Best thing/worst thing that has ever happened?
(WWW Board May 2000) I enjoy traveling and I have been fortunate to have been invited to many different areas. Two years ago [January 1998] , my wife Sharon and I went to Japan as guests of the Osamu Tezuka Productions. I went to Norway with good friend Sergio Aragons as guests of an international cartooning festival [Bergen Tegneseriefestival, September 1999] . This year [October 2000] Sharon and I are invited to Northern Spain to receive an award [2000 Haxtur Award for “Best Script (in Spain)”, for UY’s “Grasscutter”] . There have also been trips around the country such as for a presentation I did at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. My family had a wonderful time in Santa Clara as guests of Fanime (one of the best ways to get me to a convention is to invite my family). The downside has to do with anyone who is self-employed or owns their own business: taxes, self-discipline, etc. As a creative person though, there are times when I run into “the block”. Where it’s difficul
