Yes, there may very well be some comics content on my blog in the next couple of days. Ironically, tightening finances preclude our attending the Wizard World East convention this weekend, where we'd planned to be if Robin were working (it still amazes me, he's one of the best artists in the business and it's been about two months now; comics industry folk, please peruse his portfolio and email him with offers!) and if I'd had a damned debit card. It's funny, I remember going to college in the days before ATMs, and now I can't seem to get by without my debit card. Because my bank has no branches around where I currently live, I use the card just about every other day to make purchases and get cash-back (I much prefer a debit to a credit, as I know if I use the former I've already paid for the items right out of my bank account). Well, said bank neglected to send me a new card when my old one expired, which made for a bit of an embarrassment at the dry cleaners yesterday (and Rob's right, I've been with them for 25 years and the service just keeps getting poorer, so as soon as my heretofore-only-hinted-at life circumstances change I think I'll be looking for a new one that offers a comparable checking-with-interest account). So as I was in the City today anyway for an inter-- um, for something having to do with the aforementioned life circumstance change, I trundled ("trundled?") on up to the Upper West Side and cashed a couple checks so I'd at least have some money for the 7-10 business days it will take for the new card to arrive. The customer service person couldn't tell me why it had never been sent out, but in a way it's a good thing because their card division, which it turns out keeps separate records from their banking division (don't ask!), had my old address from 13 months ago so, since the forwarding order has probably expired, I'd never have received it if they had sent it out. Why it was never sent is still a mystery, and this is me not holding my breath for the CS guy to call me back with his discovery.
And good thing, too, as I suddenly took violently ill this evening and can't figure out why. But I digress.
The comics content portion of this post concerns my friend and superlative comics essayist Rich Watson, who finally took some sensible advice and turned his email newsletter Glyphs into a blog. I'm very pleased to add him to my blogroll, and look forward to his continued coverage of the black comics community. Now I think I'm going back to bed to either sleep or read comics.
And good thing, too, as I suddenly took violently ill this evening and can't figure out why. But I digress.
The comics content portion of this post concerns my friend and superlative comics essayist Rich Watson, who finally took some sensible advice and turned his email newsletter Glyphs into a blog. I'm very pleased to add him to my blogroll, and look forward to his continued coverage of the black comics community. Now I think I'm going back to bed to either sleep or read comics.
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