Because of a pressing deadline and a general disgust at the news these days, I won't be posting a lot of new content for a day or three here. The disgust has a lot to do with leaders of all stripes who think that Doing Something About Mass Shootings means making speeches about how someone has to Do Something About Mass Shootings.
So far, the only actual action I see that stands a chance of becoming reality is to make sure that mass shooters get the Death Penalty. I dunno…seems to me that when a guy goes into a public place with an assault rifle and starts shooting anyone and everything, he assumes that he's going to perish in the process, probably in a hail of S.W.A.T.-team ammo. I don't get that a lot of those fellows are real worried about dying by lethal injection.
And that's the last time today I want to devote my mind to that matter or the guy in the White House.
I would have loved the evening with Dick Van Dyke even if it hadn't been such a good distraction from the news. He was sensational. His wonderful spouse Arlene was sensational. The band and his singing group The Vantastix were sensational. My gripes about the club and its food should in no way be viewed as a reflection on the show. Two very-separate things. I do not know if and when Dick will do it again but if/when that's arranged, I'll tell you about it here. After I secure my tickets, of course.
The last week, I've received a number of inquiries on a certain topic. Each of those asks when Sergio Aragonés and/or I will be appearing at another comic convention, preferably one near the residence of the person asking the question. As far as I know, we'll both be at the WonderCon in Anaheim (April 10-12, 2020) and the Comic-Con International in San Diego (July 23-26, 2020). I have nothing before that and I don't think Sergio does, either.
One gent who's written me before is angry that we don't come to his turf and acts like it's some sort of regional discrimination on our parts. It's actually because we don't get invited to his town…or if we do, they're unappealing offers. Please understand that if we don't come to your area, it's not because we hate your state and it certainly isn't because it went for Trump. One correspondent a few weeks ago actually accused me of having that petty motive. I got his e-mail saying that right after Sergio and I got back from North Carolina…a state Trump carried.
And Oops! Here I am thinking about Trump again. I'm going to go work on something that pays…not much but it pays.