Mooretoons

Happy New Year!

I had fun drawing the station agent. Whether we’ll see him again, I have no idea. Plan a story well in advance of writing or drawing it? Hahaha. That’s silly. Anyway, next week you’ll meet Fetch’s sister, Tara, starting the family dynamics of this story after so many pages of subterranean geopolitics. This adds up to something, I swear. (Crosses fingers.)

I hope you had a good 2018, for all of its larger horror show. Mine got better as it went along. I started the year, mourning my mother’s death, starting the process of handling her estate, and dealing with my own financial difficulties; I end the year having sold my mother’s house, tying up some loose ends, and looking forward to much needed relief, financially. If nothing else, I will be out of debt and have the makings of a decent down payment on a home of my own.

I also started the year as a grandfather! (See this strip commemorating her birth in late 2017.) My granddaughter is now a healthy and happy one-year-old, and her mom is proving to be quite a wonderful parent.

Another improvement made over the course of the year is the resumption of Fetch on a regular schedule. When I bought an iPad Pro and Pencil, it has expanded my drawing and cartooning possibilities, and also increased my productivity. I am pretty happy about that. So long as I am cartooning, I am a pretty happy camper.

I hope the coming year is better than last. May we all return to a status quo we can improve upon, instead of one that strikes anger and fear in our hearts. How is that for an uplifting toast?

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