As I type this, my mother’s birthday is fast approaching. And every year, my brother and I have this exact conversation.
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Mom's Birthday
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I don’t think I’ve ever shown Earth from space before. Some of the ships buzzing around are alternate models shown on the boxes of released sets.
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It just hit me that not long ago, I reached a huge milestone for SPACE: The Comic. Today’s page is the 501st comic I’ve produced since returning in 2017. The original run of SPACE: The Comic (2008-2013) was 483 pages. (For the record, the milestone was passed with “Cosmic Cruiser” Part 9.) Following the long, dark silence of this comic, I couldn’t have imagined that I would outdo my younger, spunkier self who had much more time on his hands!
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One summer, my family was down at the Jersey shore during Mom’s birthday. My brother and I, ever indecisive, had not purchased a present beforehand. We scoured the boardwalk last minute, looking for Mom’s “perfect” gift. A stuffed animal won at a game of chance? A week’s supply of funnel cake? We entered one of those higher-end beachy décor stores, our last hope, and finally settled on the best we could do—a giant-ass seashell. To my Mom’s credit, she acted like she loved it, and that shell still holds a place of honor to this day on top of the toilet tank in the hall bathroom.
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My wife, my family, my friends… they know the drill. We’ll be out driving around and I’ll be like, “Hey, do you need anything from Walmart? I need to pick up something from Walmart.” They stop, and I immediately book it for the toy aisles. Could that new wave of Transformers possibly be in stock? Did it already get picked over by the scalpers and other collectors?? You know people love and care for you when they are willing to put up with such shenanigans. I feel like I’m asking them to drive me to the street corner downtown to buy a dime bag from my dealer. Is there really much difference?
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After the creepy, serious vibe of the last storyline, I wrote this little tale to lighten the mood. It also happens to be one of the more autobiographical stories I’ve published!
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