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Concentration

For some time, I’ve been struggling with concentration. Be it the dreaded “brain fog” (which most people seem to have these days), or just a general difficulty focusing on things for more than short periods… it’s certainly a nuisance, as well as an obstruction to engaging in much by way of “constructive” activity.

Too, I have been struggling with atrocious insomnia, a different problem but, I think, closely connected. And I believe the chief core of these issues is to do with stress, depression, anxiety & worry. I have a lot on my plate. At the end of this month, I have the tremendous pleasure of becoming 58 years old. To say the least, this is not something I have any enthusiasm about, as hinted at previously.

I’m definitely not one of those people disposed to “age positivity”. I see no merit in getting older whatsoever. On top of that, I am dogged with the feeling that I’ve substantially wasted my life—or thrown it away, if you like—with considerably less time left ahead of me (and considerably lower quality time, at that) than behind me, in which to… what? Redeem myself? Salvage my life? Make it all seem a bit more worthwhile? You get the drift.
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Club Comicana-Vamporama at 20

NOTE: After you’ve read all the posting below (and I hope you do!), please go look at the 2021 posting “The Last Club Vamporama”—I had sadly accidentally deleted the original version of this posting, rather than making it private, forcing me to recreate it—and it’d be really cool if you could leave some new feedback & comments there! Thanks.

While on the theme of 20th anniversaries… I did my first Club Comicana strip around October 2006. To celebrate, let’s have a bit of history and rare art!

That first strip was going to be dropped into my regular “Networks” column for Comics International #201—however, Dez abruptly sold the magazine, and I didn’t get along with the bumbling fool who was tasked with killing it off taking it over… so I didn’t continue working for the mag.

Club Comicana 1 2006

But in actual fact, the very first (unfinished) strip was started in the summer of 2006. And I recently realised, I had never posted it on here. So here it is…
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Marie Portrait 2019

Yes, the star of Club Vamporama! I’m calling it 2019 because I wanted to revisit a piece I did back in February 2011. I liked the concept, but the execution was really quite poor—at the time a few people were positive about it, but one lispy-voiced person was quite critical… and basically they were right, whatever their motives. It was very amateurish indeed.

Marie Portrait 2019
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Catchup

Long time no see, again. Lots of things have been happening, though, even if they haven’t necessarily happened in the order I’d planned. (For instance, the long-mooted Weekly Webcomics idea didn’t get going. Yet.)

Having assembled a reasonably decent set of film gear in recent months, Steve and I have been doing a series of short items for the film show on You can see one (and soon more) of these items in the Film/Video part of my revamped but under construction portfolio.
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No, a real posting this time…

Last one was quite a weak excuse, wasn’t it? But, I’m in a Web Mood. I’ve just been brushing up on my Web skills a bit and thought I’d upgrade the place and add a few ideas I hit on elsewhere. And say hello, if anyone’s still reading. Always appreciate feedback, but prefer it not to be of an anyonymous nature.

My financial situation is still dreadful and the hunt for regular, stable work continues. Yeah, I’m told about my boundless talent quite often; just hasn’t paid off a great deal to date. But I’m still slogging away trying to get to a better position.
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