Throughout my career I’ve worked in the Toy Industry (Hasbro, K’NEX), the Greeting Cards & Party Units Industry (Hallmark), the Confection and Gum Industry (Dubble Bubble bubblegum, Tootsie Roll), fun products. Schroeder Industries makes Hydraulic Filtrations for Industrial Applications, kind[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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It was a frustrating day. I’ve been drawing a comic everyday since I was laid off from Siemens on 9/4/2021 and if you’ve read any of my comics back in 2015, I drew comics that described the difficulty of finding[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s true when I say that I don’t want to get my hopes up too high. I’m 61 and out of work. Back in 2015 when K’NEX let me go (which can be seen in my comics from 2015) it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, I guess if I’d had stayed awake I could have accomplished a lot, but I’m sure the lack of sleep would have caught up with me and I’d have crashed into a nap sometime during the day. If you’ve[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, that’s right, I’ve actually gotten a few responses to applications recently. Now none of these are assured of anything, I mean they said they were interested in me, because of my resume. At least I think so. I don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I’ve said in past comics, I’m sad to see this theater close. Selfishly, I love seeing movies where they’re made to be seen, on the big screen and when there’s one less theater to go to, it just means[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here are just 14 of the TV Guide Fall Preview issues that I found. It’s pretty fun paging through these old issues to see the shows that premiered and went on to be classics while others vanished with quick cancellation.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The shoes were just under $60 so it wasn’t too exorbitant a price to pay. Even if I was earning a salary there’s no way I’d pay over $100 for shoes, especially the way I wear them out. Fortunately the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve met Brett Breeding a few times in the past, most recently July of 2021. For those of you not well versed in the creative writers and artists of comic book runs, for a several year period in the late[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I won’t go into a litany of my experiences of dealing with job recruiters and my opinions of them. I’ve drawn plenty of comics discussing that. I’ll just say I was pleasantly surprised that this recruiter called me back like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…