The Temple of a Thousand Tears

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Chapter 4: Into the Valley of Eternal Lament 13

trevoramueller

on Jan. 20, 2008

I'm not sure about the rest of you, but I do sometimes get the question from people, "Why do you work on web comics?" It's not my job, and it's not something that I get paid for, but it is something that I enjoy doing. As I so love this new book of mine, there's a quote in Hagakure that also answers these inquiries:

"Once when Lord Mitsushige was a little boy and was supposed to recite from a copybook for the priest Kaion, he called the other children and acolytes and said, 'Please come here and listen. It's difficult to read is there are hardly any people listening.' The priest was impressed and said to the acolytes, 'That's the spirit in which to do everything."

Basically, what I take from this quote is that there's no reason to read if there's no one to listen - likewise, there's no reason to write unless there's someone to read it. Therefore, from now on whenever someone asks me why I work on web comics, I reply with, "Because there are people who enjoy reading them." Ultimately, you're all the reason that I do and continue to do web comics.

Why do you all work on web comics?