #2 by Kevin Huizenga. I haven't read the L&R book yet, but I read most of Ganges on the subway ride home, and finished it once I got here. It was really good.
In the comic Glenn Ganges is working at a dot com start-up in the years 1999-2000. It brought a lot of memories rushing back, and kind of a bad feeling. I dunno, it seemed fun when I was there, but now when I think back on that feeling of getting money for nothing that I had at the time, it kind of makes me feel a sense of dread. I'm not 100% sure why.
My best guesses are that it was a combination of my personal feelings of being unqualified for my job, and the general reckless attitude of the time that permeated at least two of the dot com offices I worked in before 9/11: the company tossing money around to buy toys for the employees and throwing parties all the time; everyone getting expensive thousand-dollar Herman Miller chairs; spending way more than necessary to get prime office space with a view of Central Park. I thought it was so awesome when it was happening, but now not so much.
