Back again after a bit away...

Hello to all who might stumble upon this missive.  More than an entire year has gone by since I've written here, and true to form, much has occurred. 
First has been the ongoing process / progress of Wunderman Comics.  We published two limited series', Scoundrel & Irrational Numbers.  Doing both presented different challenges (particularly Giancarlo Caracuzzo limping to the finish of Irrational Numbers -- I will never hire him again for any comic that has a deadline, period), and gave their own unique satisfaction.  One of the positives was working with artist Dug Nation.  He is professional, receptive to editorial feedback, and has a unique style that suited Scoundrel well, and has breathed new life into E.I. - Earth Invasion (Caracuzzo's work was getting sloppier and later the last few issues he did on the title).  The writer for E.I., Paul Benson, has helped as well, but requires a lot more editorial supervision (though it should be mentioned he has had some heavy duty health issues to deal with).  Also, in a bid for an Eisner Award, Wunderman Comics put out a limited physical print of the collected edition of Scoundrel.  We even managed to put it into a couple of Westside comics shops, and even did an in-store with the whole Scoundrel team.  I should find out soon whether or not the Scoundrel collected edition physical print was a worthwhile exercise when the Eisner Awards nominations are due to come out this upcoming April.  In a couple of days of this posting, I will be participating in a panel at Wonder Con.  This will be the second time I will be doing such an activity, I hope the audience will be more numerous than the one I did at Comic Con back in 2017.  Lastly, even though I have yet to formally tell Caracuzzo that I will never hire him to do an ongoing comic with a publishing deadline; Wunderman Comics will be partnering with him to release his creator-owned property, Boogeyman.  Boogeyman is a dystopian science fiction piece (think Mega-City One in a Latin American context) mixed with Lucha Libre wrestling.  Not completely original but informal test marketing has shown it might hit somewhat decently.  After much negotiation, Wunderman Comics has exclusive publication and exploitation rights for a good number of years in exchange for financial remuneration.  It should be mentioned I offered Caracuzzo a much less onerous deal, but he wanted the sum he wanted...so I made sure to get generous terms for Wunderman Comics to maximize our possible recoupment. 
Anyways, you can keep up at the company website: www.wundercomics.com.
As for my personal life: I'm still with the hottie.  In fact, we're going to Costa Rica in April.  She has proven to be a surprise of sorts as she definitely has a career plan she is determined to enact (something that many with her life story do not come close to fulfilling).  I guess being supportive and giving advice when asked is a solid strategy to stay in the good graces of a driven, smart, & really attractive woman.  Having means of a sort does hurt either, but not being the sort entitled asshole many of that ilk are is probably another positive in my favor.  Sometimes nice guys do get the pretty girl if the female is smart enough to see past the flash and the cash, and want something more.  That doesn't mean that one of the small pleasures of my existence is to show pictures of my girlfriend and I...it is. 
The entire Dump shit show has made my decision years ago to acquire a Belgian passport even more prescient than the Dubya, Cheney, & Co. fiasco, especially with Idiot Amin spouting he wants to do away with the ACA again.  Reminder: one of the main reasons I went through the often seemingly quixotic effort to get Belgian citizenship was for the healthcare.  I currently pay $919 per month via Wunderman Comics' corporate plan, and if the ACA goes -- it could get worse, or even impossible to get given my age. 
I also got quite a bit of delayed venom from my sister last holiday season because I did not tell her about my Belgian citizenship quest until it was done...and she was not hearing my reasons as to why:
1) She had not resided long enough in Belgium to apply for naturalization in the same manner I had (which was done away with when the Belgian Nationality Statue was changed January 1, 2013, so it is now a moot point).  That she still believes we came to the USA in 1971 when our USA immigration file says our entry date is May 14, 1970 is besides the point.  She did not reside the required five years and the official records of both the US & Belgian governments say so.
2) She would've needed Mom's help...and I doubt highly either one of them would've lifted a finger to help the other (their last 'meeting' when we spread part of Dad's ashes by his parents' grave and their argument in the bar afterwards with me literally in between was the personal cringe worthy moment of that year).  Mom's hand written letter very much helped fulfill the very vague 'Ties to Belgium' requirement of the now defunct Belgian Nationality Law, plus she also went to the specific Belgian government offices to get the documents from that side that I needed.  For my sister, fat chance.  Mom said if Belgian law had permitted, she would've disinherited her.  Perhaps notifying her of my quest when I first applied may have been better as the inevitable blame for her not getting Belgian citizenship could then be laid at the door of Belgian Law / Officialdom.  That is my sole regret regarding her in this matter.
I've also hired a genealogist who specializes in Belgian genealogy to find out as much as she can about my ancestry on both sides of my family.  I do not expect her to get too far with my Dad's side, and she will probably refer me to someone who specializes in Polish Jewish genealogy.  If that yet to be hired person can dig up records of my Dad's family that can then be used to apply for Polish citizenship (Poland is an EU nation), I will present it to my sister and her daughters.  I expect my sister will pass, as do recall what she said in reaction to my first showing her my newly acquired Belgian identity card, 'I want one,' was always more about her 'getting hers.'  It would not surprise if her older daughter, Chloe, follows her mom's lead (she did during the venom session).  However, I can see her younger daughter, Josephine (who remained silent during the venom session), taking advantage.  I will also let Mike know about it too, though I've already told him more than once that if he wants to get an EU passport via our dead father (it is not possible via his mother), he needs to pursue the Polish angle as our late dad was never a Belgian citizen even though he was born in Brussels, albeit the child of Jewish refugees. 
Anyways, I needed this bit of blogging therapy of sorts...perhaps I'll come back sooner.