What I’m Thankful For

It’s Thanksgiving, which means beer, turkey and football, but also some passing thoughts about what each of us is thankful for in our lives.  Normally, I’d scoff off that last bit and just say ‘Batman’ but this has been a tumultuous year.

This year I met Neal Adams, who’s one of my comic book industry heroes.  I interviewed Neal at New York Comic Con, and it was a great pleasure to spend time with him and his family.  That was a big deal for me, as were my occasional contributions to Newsarama.  My tour around the con circuit this year also let me meet Chip Mosher, C.B. Cebulski, Tom Brevoort, Molly Lazer, and Sean McKeever.  The cons in New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore also helped me to spend some time with friends, specifically Rich and Bill from Film Buff Online, Kevin Church, and Caroline and Jennifer from Fantastic Fangirls.  And Kristi, her fiance Jay and Skip and Mike, who don’t have Web sites.  I’ll reiterate, as it seems I often do (but maybe not often enough) that the comics community is made of really, really good people, despite how bitchy and snarky we can get sometimes.

This year I found a new, stable, rewarding job, and I’m thankful for my employers and coworkers and most of my clients.

I’m thankful for each of you reading Conditional Axe; I hope it’s managed to get better over the past few years and that it’s a worthwhile part of your day.  I’m thankful for my pals at Alert Nerd bringing me into the fold, speaking of blogs.   Matt, Sarah and Chris are some of my favorite people on the Internet.

Most of all, I’m thankful to have really wonderful friends and family members who’ve given me the strength and the courage to make the painful and difficult decisions that I’ve made this year.  You are too numerous to name, but I appreciate every one of you.

Okay, that was really sappy; so let’s think about cyborg bears fighting flying laser sharks instead.