Well, figuratively. Allow me to explain.
I'm not a huge fan of celebrity status. The whole concept's rather unsettling to me, the fact that people want to know things about people just because other people know things about them. In times gone by, people were famous for a reason, and it was only that reason the were known for. For example, if someone were a singer, their songs and voice were famous, but no-one gave a donkey's about their personal lives. These are the people who's names will go down in history. Modern celebrity status is a joke, and as soon as people lose interest in the celebrity, they become an average Joe again. We return to giving less of a shit than a paraplegic dung beetle.
Now, I personally believe that the majority of people strive for this popularity, or 'mock fame' as I think of it. We are bombarded by the media portraying the celebrities as something to aspire to, instead of focusing on their achievements (be it singing/writing/whatever), and so people are moulded to seek that same popularity. This is the sole reason social networking sites such as the dreaded Facebook are so popular.
Don't get me wrong, I love the concept behind Facebook, it's a great easy way to keep in touch with everyone, and find out when my friends are doing things I want in on. The basic principal of keeping in touch is great, but the fact it gets used as a platform to advertise one's personal life is not. Just to illustrate this, I wrote a short paragraph about a particular Gandhi quote I'd just read, "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind", and how forgiveness is better than beating people up for glancing in the wrong direction. Now, not many people pay attention to me, I don't mind, the point was that if anyone did read that, they'd hopefully think for a moment, and possibly even realise and make an effort to change for the better. But no. No-one noticed, no-one cared. Instead, and I kid you not, the following post from a popular social butterfly got something stupid like 30+ 'likes': "just woke up lol".
This is why I say Jimothy's selling out. I've created a Facebook page for the comics. I try to keep myself separate from the comics as much as possible, and while they are all influenced by my life, they are not there to advertise me as a person. They are there because I think *they* are worth looking at, and Facebook's just a simple way for non-deviantART users (which is where I upload the comics) to follow the series. Basically speaking, it's a page for the comics and comic-related stuff. Not a bunch of mumbo-jumbo about the artist, who, at the end of the day, should only be know as 'That guy who drew that awesome comic'. Much as Martin Luther King is 'That guy who did so much for equality', not 'that bloke who said x to a tabloid journalist'. You get my drift.
OK.
Rant over.
Anyways, if you do like Jimothy, and/or think other people will also like the comics, then please go ahead and 'like' and share the page on Facebook, but please, for the love of everything holy, do not expect me to share every little detail of my life just so people 'know' me.
NB: Actually, thinking about it, I am a very open person. I don't have anything to hide, but my point is that what I do share is relevant to the topic it's in. Ie. a bit of background for some inspiration for a comic.
