ROCK BOTTOM

014. JAMES B DIVINES A RESOURCEFUL AND UNIQUE CREATIVE PROCESS

2025-12-29

Rock Bottom and James B. are having a conversation in the middle of the road. James says: "dude you make music? you should hear my swag workflow" His speech continues, occasionally intersparsed with diagrams. "I'll contact an EDM producer I like and be like:" Here a social media message from James B. is shown; it reads "your new song is shit you obviously used ai". "and most of them will just tell me to 'pound sand'" "But every so often the guy will send me a pic of his gear" Indeed JPlausible, a man wearing sunglasses, has countered James's assertion with "really? explain this" and a photograph of his Fisher Price keyboard. Next to this we see the website "FisherPrice.net" open on a product page. "Product : FISHER PRICE MUSIC KEYBOARD" (this text accompanies a similar photograph of the same model of keyboard). "Have you ever wondered how music? This is the top gear of" -- further text is cut off. But back to James: "and then I'll go on the Internet and buy it, and I'll have one more thing inspiring me to make some beats." As James finishes talking we see him next to a large pile of random musical objects, including keyboards, drum machines, amplifiers, a snare drum, a microphone, a guitar, and a computer monitor. Rock Bottom asks: "do you ever love or would you crumble away because it's innately incompatible with your being" James cooly responds: "sheesh! someone's angry he's not popular on Threads". This is the end of the comic, and it is noted as such. Wisp's signature follows.

Drawn by: Wisp

Characters: Rock Bottom, James B., extra

BACK.

Several screenshots from a 2D platformer on an orange-and-red background, with elements from the game popping out. Next to them is angular text that reads "YOU CAN'T".