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What does "NDR" stand for?

"NDR" doesn't stand for anything. It's pronounced "Ender" and is shorthand for, well, "Ender." Ender was my nickname in high school and college, and since that was when I started officially doing art for money I would sign things "Ender" or "NDR." It has been quite a number of years since anyone has called me that, though, and I've recently been signing things "Dylan NDR" as a transitional sort of thing.

Your next question is probably going to be "Is it Ender as in Ender's Game?" to which the answer is no. The name was bestowed upon me by a friend for reasons that are far too dull to detail here. I keep meaning to fabricate a more exciting story, something like, "It all started that year I went kayaking with the rhinos in Guatemala...."

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Will you do an illustration for me? By tomorrow? For free?

Maybe, no, and definitely no. If you would like to commission an illustration, I ask of you this: first of all, give me some decent lead time (at least a month, depending on the size and scope of the project), as I tend to have a lot of projects in the works at any given moment. Have a good idea of what you want me to do before you get in touch with me. Be prepared to pay standard rates for professional illustration. If your project has a tiny or non-existent budget, you might ask around at local art colleges since there are a lot of very talented students looking to fill out their portfolios and they may be willing to work for a reduced rate or for free. Finally, for the record, I don't do porn or stuff of questionable legality (for example, no characters owned by someone besides you or me).

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May I use one of your cartoons in my class project?

Maybe. Probably. I would still prefer that you ask first, though. I don't usually charge for reprints for class projects, as I am well aware that students are generally strapped for cash. But I do like to know where and in what context my work is being used, mostly for my own amusement.

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You did a cartoon about [subgroup x]. Does this mean you're part of [subgroup x]?

Yeah, okay, you got me. I'm a kinky baseball-playing Republican lesbian Jewish goth transsexual manatee. I feel so much better now for finally having said it.

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Are you selling any of the original art for your comics?

Not quite. The finished pages are not for sale at this time, and won't be until I have them printed in some kind of archival format like a fancy-pants book. Howevah, I have a number of preliminary pencils available for several of the early comics (2000 - 2001, mostly). In one or two cases it's the whole comic; most of the rest are just individual panels pencilled on vellum. You can snag some of these by making a donation to the Make More Comics Dammit Fund. Other artwork related to my comics may crop up for sale from time to time, for which you ought check the Stuff for Sale section.

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