Let's see, I put out the last (for now, at least) issue of Love and Capes, and Mark and Abby finally had their baby. I wrote and drew the first issue of the first My Little Pony micro-series, which ushered me into the Ponyverse and has completely changed how I've done conventions. I lettered Taran Killiam and Marc Andreyko's Illegitmates, I wrote and drew some Gutters strips, lettered Jeremy Dale's Skyward, worked for First, Lone Star, drew some book covers, and continued my relationship with Learn It. And I did an insane number of conventions: WonderCon, Emerald City, Comicpalooza, Denver Comic-Con, HeroesCon, Comic-Con International, DragonCon, Wizard Ohio, Baltimore Comicon, Cincinnati Comic Expo, Fax Expo, Akron Comicon, C2E2, GeekGirlCon and New York! I did almost a dozen store signings, too. I wrote a couple more Pony stories which will see print in 2014, and I even wrote one more thing… but I'm not sharing that publicly until next year.
I drove across the country, made new friends in LA, walked around Vasquez Rocks, wrote in coffee houses on two coasts, saw a ton of Thrilling Adventure Hours, experienced the magic of Disneyland (including Club 33!), watched my not-Godson fight Darth Vader, took my Goddaughter to her first musical, and watched my brother Robert get married. I met a ton of fans and got to spend lots of time with my friends and family. Best of all, I got engaged to the lovely Amy Ratcliffe, who despite her obviously questionable taste in men, is a pretty amazing. I love her so much.
So 2013 was pretty amazing. Here's to an even better 2014, and I hope yours is fantastic, too!
(Photo by the talented Rachel McCauley)