A QUICK CHAT PANEL 1 Mr. Matheson sits at the breakfast table in the kitchen, sipping coffee while Mrs. Matheson folds laundry on the kitchen island behind him. She eyes him warily. PANEL 2 Mrs. Matheson looks hopefully. MRS. MATHESON No calls tonight, right? PANEL 3 Mr. Matheson, with the front door behind him. MR. MATHESON Nope! Just you and me. MRS. MATHESON Good, because I wanted to have a-- *BANG BANG* from the door behind him. VOICE FROM THE DOOR Arts Board Potluck in 10 minutes, Bill! PANEL 4 Mr. Matheson pleads with his angry wife. MR. MATHESON Ah, c'mon... POT LUCK! MRS. MATHESON I swear you care more about that board than me. MR. MATHESON I love you both equally!
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“A Quick Chat” – Mr. Matheson’s Arithme-TIPS for December 11, 2024

I care a lot about my creative work, whatever form it happens to take any given week. Some people call it "easily distracted." I prefer "instantly engaged." They often seem the same from the outside. Now, I love my "people" about as much as anybody can love other people, but I care about my creative work (like this comic) just as much. That's not underselling how much I care about my family. It's elevating how much I care about this stuff so you can appreciate it. Because of this, I have been known to wake up my wife with typing while working on a script or bugging my kids about a story problem I was working on before we left for school. When you like to create, it's hard to disengage. It's even harder when you care about what you're creating. Since I have a hard time disengaging, I try to be thankful for the people in my house who put up with me doing the Mr. Matheson voice at 7:00 AM.

Come back tomorrow to find out if Angel can finally track down Mr. Matheson for that chat...

Latch on to learning!

Bill Meeks
Creator, Everly Heights

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