Random Ramblings and A Brother Who Needs Some Love

As the title above suggests, this is going to be one of my random rambling posts. You have been warned.

• I am now gainfully employed! I have joined the web team at a contemporary art home furnishings website called Unica Home. I start on 9/2 and I'm looking forward to it.

• At the same time, the girls will be going to preschool and not a moment too soon. As much as I love them to bits, they need to be in a structured school environment.

• Everyone and his brother seems to have seen The Dark Knight except me and strangely, since I am a gigantic comic book nerd, I have absolutely no desire to see it. Didn't care about Batman Begins either, even though it brought one of my favorite Batman villains to the screen : Ra's al Ghul. Apparently, Robert Downey Jr. shares a similar opinion with me regarding Dark Knight, although he uses slightly more colorful language to express his displeasure.

• In case you haven't looked at my links to the right, let me introduce you to someone who I truly feel is not only a great cartoonist but a great guy: Tom Beland. Tom and I share a few things in common: he's from California, he's a cartoonist, and he was in a long distance relationship with his wife for a long time before he made the leap and moved across the country to Puerto Rico. Well, without sounding too sappy, Tom is hurtin', folks. Tom's comic book, "True Story Swear to God", which is one of the books I look to when I need reminding that I can indeed be a cartoonist again, isn't doing real well, sales-wise. The book is getting eclipsed by other books that have half-naked women on the covers with 75 HHH breasts and 14 inch waists. You think I'm exaggerating, don't you? You may not have seen a superhero comic in a while, then. Tom just came out with a compilation of his books which are available at your local comics store or by ordering online here. But that ain't all, folks. Tom has been having some health issues, mostly involving his back and his drawing hand, which he has been having tremors in and let me tell you, that's pretty frickin' terrifying for any artist. After my sight, that's the one thing that I would truly fear losing, my ability to draw. So, do me a favor, gang: go to his blog and give the brother a little love: say a prayer, let him know that a lot of folks care, whatever you feel comfortable doing. He does great work and deserves to have his work seen by as many people as possible.

Thanks, and take care,
~Rob