2020 has been a year that will not be easily forgotten. At the beginning of March I was happily sharing with you the good news of reaching 1,000 posts and only a week later, my good friend and fantasy writer Mario Buenaventura (author of El guardián) was telling me that our lives was about to change completely. Due to his unexpected and random connection with high ranking military personnel, he found out that it had been rumored that there would be a complete lockdown in San Francisco and probably the rest of the Bay Area.
Up to that point, despite the numerous alarms and threatening news, our lives in the small town of Davis, California, were absolutely normal but that was about to change drastically. It was Mario’s warning that allowed to come up with a plan and relocate temporarily to West Sacramento. 2 days after I arrived to West Sacramento, the lockdown in the Central Valley was officially announced. I’ll always be thankful to Mario for letting me know almost a week in advance what would happen even if, and that’s completely my fault, going to West Sacramento wasn’t the best decision in the end.
As much as I have hated quarantine, I must say that I have probably read more this year than in previous ones. And comic books can certainly make for an excellent form of escapism especially in times like this, in which reality is uglier than usual. Even with the coronavirus vaccine, it will take months for things to get back to normal, but at least we will always have dozens or hundreds of comics to read.
In any case, now we have surpassed 3 million visits which is quite a bit, even though it took a decade to get to that point. So in a way this is a post to commemorate those 3 million visits but also to announce that in addition to Dead Wrong (2019) my new comic book, Dawn of the Undead # 2 (2020), will soon be available on Comixology. So stay tuned for updates! The best is yet to come!
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El 2020 ha sido un año que no olvidaremos fácilmente. A principios de marzo estaba felizmente compartiendo con ustedes la buena noticia de llegar a los 1,000 posts y apenas una semana después, mi buen amigo y escritor de fantasía Mario Buenaventura (autor de El guardián) me decía que nuestras vidas estaban a punto de cambiar por completo. Debido a su conexión inesperada y aleatoria con personal militar de alto rango, se enteró de que se rumoreaba que habría una cuarentena total en San Francisco y probablemente en el resto del Bay Area.
Por mucho que haya odiado la cuarentena, debo decir que probablemente he leído más este año que en los anteriores. Y los cómics ciertamente pueden ser una excelente forma de escapismo, especialmente en momentos como este, en los que la realidad es más desagradable de lo habitual. Incluso con la vacuna para el coronavirus, las cosas tardarán meses en volver a la normalidad, pero al menos siempre tendremos decenas o cientos de cómics para leer.
En cualquier caso, ahora hemos superado los 3 millones de visitas que nos es poca monta, aunque hemos tardado una década en llegar a ese punto. Entonces, de alguna manera, este es un post para conmemorar esos 3 millones de visitas, pero también para anunciar que, además de Dead Wrong (2019), mi nuevo cómic, Dawn of the Undead # 2 (2020), pronto estará disponible en Comixology. ¡Así que estad atentos a las actualizaciones! Lo mejor está por venir.
