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.
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.
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.