Digital Numbers
08/22/10
I woke up today after sleeping longer than I have in four and a half months with a feeling of regret that maybe I could have done more, maybe I could I have tried harder. This feeling comes just seconds before a feeling of regretting my regret because the fact of the matter is... I couldn’t have done more, I couldn’t have tried harder. The truth is, I tried as hard as I needed to, I tried as hard as I wanted to.No matter how I may fuck up in life or fail at the everyday battles that we are faced with... I stay true to myself and the people that I love. I was true to her.
I still believe that if I love something, it is real... Is she real?... Yes, she is very much real... Then begs the tougher question... Is she here?... No. She’s not. Does that make her or what we had... not real?
When I ran into her best friend, she told me that I was too good for her, I was told that she doesn’t deserve me... I have only been haunted by one thought surrounded by thousands of smaller more insignificant thoughts based on these statements... If I’m too good for her and she doesn’t deserve me then why am I the one suffering? Then it hit me like a giant mutated 50 foot tall squid created only for the purpose of convincing the world it was under attack by an alien race... She’s suffering too... She’s got to be... My immediate reaction to this cranial dysfunction of mine is to call her and tell her that she does deserve me, that I’m not too good for her... Then I realize that we tried, we tried our hardest for something that just wasn’t right... I’m not saying that our love is not worth fighting for or that it wasn’t worth it... I’m just saying that things in life are all about timing... Timing is everything. The timing... It just wasn’t right. The hands on the clock just were not in our favor. Who’s to say that if we try 10 years from now, it might be perfect...
Here’s to hoping someday the digital numbers on our cell phones in which we plan all our appointments and our anniversaries will sync up and things will work themselves out for us. In the meantime... I just need to keep on being me and keep on keepin’ on.
In this time of confusion and bewilderment this giant hunk of meat that sits upon my neck ponders one question... The question that men all around ask themselves on a basis only inflicted on them by the minute... This question has been pondered since the the days when men could do a such thing as ponder and it will continue to be asked until a solar flare finally eradicates mankind off this dust ball we call Earth... My question is this...
...Women?
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Happy Birthday Dorothy!!!
I cannot believe that it was 6 years ago that Dorothy Chapter 1, The Cyclone was released.
Dorothy was a wild ride!
I did the first issue on a dream. A dream that I had since about 20 years ago... To get a comic published. Yeah I had to publish it myself... but it got published. Being able to hold my first printed comic book in my hands was a feeling unlike any other. I had no idea that Dorothy would inspire many more of those dream like experiences in the years to come.
Dorothy was very well received and a hit with the fans. When the first printing of the book sold out and we had to go into a second printing, I went into shock.
From doing the convention circuit, hanging out with people who are my idols and travelling the country to being sang to by a fan. Dorothy was an experience that I will never forget. I am in awe that it has been 6 years since it all began.
The Dorothy series lasted 5 more issues and sadly never got to see the end of her story. Perhaps someday I will be able to tell the end of my unique vision of the land of OZ.
I love you Dorothy... Happy birthday baby.
Greg
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Greg Mannino Attending the Phoenix Comic Con!
I am happy to announce that I will be attending the Phoenix Comic Con this year. Also making a special appearance will be Brandon Mannino (my son). I'm not quite sure of the capacity in which I will be attending but I do know I will be there and I do know that I will be doing several panels.
I am also proud to announce that I just came back from the print shop and I got my first proof of Greg Mannino's Creatures & Oddities #1 and it looks FANTASTIC! Greg Mannino's Creatures & Oddities #1 will first be shown the light of day at the Phoenix Comic Con. I am very excited and I can't wait to see some old friends and make some new ones.
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A Dialogue with Dorothy's Greg Mannino!
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10 Questions with Dorothy's Greg Mannino!
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