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CanFit – New Convention For 2012

by Jules on February 29, 2012 at 11:47 am
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Happy first day of March! Although, in spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love*, a cartoonist’s fancy turns to thoughts of convention season!

I’ve already locked down a few dates. Brian and I will be at Kazoofest in Guelph again, it’s a small show, but really fun and I’ve also confirmed our space at my personal favourite, the Toronto Word On The Street festival.

The big announcement is that I will be at the CanFitPro Consumer Fitness and Wellness Show in August! I’m really excited about this one, I’ve been to a couple of them and it’s a great event, really big with lots to see and do and some great deals on everything from fitness equipment to protein snacks.

This will be my first time exhibiting at a fitness show, since I’ve done mostly comic cons until now, I’m a little nervous about being a bit out of my wheelhouse. CanFit is usually the week before FanExpo and they’re both in the same part of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. So to illustrate; here are photos I took from the exact same entrance, of the exact same hall, exactly seven days apart.

Not convinced? Ok:

Posing with fit heroes/Posing with fan heroes.

Fit show shopping/Fan show shopping:

Fit panel/Fan panel:

Fit demos/Fan demos:

Not judging, of course, they’re both full of awesome people, a lot of fun, just very different demographics. At the end of the day we all put our sweat pants on one leg at a time. I’m just hoping that the comic is as well received by the fit-crowd as it has been by the fan-crowd.

Speaking of which, I’ve applied for a guest spot at FanExpo but haven’t confirmed yet. So far, I’m only doing Toronto shows this year. That decision has more to do with budget than geography so if you want me to come to your local show, drop them an email about inviting me and I’ll certainly look into it.

*Tennyson
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Last Chance

by Jules on February 28, 2012 at 5:33 am
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Just a friendly reminder that tomorrow is the last day to get a copy of the Starting Tomorrow E-Book. The sale price will remain in effect until I close the Pulley account.

I don’t have information yet regarding when another will be available so get em’ while they’re hot!

Only $1.99! Wow!

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#300!

by Jules on February 22, 2012 at 6:02 pm
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Dated reference, I know. But, three hundred comics is worth marking with a little silliness.

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Sale In the Promises Shop!

by Jules on February 20, 2012 at 12:49 pm
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I’m looking at some different E-Book distribution options, which unfortunately means closing my Pully account. I’m paid-up till the end of the month and might as well go out with a bang, so until then (Wednesday, February 29) the Starting Tomorrow E-Book is on sale for $1.99!

 

Starting Tomorrow, the first Promises Promises collection, complete, unabridged and conveniently PDF’d for download to your tablets and e-readers.

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Better than Cats

by Jules on February 18, 2012 at 4:21 pm
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The first rule of comedy states that if you have to explain the joke, it’s not funny. I don’t really think Friday’s comic needs clarification, especially to anyone who’s taken Zumba (particularly at my gym, we’re all over the place), but the inspiration is worth mentioning.

Getting back to a more regular fitness schedule, I had to choose which classes I started with carefully. Given the chance, I’m a person who will overdo-it, without thinking that I am at the time. If I jumped back into cardio boxing for example, I’d get into the music, get pumped by the energy in the room and be jumping around whaling on the bag until I landed myself back in the hospital, or at least shuffling around wheezing and unable to lift my out-of-shape arms for days (I know, sexy right?). So, I figured Zumba was a good place to start for a bunch of reasons:

  1. It’s good cardio.
  2. It’s a full body workout and after months of being curled up on the couch (literally) I needed to shake it all out.
  3. If you can’t do all the bouncing, there are lower impact options that are still great exercise.
  4. The music is really fun and high-energy.
  5. I really suck at it and trying to figure out the moves slows me down. Normally, that’s very frustrating but at this stage it’s a really good thing.

I think I’ve mentioned Zumba here before, but just in case; Zumba is an aerobic exercise class that is inspired by Latin music and dancing. Lots of mambos, salsas and cha-cha-chas. So when I say “I suck at Zumba”, what I mean is I’m pretty sure that if I ever find myself in South America, I’ll be asked to leave.

But, sucking at something isn’t usually a good reason to quit which is why I have my rule of three (I have to go to a class three times before I decide if I like it or not). It takes a couple of tries but Zumba is a lot of fun. The first class is frustrating and hard to keep up, the second you start to get it a bit, and the third is kind of a party.

Zumba seems to suffer from an embarrassment factor, “I couldn’t do that, I can’t dance”. Here’s the secret: None of us can and nobody cares. We’re all spinning around in different directions, making it up as we go, completely off tempo and trying to remember which foot is right and which is left. It’s gotta be like herding cats but somehow the instructors never seem to miss a step.

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