Category: Comic Books

The Merry Patreon Marching Society

A while ago, I trimmed back a couple of my Patreon subscriptions to focus on a few favorites; one about audio, one about comic book art, and one about the Beatles

  • Audio Unleashed is a podcast with Brent Butterworth and Dennis Burger. Brent is a friend of a friend, from when they worked at Dolby Labs.
  • Artist Colleen Doran I know well enough to say I consider her to be a friend.
  • Andrew’s Parlogram videos are mostly about the Beatles. Another Andrew of impeccable quality and integrity, named Sandoval, who I have met, has given a thumbs-up to Andrew’s work.

Hobnobbing With the Professional Doodlers

What happens at the National Cartoonists Society conference stays at the NCS conference. Okay, not really, but I’m still feeling too euphoric to say very much.

I spoke with quite a few people, some more familiar than others. I had wonderful chats with a couple of comic book artists I already know, Joe Staton and Colleen Doran. Also, two cartoonists who I hadn’t met before today, Lynn Johnston and Greg Walker, one of Mort Walker’s son.

Tomorrow, I will be wearing a suit and tie to attend the Reuben Awards ceremony and banquet.

Art Spiegelman, creator of Maus, will be the recipient of the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award.

Adventure strip and comic book artist Sy Barry will receive the Elzie Segar Award for excellence in cartooning.

Eliquis Nevermore!

Two weeks ago, I wrote that I’d received a heart monitor to confirm that I am free of persistent atrial fibrillation. I wore it for exactly one week, with the data collected via USB and, presumably, stored in flash memory.

I returned the monitor one week ago, and after a misdirection by UPS it was rerouted and delivered on Wednesday. The data was reviewed, the result is here, and this is it:

No AFib was present during the study

Superman #233, published in 1970, cover date January, 1971

I’m very pleased that I’m able to stop taking Eliquis, because I was starting to see the effects of taking the blood thinner over the past six months. A couple of thorn pricks suffered while clearing overgrown brush outside resulted in blood blisters. A slight banging of a knuckle while working in the basement produced a significant bruise. So buh-bye, Eliquis!