Bruce Dickinson's business tips compilation

Never too early

One of my earliest ventures was when I was nine years old. I realized there was a shortage of pencils at school, so I started Rent-a-Pencil. But I made a fundamental mistake. Everybody stole my pencils.

I think the best way to find out about something is to try to do it to the max. A lot of people take up a hobby or sport and then find an excuse not to carry on with it. Once I start something, I won't stop until I'm as good at it as I'll ever be.

Burton C Bell Interview

You have been writing the lyrics for your bands for many years but what made you write a graphic novel?

I have been writing stories most of my life. when fear factory began, i was given an opportunity to wrote my sci-fi stories in to the album. yes, i have been writing lyrics, however the lyrics are also part of the story. when i sit down to complete the story after the album has been completely recorded, i use the lyrics as an outline to create the main story. in the album obsolete is the story/screenplay that reads along with the lyrics. i wrote a story for digimortal, but i did not like it. it was too matrix. i did not try to actually write another story for an album until The Industrialist. the concept of the album and lyrics presented me with another great opportunity to create a new world.

What’s the plot of The Industrialist?

This story takes place in the near future. A dystopia corrupted by oligarchs. The protagonist is an automaton called The Indutrialist. Through experiences and memory retention it has become sentient. The antagonist, The Creator, has scheduled The Industrialist's model to be collected and removed for disassembly. The Industrialist has grown a following of other, similar automatons to seek out the creator in order to not be disassembled, to prolong their existence.