Tax ‘n’ Vax Day

I have been informed that my 2020 taxes are done. Having prepared my own returns since I was 16, I am for the first time ever using an accounting firm for my personal taxes.

Beckle contemplates why he needs to do his taxes, but life in cartoon land is no different than it is in real life.

The time seemed right to let someone else prepare my returns, after a good experience with a CPA in Arizona, who handled the Trust taxes after my father died. Combined with some bad experiences with Intuit, the parent of TurboTax.

Today I will be getting a shot in the arm, by invitation of Massachusetts General Hospital. AFAIK it will be the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

The Comic Book Bronze Age

Two years ago, at a comic con in downtown Albany, I had a lengthy and very enjoyable conversation with comic book writer Denny O’Neil. Joe Sinnott was also at the show, and I’m sad to say they died within a couple weeks of each other last year.

Almost 50 years ago, Alan Light, founder of The Buyer’s Guide of Comics Fandom, published this audio interview with Denny. At the time, O’Neil was white-hot as the writer of the highly praised Green Lantern/Green Arrow comic book series, and the equally praised post-TV show reboot of Batman. Both books were illustrated by Neal Adams.