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Last post of the decade...
🕑 Added 2020-01-01 03:05:29 +0000 UTCHi everyone! No news on the hand but I found out that my hockey insurance may give me a payment from “loss of work” from my Patreon. They need some documentation though. Hmmm, which comic should I send Hockey Canada? Lol.
No... I’m going to send them a screen grab of patreon earnings lost in November and January.
Clever old guy sent me some great suggestions for my discord and some ideas for patreon tiers. Three pages packed with a reorg so I’ll sort through it and hopefully will make the discord easier and more fun to use.
This decade has been the absolute worst of my life and I’m happy to see it gone.
2011 - Father passed away
2012 - I had a depressive panic attack from some strange weed that lasted 4 days.
2013 - I had a relapse that went on for months.
2013 - Amazon banned me from selling my comics permanently. Gave up drawing comics.
2013 - my sister lost her mind and we found her weeks later in filth (alive... thank God!)
2014 - My brother moved away to the USA.
2014 - mother sold her house and moved me, my sister and herself into a new one.
2015 - Brother moved back into the house after running out of money in the USA.
2015 - EBay shut down my full time 15year old business without any reason. They refused to talk to me to explain.
2016 - Sister kicked my mom out of her own house! (told u she was nuts)
2016 - Brother moved out of the house and back to the USA.
2017 - Sister suddenly took off and moved out. Mother moved back in.
2019 - Sister, brother and mom doing better now. Me also.
Whew. What an awful experience with family. Just a tornado happening around me while I was trying to get better. I feel good now but am really weary when anyone in the family declares they’d like “to make a change” at my expense.
Good things that happened this decade?
Shortly after Amazon banned me I started up Patreon. It could never replace having four best selling books on the kindle... right? Wrong! You guys have been SUPER supportive and your support has actually freed me from Amazon’s super restrictive content rules. Now you guys are allowing me to draw the comics I really want to draw and the stories YOU want to read.
So... the decade came out a push? Maybe a win?
Okay... who am I kidding... it’s been a massive disaster!
Looking forward to the 20’s with tons of excitement. Hopefully it will all start with great news from my hand doctor in a week.
Thanks everyone for being the ONLY positive thing in this decade.
I hope I was able to brighten up your decade a bit too!
See you when the clock hits 2020!
J.Sinope.
Comments
fannum
You should have used the other hand to pleasure yourself ... but then, you're a hockey player ,,,
Julia Sinope
Yes, mostly external factors outside of my control and was really blindsided by it. I’ll be much better prepared if 2020 decides to go another round with me!
Julia Sinope
Thanks Hank. We creatives are a strange bunch. I’m glad there are people who have the parallel skill to support them. And yes... I’m going bat shit crazy right now. Maybe another Red Sonja chapter for today.
Julia Sinope
You always do! I’m happy to have you come aboard (see what I did there Navy Man?) this year. I need you to keep me in check.
Julia Sinope
Oh. Great ideas as always. I love the 20s. Flapper girls, gangsters and booze!
Julia Sinope
Thanks Eddie. Apart from my pastors wife dying and this hand thing 2019 was kind to me so I’m hopeful.
Julia Sinope
So true! I’m taking this as a rebirth from the horrid 2010’s. Like leaving an old job with horrible coworkers and starting a fresh at a new job!
Julia Sinope
I figure it’s important to take stock of the negative so you can refocus on being positive going into the next era. Kindof how we always look back at our poop before we flush it down. Lol.
Julia Sinope
Thanks! I think it will be a great decade of wild creativity and fun!
hal
Wow Sinope... you could make a movie... Wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year and looking forward to Little Lorna et al having some wonderful new and hot (mis)adventures.
William Savage
Sorry for the Hell endurance.
Expect_no_Mercy
Don't even leave "worry" on your table. When it comes to 2020, just know that "Hey... You got this"!
Eddie Edwards
52 minutes from now we will pray your new decade will be a resounding success
RH
Well . . . glad you're resilient . . . and yeah it's time for the roaring '20s . . . with oddles of great times . . .! Maybe an art deco comic . . . LL would be a great flapper . . . heh Best of New Years to you and may the next decade be great for you.
fannum
I'm glad to bring so much sweetness and light into your sad existence. I'll try harder in 2020 ... in about an hour!
Happy New Year J Sinope hope 2020 is better for you :)
HankD
and I have some small understanding of how much bottled-up energy you have by now. I look forward to the explosion, but try to continue to take care of yourself - for all our sakes.
HankD
Happy New Year! And congratulations, you've made it "through the Teens" for a second time! In a long and varied working career I've had the pleasure of jobs that allowed me to support and facilitate the work of "Creatives",
Avery McCreedy
Dahm J. That's a long list of not great things. Truly hope the best for you in 2020, starting with your hand recovering. Happy New Years to you and all your Patrons!
