Thank you for your honesty. I can relate to this (I'm a 54 year old syndicated cartoonist). About a decade ago a kids' magazine editor asked me for my pension details so that they could pay into it (!!!). I said, "I'm a cartoonist. We don't retire; we die at the drawing table." She said I should consider it. And free money is free money, so I started my first pension as a pro cartoonist. I'm still paying into it and it is small, but reassuring. Hopefully I'll be working well past the traditional age of retirement. By then I might have a pension that is worth something. Compound interest is a fantastic thing.
At my girlfriend's behest, I finally put some savings into a Capital One account that I hope to never use. But (as you know) this comix biz is a tough one and every penny counts. Anyway, cheers to being syndicated. I'll have to check out your comix. And thank you for reading my stuff and weighing in.
I'm 65 and contemplating starting a comics career. Ramona was a wonderful comics person who loved what she was doing. Retirement from your vocation isn't a thing. Retirement from your job is something different.
Thank you for your honesty. I can relate to this (I'm a 54 year old syndicated cartoonist). About a decade ago a kids' magazine editor asked me for my pension details so that they could pay into it (!!!). I said, "I'm a cartoonist. We don't retire; we die at the drawing table." She said I should consider it. And free money is free money, so I started my first pension as a pro cartoonist. I'm still paying into it and it is small, but reassuring. Hopefully I'll be working well past the traditional age of retirement. By then I might have a pension that is worth something. Compound interest is a fantastic thing.
At my girlfriend's behest, I finally put some savings into a Capital One account that I hope to never use. But (as you know) this comix biz is a tough one and every penny counts. Anyway, cheers to being syndicated. I'll have to check out your comix. And thank you for reading my stuff and weighing in.
I'm 65 and contemplating starting a comics career. Ramona was a wonderful comics person who loved what she was doing. Retirement from your vocation isn't a thing. Retirement from your job is something different.
Nice article.
It's never too late to create.