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Starting Off With A Bang!

Posted on January 9, 2025 by twogargs

Change is in the air, and the breeze has been strong enough to knock me this way and that!

Internal changes at Two Gargoyles Comics have left me freer, more inspired, more “boundless” in terms of energy, creativity and wanting to try new things!

I just got back from a business trip (who schedules a business trip on January 1st? Apparently, I do) where networking and forming relationships (new ones and firming up old ones) were at the forefront of the hurly-burly of activity.

Coming home, I hit the ground running: I did a spreadsheet to organize my thoughts on everything I wanted to achieve plus all the deadlines I could think of for my work this year. It was heady; it was affirming—heck, the pleasure it gave me to actually seize control of my destiny (on paper, anyway) was like a phoenix cry as it rises from ashes to become itself.

I’m very excited for the projects I’m working on in 2025, which include but are not limited to: A secret collaboration with a well-known creator, one (perhaps two) new comic titles to launch, learning (I just received Seth Godin’s This is Marketing and This Is Strategy books which I intend to devour) and Kickstartering several new issues of my existing titles!

And, thanks to my spreadsheet, whenever this New Year energy wanes, I’ll have a clear plan already laid out to keep me on-task. I cannot overstate how awesome it is for someone with my “everything everywhere all at once” brain to have A Plan. It’s amazing!

Bearing in mind that every year has its ups and downs, I will leave you with this axiomatic advice:

“There is a time to fish, and a time to mend nets.”

We all want to be fishing when we’re “up,” but on days we can’t be “up,” those are the days we mend nets — concentrating on other aspects of our business or enjoying a break from it all. (Sometimes the net you mend is your own neural net! Give your brain a rest sometimes!)

All the best to all of us in 2025!

—Michael

2024 REARVIEW

Posted on December 30, 2024 by twogargs

Oh man, where do I begin with this year? Although your mileage may vary, mine was fabulous, with new and exciting things personally and professionally in the world of Two Gargoyles Comics!

Let’s begin with a summary:

Joining Substack was, I feel, one of the best decisions I made all year; the connection with other creatives has been nothing short of inspiring, and therefore invaluable!

Too, this year I connected with experienced creatives on a personal level as well as a professional one, and that has definitely expanded my horizons! I’m even working on a secret project with one of them (that I can’t talk about yet—this is my first “secret” project!) that excites me!

I travelled this year, to Chicago, New York, Santa Cruz and Denver, among others. Each trip resulted in learning, growth and expansion of what I had thought I was capable of to the discovery that there was more out there—that there is always more than we know!

I was invited to be a commentator on Wendy Pini’s most excellent Masque of the Red Death Blu-Ray. It’s a gothic romantic tale set in the future, a retelling of Poe’s short story with depth, heart, and horror. It’s exquisite and you should grab a copy or watch it on Amazon Prime Video!

Also, there was some company restructuring at the end of the year that consolidated my efforts and set me free to pursue bigger and better things in 2025, which lights a fire in my soul and makes me excited to look forward to the new year’s possibilities!

Happy 2025 to you all, may all the best and brightest in your world collide with the greater world out there, and benefit all thereby!

Michael McAdam

Dec 30, 2024