Ryan L Higgins-LAZER BRAIN COMICS

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[Ryan L Higgins-LAZER BRAIN COMICS @ryanhiggins76]

I’ll be debuting my brand new trading card game ✨ SECRET CREATURES ✨ in just over a week at the @JetpackComics Free Comic Book Day celebration in Rochester, NH!
Each starter deck lets you summon wild creatures and fight to protect magic in our world. I’ve got three decks ready to go!
I can’t wait for you all to check it out, play some demo games, and tell me what you think. See you there!
#SecretCreatures #NewTCG #FCBD2026

[Empyrean Vole 天空のヴォール @rarebitfiend13]

Masters of the Universe was absolutely great. It’s a movie designed for 10 year old boys who play D&D and like rock music. I was once that age so I loved it. The tone is somewhere between Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Flash Gordon and they even did a Queen homage to the Flash Gordon soundtrack. Don’t listen to the haters. It’s a movie for who we used to be and aspire to be again.

[Ryan L Higgins-LAZER BRAIN COMICS @ryanhiggins76]

👇 👇 RIGHT ON! 👇 👇

[Bryan Baugh @BryanBaugh]

MY PRETENTIOUS, VERBOSE, FULL-OF-MYSELF, COMIC CREATOR POST OF THE DAY!!!😃😃😃😃

Someone asked me this "indie comic creator question" the other day and I've been struggling to figure out how to answer it ever since. It's a tough one to answer, because the truth is so simple that it is hard to explain!

The question is basically:
Is the amount of MONEY I earn from comics, worth the amount of TIME and EFFORT I put into creating, writing & drawing comics? (Not to mention all the parts of the job everybody forgets about: formatting files for the printer + doing promotion + running & fulfilling campaigns...)

All I can say is… Who knows???

This question always strikes me as, a very practical person, asking about something very impractical.

It's impossible to measure the amount of time I put in, because as a comic creator, I live, eat, and breathe this stuff. All day, every day. When I’m taking a shower or driving the car I’m thinking about my characters and stories. There is no cost vs. reward equation here. It's more of an obsession, than a job.

I don’t count the hours I spend at the art desk or computer. I just sit down and enjoy the time I spend there, making weird, cool stuff.

Not one minute of it, is ever a torturous slog. It never feels like real work. Yes it is VERY time consuming, but it is something I do for fun and creative satisfaction.
I can stop whenever I want (said the true addict).😬

I have a family and other adult responsibilities that pull me out of my imaginary world and keep me somewhat in touch with reality, about 40% of the time. But I'm happy to go back, when free time allows.

As for PROFITS...

After many years of doing this in obscurity - my comics seem to have "caught on" (for what that is worth in the tiny ghetto of indie horror comics). The past few years I’ve been getting good sales and regular orders for the back stock, not to mention, original art sales and art commissions related to my comics. Leaving my former publisher to do everything myself, has created more work, but it has also given me total creative control and I don't have to split the profits with anyone.

That said - whatever money I’ve made from comics, I still consider just a bonus. The profits are nice and very much appreciated - but never as satisfying as just writing and drawing my crazy monster stories and putting them out there, for other weirdos to enjoy.

There’s a scene in the movie “HEAT” that I find very relatable. DeNiro asks Sizemore if he’s sure he wants to participate in a risky bank heist. The cops are onto them. The reward might not be worth the stretch. Sizemore gets this wild look in his eyes and says, “For me… the action IS the juice. I’m IN!”

That’s how I feel about creating comics! The thrill of DOING THIS is more rewarding, than whatever reward I GET OUT of doing this. The action IS the juice!

I don’t know if that answers the question. Probably not! But it’s the only answer I have.

You might as well ask a bird if it finds enough worms to justify all the time and energy it spends flying around every day.

It's not like I have a choice.

This is just what I do!

[Ryan L Higgins-LAZER BRAIN COMICS @ryanhiggins76]

@RecklessGleason I don’t remember that from the Snorks Ice Capades show!

[Good Adam Sandler @mjgoodwinart]

"Well we found the guy who's been kicking over trash cans an-- FRANK, WAIT!"
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#spiderman #spidermanbrandnewday #brandnewday #punisher #frankcastle #marvel #comics #comicart #sketch #drawing

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Always remember:

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@DarkHorseUnion @DarkHorseComics I like the logo 🤷

[Ryan L Higgins-LAZER BRAIN COMICS @ryanhiggins76]

@RecklessGleason The best part was all of us boys still buying the pink and purple-garbed Prince Adam toy— that was a big lift in the 80s. Well, at least I did…

[Ryan L Higgins-LAZER BRAIN COMICS @ryanhiggins76]

@BryanBaugh Dude is really upset over— The Wolfen? Yeesh. People really will argue about anything on here. Also Wulf and Batsy is great— his loss!

[Ryan L Higgins-LAZER BRAIN COMICS @ryanhiggins76]

@RecklessGleason I still have all of mine— in a photo album of all things 😂

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@clharrington024 @Corco0723 If you really understood neuroscience you wouldn’t be on social media arguing with strangers.

[Ryan L Higgins-LAZER BRAIN COMICS @ryanhiggins76]

@clharrington024 Um… we did— my son grew up loving graphic novels, he’s 18 now— year to date he’s read 25 novels so it worked out great. The real difference this year was cutting back social media— a decision he made.

[Ryan L Higgins-LAZER BRAIN COMICS @ryanhiggins76]

@clharrington024 @VaderIsAJedi Sure, sure— make them check out “real books” that they don’t want to read, that’ll teach ‘em!

[Ryan L Higgins-LAZER BRAIN COMICS @ryanhiggins76]

@clharrington024 @MrBillySpicer Yeah, I’m sure that has nothing to do with tablets and phones, must be the comics. Geez lady, lighten up!

[Raúl Conte @raulcontev]

Para esto se necesitan los robots y la IA, no para pintar cuadros y escribir canciones.

[Ryan L Higgins-LAZER BRAIN COMICS @ryanhiggins76]

Since the beginning of the UFO phenomenon (80 years!), reputable people have been reporting inexplicable things. Now this jerk has finally noticed.

[Ryan L Higgins-LAZER BRAIN COMICS @ryanhiggins76]

@maxpinelliart Hey Max! Would the $250 cover an original character to be used as a pin up in a published indie comic? Asking for friend….

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@RecklessGleason Whoa, I remember this— sort of!

[Ryan L Higgins-LAZER BRAIN COMICS @ryanhiggins76]

@BryanBaugh Wait— so Superman is still alive?

[Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot]

Just a reminder that Blambot's Indie License allows small press comic creators to use Blambot's indie fonts (those marked with a $0 option) for free even if you make money with your comic or merch directly related to your comic. More info: https://t.co/uoHILtmuBv

[Ryan L Higgins-LAZER BRAIN COMICS @ryanhiggins76]

@QueenKaylaleesi Love how his New England accent is so much stronger in these old clips!