From my birthday (December 21st) to the end of any given year, I usually spend those ten days reflecting on the year past...which, this year, has been a particularly good one for my publishing imprint Comicoz. Two books (Ned Kelly, Narrated and Illustrated by Monty Wedd and Rob Feldman's Cartoons, Comics and Cows in Cars); and two comics (Issues One and Two of Oi Oi Oi!) were published and released on the Australian newsstands. Added to this, my involvement in the 'discovery' of the 'lost' 1933 cartoon ("For gorsake, stop laughing: this is serious") by Stan Cross, which will most likely be THE highlight, THE pinnacle of my life's involvement in the Australian comic medium....
But today, it doesn't seem to matter. Even though Christmas can be a happy time for most of us, there are some that are experiencing extreme sadness, and I thought it would be worth reflecting on that just for a moment. I have just been given the news in a Christmas email (from Sue Dixon), that Australian comic book/strip artist John Dixon (Tim Valour, The Crimson Comet, Air Hawk creator) is now in palliative care in his California home.
Anyone wishing to send their wishes (Get Well cards, Christmas cards, New Year cards or even early Birthday cards -- John's birthday is in February) can send them to me care of:
COMICOZ
P.O. Box 187
MARGATE BEACH, 4019
Queensland
(Australia) and I will forward each and every one of them on to Sue and John Dixon.
But today, it doesn't seem to matter. Even though Christmas can be a happy time for most of us, there are some that are experiencing extreme sadness, and I thought it would be worth reflecting on that just for a moment. I have just been given the news in a Christmas email (from Sue Dixon), that Australian comic book/strip artist John Dixon (Tim Valour, The Crimson Comet, Air Hawk creator) is now in palliative care in his California home.
Anyone wishing to send their wishes (Get Well cards, Christmas cards, New Year cards or even early Birthday cards -- John's birthday is in February) can send them to me care of:
COMICOZ
P.O. Box 187
MARGATE BEACH, 4019
Queensland
(Australia) and I will forward each and every one of them on to Sue and John Dixon.
Even thought John Dixon and I had corresponded for many years (since 1980) by mail, by fax, and by phone... and later by email; it wasn't until late June 2011 that I first met John Dixon in person. Here's one of only a few pictures taken on that day, when I proudly presented him with my first volume "John Dixon, Air Hawk and the Flying Doctor".
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