I love my father. He wasn't around much when I was a kid. He worked hard in the oil fields to give us a good home. We were never close. My mother, I was close with her. She got me into music, art, movies, etc. She was a Star Trek fan. She bought me the cool toys I wanted. She understood why I wanted to create and it was an actual "job." But she passed away in 2000. I picked up and carried her with me. My father and I now, are very close. We're able to approach each other on a mature level. Sure we don't do or understand the same things in life, but he is 100% supportive of me.
Lucky for him and I, he met and married the sweetest woman ever. My step mom is just awe-inspiring. She has been through so much. Life, death and life, and still hangs on strong. She really is an inspiration for womanhood. She has been a glue that held our broken family together. She didn't have to be, but she just is cause of her strong and gracefull nature.
I've been blessed with supportive, loving parents. They may not "understand" what I do. They may not know how or what my funny little comic book career means, but they support me. I love them eternally.
My brothers, we're not too close. My oldest brother is a musician. I am too, so we connect on that level. He is a go-geter. I wish I had his energy and drive. My other brother I haven't seen since my mother died. And my other brother is mentally handicapped and lives in a home. Not the closest of friends, but we care for each other. We love each other. If any of my brothers called me tonight and said they needed me, I'd come. I'd do anything I'd have to. Cause they are blood, they are family.
Now I know some people on this planet that are not that fortunate. They have had hard home lives, they are not close with their siblings. I cannot relate to it, but I can understand it. I've taken some logic, psychology and philosophy classes to know what and where things go wrong with people. I try to help solve situations or give advice where I can. I like to think I am smart in some areas other than art! (wink)
Now, I am almost 29 years old. I have my OWN family. I have a wife who I met on October 5, 2002. I married her the following August. We have an incredible relationship. We never fight. We get along so well. I get along with her folks very well. I get along with her friends. And her, my friends. She lets me be me, and she is allowed to be herself. We UNDERSTAND each other cause we are in the same boat... two kids against the world.
I have a son, who I love with all my being. He is the most incredible thing I have ever known. My greatest creation perhaps? I like to think that I do influence his life. Sure, his situation is a tad different than the "normal" nucular family would be, but he is quite lucky. He has TWO sets of parents who love him. He gets DOUBLE the love and presents for Xmas! He is the smartest, happiest and most well behaved kid I've ever known. I used to feel guilty for a long time for his odd family situation, but I realized he is actually lucky. I let that guilt go cause it was unwarranted. He holds a pen now and draws like his daddy. It makes me swell with pride that soon he will unlock worlds in sci-fi, games and comics that I have and he will totally love it. I am amazed and humbled by that power. To build a life and have it witnessed before you. Incredible.
All of this comes together to make my world. Sure, I got comics, fans, music, friends, etc. But my family is my blood. To hate my family is to hate myself. I don't hate myself, I love who I am, and who these people make me. Don't you? Don't you look to your homelife and want to embrace it all? Sure there are the bad times, but you got to have the bad times to appreciate the good times. All of it, unravells the tapestry of your life. Strands in your blanket, bricks in your wall. Whatever. Point is, LOVE YOUR FAMILY. Embrace them. Care for them. Cause take it from me, one day, they will be gone in a flash and there is so much you wish you would have said or done, and it leaves nothing but regret.
Even as close as I was with my mother, if I could have her back for one day.... just one day... I'd never draw comics again. Literally, I'd do anything for my loved ones. Would you?
Think about it.....
Okay, onto other (less deep) things:
-I got some super exciting MAJOR NEWS to announce soon. I'm making a little game of it back at the Idiothead Chat Forum. Check in the "comics" chat section and look to the clues to guess. Guess right and post and win a prize! What prize? I dunno, but I'll float something to the way of the first person who guesses, so GET ON IT!
-I've decided to start working more on the "writing" end of comics on some long delayed projects of mine and help someone else's dreams come true. Why the hell not right? So, if you are interested, check my MYSPACE Bulliton posts for info...
-I got all of Pleasant Life #1's word balloons done and then my COMP CRASHED!!!!!!! I will not know the extent of the damage till tuesday when tech can look at it. Hopefully I havent lost the pages. IF I did, I gotta redo alot of it. Another 20 hours of work. Yippie.
-Looking forward to a nice quiet weekend with the wife. She's got it off of work and we're planning on spending some time together shopping, me drawing, cuddling, and other things. (no, nothing GROSS!).
-Shane, Sara and new baby are happy and healthy still! and dealing with uber amounts of visitors last weekend and this weekend. I'll get my chance later this month to bug them!
-Still excited about Mid-Ohio Con. Very excited about it. November is gonna rock just cause of that!
Well, thats it for now. Have a good weekend everyone!
ADAM T. "part-time loser"
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