Death & Taxes
Well, last post it was taxes so . . .
My dad, who was ill for a few months passed away last weekend. Right before the Nashua show actually. So after that I packed my stuff and drove down to NYC.
Three days of wakes and funerals later here I am with a few hours to get some work done, and believe it or not, keeping this blog updated counts as work.
I didn’t know my dad all that well. When I was growing up he was never around and when he was starting to spend more time at home I left for college and never came back. So it was really strange meeting all these people who he’d helped out, mentored, inspired, etc. with his work, the Masons, his music, his humor, and so on. To me he was more like some random uncle who I loved but never saw, and who I could borrow money from, no strings attached.
Weirdness.
Well anyway, I did not finish Robo #6 yet. No shit, right? I’ve got 2 1/2 pages of lines to ink and then I ahve to go back and fill in all the big black bit. Yay drudgery.
Starting later this month, while we wait for Red 5 Comics to kick it into high gear, and Robo to hit the shelves, I’ll be returning to my work on Killer of Demons with Chris Yost. Dave Sloan will once again be sitting on my desk hacking his way through legions of demons disguised as fast food workers, focus group leaders, and advertising executives.
The reason I’m back on Killer of Demons is because we finally got a publisher. WHOO-HOO! I’m not sure if I can say who yet. But when I can I will.
I guess that’s it for this post.
Please save the sympathies -I appreciate them, but I don’t want this blog post to turn into a sopping wet mess.
Jokes about baby eating Masons are welcome though. My dad loved those. Especially over a steamy helping of dead baby gumbo.
PS: ( I love the Masons, and their Illuminati Overlords. Can I join?)
April 5th, 2007 at 11:07 am
Too soon for an Easter/Resurrection joke?
April 5th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
If by babies you mean “alcohol” and if by eat, you mean “drink” in the members bar, then I’d say the Masons are a lot like the Knights of Columbus. Not surprising since the K of C was formed by nice Irish Catholic boys like me who realized that there was not way in Hell that those Masonic Sons of Franklin, Adams and Jefferson were ever going to let us into their clubhouse.
As for Killer of Saints, that is great news my friend. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy, though I think Atomic Robo will be my favorite of the two.
April 6th, 2007 at 10:09 am
Brian! -is that the one where they put Jesus in the tomb and when they roll the rock back the Easter Bunny hops out?
(I am in SO much trouble if my Mom reads this.)
Brian M. -yeah that’s about right. I never knew the KoC was formed because of the religious differences. Not surprising though I guess.
I thought religion was supposed to bring us together . . .yeah, right!
April 6th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
Religion does bring folks together, or are you forgetting a little thing called “The Crusades.”
April 6th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
And just to be fair to the Masons, the Pope wasn’t too keen on his good catholic boys joining that organization anyway. I believe the word “excomunication” may have been mentioned by His Holyness.
April 6th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
Well. I’m not sure what so say here.
Happy Easter?
April 7th, 2007 at 8:46 am
I ate a giant peanut butter egg in honor of the Dying God… gee, I wonder where the idea of a god that dies and is reborn each year came from…?
April 7th, 2007 at 8:48 am
I watched the South Park Easter episode last night. It was brilliant.
Who knew that there was a link between Jesus and Peter Rabit? And that the Hare Club For Men was involved.
Amazing.
April 7th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
Remember, Peter Cottontail died for your sins…
April 8th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
So will you become a baby eating Mason now? While I have no desire to join the Masons, baby cheeks are quite delicious…
April 8th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Y’know, I was never asked to join. My brother and I were talking about that for about five seconds this week -we’re not sure why. Not that we can’t ask to join if we wanted to.
But I don’t know if I want to. I think the mystic internet secret organization pulling the string of society conspiracy crap is WAY more exciting than the reality. There certainly wasn’t enough baby eating for my father’s taste.
I’m really not a “joiners”. I get little to no satisfaction in belonging to groups like that, and I chafe hardcore when placed into hierarchical social/work networks.
Hense my awesome experiences in the military and working in aviation.
But I would still give the Mason’s serious consideration if asked I think.
April 8th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
But then we’ll have to change our comic to HOLY MASONIC ORDER ROBO.
April 9th, 2007 at 4:22 am
It has a certain ring to it.