{"id":1289,"date":"2014-01-08T01:15:23","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T06:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comics.billroundy.com\/?p=1289"},"modified":"2014-01-08T13:12:40","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T18:12:40","slug":"2013-the-year-of-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comics.billroundy.com\/?p=1289","title":{"rendered":"2013: The Year of Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

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… that’s pretty much what the last four months have been like.<\/p>\n

Back in April I spent about 3 weeks doing nothing but working on a 6-page comic for the Anything That Loves<\/a> anthology. Then I posted it online in August (after the book was published), and the Internet exploded. It got tens of thousands of views on Tumblr, and was re-posted on Upworthy, the Huffington Post, and The Nib<\/a> (linking that last one, because those awesome people actually pay me). I was profiled on Buzzfeed<\/a>, was a guest on a Chicago NPR morning show, and talked to Dan Savage on his podcast<\/a> (near the end). It was translated into Portugese<\/a>, and I got a lot of followers in Brazil!<\/p>\n

So that’s all been awesome but overwhelming, and I don’t feel like I’ve capitalized on my fame as much as I could. But still – all that puts 2013 solidly in the “WIN” column.<\/p>\n

But that’s not all I did this year! I drew 50 pages of Bar Scrawl<\/a> this year, and about 30 pages of additional comics!<\/p>\n

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My brain is broken.<\/p>\n

Also, I had a solo gallery show at the 20-Sided Store<\/a> in Williamsburg, where I displayed most of my Dungeons & Dragons art!<\/p>\n

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I published 4 mini-comics this year (Hot Men of the Monster Manual, Bar Scrawl: Carroll Gardens, Bar Scrawl: Williamsburg, part deux<\/em>, and a mini version of Orientation Police <\/em>(they’re all in the store<\/a>). I only exhibited at 2 conventions (MoCCA – where I was a panelist for the first time!) and Locust Moon Comics Fest in Philly, though I<\/p>\n

In personal stuff: I got to show my parents around New York City for a couple of days, which was really fun. I traveled to Virginia a few times to visit my brother and to play with my nephews. I survived jury duty in Brooklyn, saw some great theater (Monkey’s Journey to the West, Cinderella!), played in two D&D games and started running my own game.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage on the federal level in June, so I attended two gay weddings this year, and I officiated at a third!<\/p>\n

Also:<\/p>\n

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I’m working on fixing that in 2014.<\/p>\n

Finally – this is the 500th installment of my journal comic. I think it’s time for another book!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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