Hey friends! Its been a draining couple of weeks for me. But that will soon be fixed. I have decided to go down to TWO jobs instead of three. My days as the "manager" of Cap City Reprographics are coming to an end and I am now full time at my new graphics job. After almost 10 months of 16 hour days, I am ready to slow down a bit. However at the new job I will be working a ton of overtime. So it will be very similar, but I will not be spread as thin and it will help me focus on the job more.
The new job is a "career" job. One that I am more than ready for. I am used to just barely scraping by with two jobs to make a living wage. But this one... I quite enjoy it. The environment is professional and the people are great. The job itself is challenging but I am doing quite well at it. Who woulda thought it took me until my 37th year on this planet to finally get a "real" job! HA! Anyway, I am very happy with my choice and I'm glad I found the place. I look to have a long career there from this point forward. It pays my bills, feeds my family and I am able to start thinking about things I need for the future. For the first time in my life I have actual health insurance, a 401K... you know.. ADULT things! Wow. And now I will also have a bit more time to focus on finishing the art projects I have on my plate. Best of all, I will have a steady schedule to see my boys. It started that way back about a month or so ago and its really working out nicely. We all need steady schedules in our lives. And a healthy sleep pattern isn't anything to scoff at either!
How I got through the days of 18 hours of work at 2-4 hours of sleep, I'll never know. NEVER AGAIN folks... NEVER AGAIN.
But work for me is getting ready to ramp up big time. First up I got the Grand Rapids Comic Con on Oct 16-18th. Word is that tickets are almost sold out for the show, so it is going to be insanely busy there! I am now taking pre-orders for commissions to be picked up at the show. I do not do commissions at the shows anymore so if you want anything from me, you'll have to grab it now. To see info and rates, click HERE and if you are interested in ordering, email me right HERE
Also is the launch of the Kickstarter for STARSLAM 2!!! I started really drilling down on the coloring of the pages this last week and I got only about 10 more pages of art to go. But I'll make my deadline. Right now its looking like the Kickstarter will launch toward the end of the month, with the digital copies available in December, and the print versions in January... very similar to the last time. The book will be around 160 pages and its wayyyyyy awesome! I can't wait for you all to see it.
After that, its full speed ahead on Pleasant Life 2. I'm already 40 pages of art into that, and it will be in black and white, so less work digitally. It should go smoothly. But I hope to have that done in time for convention season next year. No Kickstarter for that I think. Just release as normal. Maybe a book tour. Who knows...
Also sometime next year I will finish and release my first full novel about my porn store work experiences. And MAYBE I will release my short story/poem book too! We'll see on that.
Also in time for con season will be a new pinup book: VINYL GIRLS! Pinups of girls with music and vinyl records in theme. I have the pieces all drawn, they just need to be colored and a cover done for it. (See, I've been busy!!!)
And I'm still planning on launching ALL of my comics digitally in various formats before the end of the year. Look for a big push from me for the holidays. Perhaps a holiday sale to boot!
Lastly, I will continue to work on Star Wars cards in between all of this. I am on a set right now, so I still have to finish that before the end of this month.
So... TONS of stuff is coming off the burners and will be released to your hot little hands!
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As far as personal life, things are going quite well. My girlfriend and I are doing this October horror movie challenge and showing each other favorite horror flicks the other has never seen. This week I showed her EVIL DEAD 2, which she dug. I also showed her some BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD, which she also dug. Up next is her pick: The CONJURING. Somewhere in there we gotta check out THE BABADOOK. And we'll keep up the horror watches all month. I am getting excited for the holidays. Some Turkey, taters and asparagus is all in my head. Yummy!
All things are well. Thanks for checking in. Great ready for the things to come!!
Cheers, T
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