Based on tests and consultation with my doctor, I'm declaring myself COVID-free. That doesn't mean I won't get it; just that I didn't get it as a result of my brief exposure recently. I'm masking in all public places.
As some of you have noticed, I removed from this blog the widget (that's what you call the little links in the right-hand margin) that invited you to follow me on Twitter. As of this moment, I still have my account but given how volatile and transitory "the rules" are there, I may be making a quick exit any second. It's kind of fascinating how unprepared Elon Musk seems to have been to run it. You'd think a guy shelling out 80 skillion bucks — or whatever he paid for it — would have some sort of plan for it before purchase. That's apart from "Fire half the staff." But no…he seems to be making it up as he goes along.
Because someone e-mails every day or so to ask this: At the moment, I only have two comic conventions on my calendar for 2023: WonderCon in Anaheim in March and Comic-Con in San Diego in July. Pandemic permitting, I'll be at both and Sergio Aragonés may be present as well. Maybe. I may or may not even leave my state next year…something I haven't done since June of 2019.
Lastly for now: Twice a day, I post on my Instagram feed the cover of a comic book I remember owning and loving back in the days when I was small and cute and most comics were a dime or twelve cents. Once in a while, you paid a whopping quarter for a "special" and thicker issue. From now through Christmas, I'm posting covers that relate to Christmas or at least Winter. Above are today's selections. I would post a Hanukkah comic from that period but even though the industry was founded mainly by Jews, there were no such comics.