Writers and artists have a lot to do to complete their tax return, as self-employed workers. So if you finished, have a cheery laugh at this page showing my plight. You may see by the year that it is not from yesterday… with all the paper forms. The webcomic was originally published in French, so I translated it fast to get it to you!
(For the non-Canadians, RRSP is a bit like a 401-k account)
Tagged Comics, fiscality, humor, self-employed, tax returns, tax season, Webcomic
Contracts!
That I am working on, hence the delay in getting new gags uploaded on this blog. A few writing and illustration contracts landed in the same week, a rare event.
I can’t resist the call of the garden…
There’s a spring rivality between the two activities. So the next novel will wait a little!
So this was my first ever marathon, completed in a whopping 5h45min! (See my finish video and some pictures here, the exact personal time is 5h42:52)
I haven’t decided yet if I want run another full one. As you can see I got stiff knees for a few days post-race. But I was fairly better at the Sudbury French bookfair!
However, half-marathons are perfect for me: I completed the first part of the race in a fairly good 2h20!
The training (with a half-marathon group as there was no full training instructor available last January) took long hours from my writing and comics creation. I’d love to run a full 42,2 k under a more favorable weather!
My next race is this Sunday, a 15-km at the Bread and Honey Festival, of Streetsville.
Are you nervous signing with a heavy block hanging over your table? I am!
But the worst situation was witnessed here, at the 2008 Paris bookfair. (Yes, it’s me under the triangular sign!)
It seems that my marathon training is getting in the way of drawing!
The event is in three weeks…
As your business grows, you reach a point where you stop creating wealth, and jobs.
Posted in Art, Comics, humor, Society
Tagged art, business, Comics, Creation of wealth, Economy, Growth, horizontal integration, humor, vertical integration, Webcomic
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Most mags now have “dormant” submission periods. Yes, one does open its subs page at midnight.
I can’t finish without mentioning that one brave editor, David G. Hartwell (of Tor Books), passed away yesterday. He was always nice to the new authors and visited often our Canadian SF conventions (here at Anticipation but I also met him in Boréal 2010 and Ad Astra 2014). He and his exuberantly colored ties will be missed.
Posted in Art, BD, Comics, humor, Science-fiction, Society, Writing
Tagged art, Asimov's, Asimov's science fiction, Comics, deadlines, humor, magazines, paper submission, Science-fiction, Sending submissions to magazines, Webcomic, Writing, writing life
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This week,s comic has been inspired by the Comic haïkus realized by Salgood Sam‘s class (his website Dynamic Drawing is a must).
Posted in Art, BD, Comics, Writing
Tagged Comics, Dynamic Drawing, Haïku, Salgood Sam, Webcomic
Echoes of a Sunday artist 