A very quick column this week as it is already Friday morning and we're heading out of the house shortly so that Mel can get to work. The Comic Cuts column would normally be written on Thursday, but I've had a deadline looming to complete the latest book I have been working on. The deadline is today and I've had a week to scan and clean artwork and write all the introductory material.
I started on Friday last week and had the scans finished over the weekend. Clean-up took until Wednesday, and I also managed to write a piece of the introduction that will be paneled out. The main introduction I started yesterday and I'll have it completed today.
By mid-afternoon on Thursday I was confident enough to head off into town where there was a leaving do for some old colleagues from Aceville Publications, home of Comic World back in the Nineties and where I've also edited a couple of other titles over the years. This was a party I didn't want to miss: the guy in the photo is Matt, who has been the publisher at Aceville for forty-odd years and was also the guy who interviewed me back in 1991 about writing for a new title they were planning. By the end of the interview I had blagged the editorial seat... the first step on a long and winding road that led to where I am today.
Helen (left photo, on the left) employed me back in 2017-18 to help put together a batch of essays for a website launch and Lynn (on the right) has been Mel's boss for some while. All three have been a lot of fun to work with and will be sorely missed.
And, of course, the chance of getting a few free drinks on DC Thomson's bar tab was an opportunity not to be missed. Now... back to writing that introduction...
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