The storm is over.

The storm is over, or is it? Well at lease it has subside a little. This storm is the heated debate in Gerry Alanguilans blog regarding Atlas publication issuing a girlie magazine. Many points had been noted. Weather it was a good thing or a bad thing, it makes you think. Sometimes even if your intentions are good, it might be interpreted as offending. Sometimes it is not what you say, it's how you say it. With all modesty aside, having a degree of Bachelor of Science in Mathematic (B.S.Math), I think I am the most qualified person (those who posted) there in terms of numbers. On top of that, my day time job is a computer programmer that creates a computer business software of many clients. Every day I work with numbers.

Yes, I do believe that numbers are important in making business decision. And I do not hate or blame Atlas in publishing this magazine. In fact, with all this fuss going on, I even might consider buying one. The goal of a business is to make profit. If Atlas think that publishing a Playboy like magazine will gain them money, then so be it. I don't care.

One thing that bothers me is that people are saying many negative thing on the future of local comics. Such as.. "It will never recover."... or.... "Even if you make comics, it will not sell, it will fail". Please do not take those words verbatim. It is not their exact word for word. But more or less, that is what they are trying to say. Sometimes I wonder what is the goal of these people? They already know that the local comics industry is already doomed but still they hangout on comic forums and they still post on many comic blogs? And they still socialize with persons that are making comics as if they still care about the comics industry.

Are they old comics people that is just trying to reminisce the old glory days of the comics industry by going to these forums and blogs?

Are they people (comics creator wanna be) that is just jealous when a comics creator says that their comics has done well in the market and they have been sold out?

We are not using their time and money. We are not convincing them to invest in our comics. And yet they still trying to weaken our morale. Fortunately many of the local comics creator today has a strong desire to continue. Whatever what other people says.

What ever their intentions are. They still makes you think.