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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh yes, I have a blog here.</p>
<p>I have a blog everywhere! If there's one thing I did from 2002 to maybe 2012? Set up BLOGS.<br />
I just assumed that I'd have limitless enthusiasm to frequently and rapidly update. And I did!</p>
<p>I had infinite energy that wasn't yet drained by omnipresent social media that I carried around in my pocket.</p>
<p>I'm 54 now, almost 55. I'm fitter than I was in my 40s. I sleep WAY better. I would say the biggest change of the last 10 years has been that I am less impulsive and spontaneous. I've got better follow-through on the things I choose to do.</p>
<p>In a very amateurish and haphazard way, I'm eyeing how people went from their late 30s to early 50s.<br />
The Beastie Boys shut down their 'Grand Royal' brand. They did not have infinite time and energy any more.<br />
A number of music outfits (they age faster than fruit!) went from hippest of hip to tribute bands.<br />
And there's a ton of left over web sites, half forgotten projects and efforts. Some wrapped up, more not.</p>
<p>Not that one's obliged to ease into middle age easily or smoothly. It seems that for a lot of people, the mild toboggan incline of their thirties becomes a ski slope in their 40s, if they don't have good health habits. More commitments (that's good), less time and attention for art.</p>
<p>One 'data point' for me is how some artists (Kate Beaton, Mandy Ord) have moved on to proper 'book' comics. Our friends at <a title="https://www.instagram.com/p/CoyjVMkJCpC/?hl=en" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CoyjVMkJCpC/?hl=en" target="_blank">SquishFace </a>Studios? Long shut down now, attempting to get a drawing night back up.</p>
<p>Hitting me where I think and feel right now:</p>
<p>Jeff Levine did 'No Hope' Comics in the 1990s. He's had the same job since 1999, it turns out. (And now he's been laid off.)<br />
Good design approach, use of color for Instagram. Has a web site as well.</p>
<p><a title="https://www.instagram.com/jefflevinecomics/?hl=en" href="https://www.instagram.com/jefflevinecomics/?hl=en" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/jefflevinecomics/?hl=en</a></p>
<p><a title="https://www.jefflevinecomics.com" href="https://www.jefflevinecomics.com" target="_blank">https://www.jefflevinecomics.com</a></p>
<p><img class="alignleft  wp-image-3327" src="http://www.quickdraw.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Jeff_Levine-300x196.png" alt="Jeff_Levine" width="380" height="248" /></p>
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<p>Also Gabby Schulz. He was the 2006 Ignatz winner and 2007 Center for Cartoon Studies resident, now he's living in a van, in share houses and feeling it.</p>
<p><a title="https://www.instagram.com/gabbyschulz/" href="https://www.instagram.com/gabbyschulz/" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/gabbyschulz/</a></p>
<p>(Instagram locked, but if you ask nicely you might see.)</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3328" src="http://www.quickdraw.me/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Gabby_Schulz-197x300.png" alt="Gabby_Schulz" width="197" height="300" /></p>
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<p>"A Process of Drastically Reducing One's Expectations" is available via print-on-demand and Gumroad.</p>
<p><a title="https://phase8publishing.gumroad.com/l/APODROE" href="https://phase8publishing.gumroad.com/l/APODROE" target="_blank">https://phase8publishing.gumroad.com/l/APODROE</a></p>
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<p>Both are talking about their lives - daily details, anxieties, small victories. For both, a lot of thinking is 'so it's come to this'. Or, 'how did I end up this way'. Alternately, 'I've learned a few small things".  Both have impressionistic but clear styles.</p>
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		If I enjoy something, I generally expect everyone else in the entire world needs to know. You've been warned.   All items cited are used in the context of (very brief) reviews. From above: http://adventuretime.wikia.com/wiki/Adventure_Time_with_Finn_and_Jake_Wiki Creator Interview &#160; Maps: try Open Street Map, OpenDevCam, Sithi.org, Urban Voice, LandPortal.info. The_Quantum_Thief (Hannu Rajaniemi) *Glossary of terms *Characters Photos? [&#8230;]]]></description>
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					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If I enjoy something, I generally expect everyone else in the entire world needs to know.<br />
You've been warned.   <img src="https://www.quickdraw.me/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="wp-smiley" /></p>
<p>All items cited are used in the context of (very brief) reviews.<br />
From above:</p>
<p><a title=" http://adventuretime.wikia.com/wiki/Adventure_Time_with_Finn_and_Jake_Wiki" href=" http://adventuretime.wikia.com/wiki/Adventure_Time_with_Finn_and_Jake_Wiki" target="_blank"></p>
<p>http://adventuretime.wikia.com/wiki/Adventure_Time_with_Finn_and_Jake_Wiki</a></p>
<p><a title="http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/05/15/interview-with-adventure-times-pendleton-ward-and-friends/" href="http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/05/15/interview-with-adventure-times-pendleton-ward-and-friends/">Creator Interview</a></p>
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<p>Maps: try <a title="http://www.openstreetmap.org" href="http://www.openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">Open Street Map</a>, <a title="http://OpenDevCam.net" href="http://OpenDevCam.net" target="_blank">OpenDevCam</a>, <a title="http://www.sithi.org" href="http://www.sithi.org" target="_blank">Sithi.org</a>, <a title="http://UrbanVoiceCambodia.net" href="http://UrbanVoiceCambodia.net" target="_blank">Urban Voice</a>, <a title="http://landportal.info" href="http://landportal.info" target="_blank">LandPortal.info</a>.</p>
<p><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quantum_Thief" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quantum_Thief" target="_blank">The_Quantum_Thief</a> (<a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/09/hannu-rajaniemi-quantum-thief" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/09/hannu-rajaniemi-quantum-thief" target="_blank">Hannu Rajaniemi</a>)<br />
*<a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_terms_in_The_Quantum_Thief" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_terms_in_The_Quantum_Thief" target="_blank">Glossary of terms</a><br />
*<a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_characters_in_The_Quantum_Thief" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_characters_in_The_Quantum_Thief" target="_blank">Characters</a></p>
<p>Photos? I'll corner you with them soon enough.    : )</p>
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