{"id":4187,"date":"2013-01-01T18:57:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T23:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hypercastle.com\/blog\/?p=4187"},"modified":"2013-01-01T18:57:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-01T23:57:22","slug":"welcome-to-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hypercastle.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/01\/welcome-to-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to 2013!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s raise our crystal skull goblets to 2013 and the coming hyper-folk-sci-fi utopia! I hope that everyone had a happy new year&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hypercastle.com\/images\/2013-01-01_image1.jpg\" alt=\"William Cardini New Year Sketch\"><br \/>This is my first sketchbook page finished in 2013. I began it while chilling over the holidays and finished it today.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>2012 was a year of upheaval, change, and growth.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, Glade and I made some big choices. In the spring, we decided that we&#8217;re going to stay in Austin for the foreseeable future. In the summer, Glade opened <a href=\"http:\/\/paperpartyshop.com\/\">Paper Party<\/a> in Domy Books Austin and was able to move to part time at her day job in the fall. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinchronicle.com\/blogs\/books\/2012-12-21\/say-goodbye-to-domy-books-say-hello-to-farewell\/\">Domy Books Austin is now closing<\/a> but Glade&#8217;s going to move Paper Party to a new spot at 1223 Rosewood. I&#8217;m bummed that Domy is going to be gone. Every time I went in there Russell was so enthusiastic about comics and would show me all the great new stuff that came in. He&#8217;s also been a great supporter and promoter of my comics. But I&#8217;m glad that Travis Kent and Mikaylah Bowman are carrying the torch with Farewell Books in the same spot.<\/p>\n<p>2012 was a big year for my comics career:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I finished <a href=\"http:\/\/franksantoro.tumblr.com\/\">Frank Santoro<\/a>&rsquo;s class and got some attention for the comic I did, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hypercastle.com\/comics\/moonqueen\/\"><em>Moon Queen<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The <em>Vortex<\/em> minis have started to gain some momentum, gotten me in some distros (<a href=\"http:\/\/sparkplugcomicbooks.com\/shop\/\">Sparkplug Comic Books<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdcagebottombooks.com\/shop\/\">Birdcage Bottom Books<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/wowcool.com\/home.php\">Wow Cool<\/a>), and made <a href=\"http:\/\/sparkplugcomicbooks.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/reviews-and-top-tens.html?m=1\">Virginia Paine&#8217;s 2012 top ten list<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I collaborated with some great people &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/keenanmarshallkellerpresents\/\">Keenan Marshall Keller<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/secretprisoncomics.blogspot.com\/\"><em>Secret Prison<\/em><\/a> #666 and <a href=\"http:\/\/seantcollins.com\/\">Sean  T Collins<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/thickness.me\/\"><em>Thickness<\/em><\/a> #3 (which also got on <a href=\"http:\/\/comicsworkbook.tumblr.com\/post\/38334796093\/simon-hanselmann-truth-zone-67-made-for-comics\">a best-of-the-year list<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><em>Future Shock<\/em>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joshburggraf.com\/\">Josh Burggraf<\/a>-edited sf anthology that I&#8217;ve contributed to, has gotten better and better.<\/li>\n<li>The <em>Digestate<\/em> anthology is the first book that I&#8217;ve been in that&#8217;s been distributed by Diamond.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldcountypapermill.com\/\">The Gold County Paper Mill<\/a> put out two print issues of our poetry and literature journal <a href=\"http:\/\/catch-up.us\/issues\/\"><em>Catch Up<\/em><\/a>. I was a comics editor for both issues.<\/li>\n<li>I was in two fantastic art shows, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hypercastle.com\/blog\/?p=4140\"><em>Paper Party Print Show<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hypercastle.com\/blog\/?tag=surreal-landscapes\"><em>Surreal Landscapes<\/em><\/a>. Both openings were a lot of fun and I&#8217;m glad I exhibited alongside so many talented artists.<\/li>\n<li>I tabled at out-of-state cons for the first time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hypercastle.com\/blog\/?p=3998\">APE<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hypercastle.com\/blog\/?p=4044\">BCGF<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Not everything was a triumph, however. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hypercastle.com\/blog\/?p=3595\">I applied to the final round of the Xeric grant and didn&#8217;t get it<\/a>. I&#8217;m still putting more money into my comics than I&#8217;m earning. I have several self-publishing projects that are stalled out.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to experiencing what 2013 brings. My primary goal is to finish <em>Vortex<\/em>, put out the rest of it in minicomics, and explore the options for publishing a collected edition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s raise our crystal skull goblets to 2013 and the coming hyper-folk-sci-fi utopia! I hope that everyone had a happy new year&#8217;s. This is my first sketchbook page finished in 2013. I began it while chilling over the holidays and finished it today. 2012 was a year of upheaval, change, and growth. 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