Happy holidays and a two-week hiatus
Zen Pencils will be taking a two-week hiatus over the holiday period and will return with a new comic on Tuesday January 8th.
“Wait, didn’t you just have a vacation?” I hear you ask. “Yeah, what’s your point?” At my old job, we always had to work during Christmas and the New Year – the office never shut down. So I’m taking a break just because I can! MUAH HA HA HA HA HA!!!!
Besides spending time with family and friends and eating too much ham, I’m also looking forward to planning out and setting goals for next year. 2012 and the first 10 months of Zen Pencils have succeeded beyond my wildest dreams and I’m hoping to do bigger and better things in 2013. The break will also allow me to start work on a special 100th comic I have planned …
I’d just like to wish you all a safe and fun holiday season and to also thank you for visiting the site. Thank you for sharing the comics with your friends, for buying prints and for sending me emails and quotes (the time off will allow me to catch-up on all my backlogged emails too!). I’ve been humbled and amazed by your kind words and support. You’re helping to build a bona fide website community here and nothing makes me happier.
If you’re the New Year’s resolution type, just remember that this time last year Zen Pencils was still a twinkle in my eye. Now, I’ve completed nearly 100 comics, am on my way to being totally independent and self-employed and have found my vocation in life. So if you have a project or something else you keep putting on hold, just start it already. You never know what it could turn into.
See you next year.
– Gav
Just wanted to say thanks for this website. I know you did it for yourself and your own happiness, but it has been an inspiration to a lot of us. The fact that it was started this year and has branched out so much… that itself is amazing. I share it with my friends as much as possible and just wanted to say thank you. Sometimes when it’s difficult to keep working hard I just look through the comics at what people have done before me and I find the strength to continue on.
Happy Holidays,
A Fan
Seconded.
Thirded! ๐
yes, I agree. this spree of urs, especially the last comic of this year has been wonderful, in fact all of them are wonderful! All the very best with ur future endeavors.
Agreed!
Hey, I love your work, it motivates me a lot, and I cannot wait for the next comic to come out every week. Have a happy holiday season. Cheers!
A Fan
8th January! <3 Can't wait. ๐ Happy 2013 to you!
Merry Christmas, Gav. See you next year!
happy holidays!!
Gav, thanks a lot for every comic, for every inspiration, right now things in my life are not the best, but I know that I can log into this page, see your comics and find out the motivation to keep going. Merry Christmas!! Happy New Year! and Spend some well earned vacations withyour family!! ๐
I really love your creativity and effective story telling. I’m a big fan and excited to continue being one. Keep up the tremendous job.
Hi Gav, Funny how you mention how things turn around within 12 months. I was in a similar position work-wise this time last year, and now I am in a better position than ever! Receiving your updates and awesome art helps motivate me and demonstrates that we can live the dream! Looking forward to next year – thanks again ๐
Hey Gav, I am sure you will have the best Christmas break so far. You certainly deserve it. Your cartoons continue to be a joy to receive, I love the way you think; the quotes are always delivered with great insight and intelligence. Nearly completed your 100th cartoon already, how do you do it? Clearly you are driven, this kind of productivity only comes when you’ve found what you love. Who was it that said something along the lines of, find a job you love and never work a day in your life? I can’t recall the author at the moment, and clearly not the actual quote, but you’ve got the idea (and you’re living it).
Love and blessings, Donna-Lee
@EM: Chin up, lovely! It might not be much of a consolation, at the moment, but try to think of the tough times as a stark reminder to the good times. I always say, you have to go through the rough times, to know when you are having good times. It’s all about contrast, and it’s also about the mind-set you face it with, and the lessons you learn from it. The better you learn the lesson, the easier it will be to deal with a similar situation, next time. And there will be a next time, guarenteed! But if you learn the lesson well enough, you may not even notice that same pothole in the road, when next you encouter it.
You are being tested, and believe me when I say, this is a good thing. This it took me a long time to learn, and I fought it for a very long time, through some heart-renching lessons. I am healing now, though. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, even if it does seem as if it must be around a bend, because you can’t yet see it. Sometimes it takes great courage, that you don’t even realise that you possess. But you do, dear one! So, keep up the learning, and know that all that is good in the Universe is in your corner, to support you. Regards, DL
Thank you for all of the tears and laughter this year. Some are profound, and some are WAY!!!! beyond me, but I am always intriged.
Gavin, Thank you for all the inspiration, in the comics you give us, and in the positive role model you have become. Enjoy your holiday, and I look forward to year 2 of Zen Pencils!!
Have fun break! Awesome, it’s the little page dude, Rising Phoenix and the Shaolin guy!! ๐ (ha ha yes I named all of them because I’m addicted to this website)
Glad I discovered you, quite by chance, this year. You do great work. Enjoy your holiday.
Thank you Gav for inspiration and your passionate approach to life! Enjoy the holidays, can’t wait to see you back with new comics.
You give me inspiration and laughter every new work you share. Thank you! Enjoy your self-chosen, well deserved break.
Best wishes!!! …from a Monterrey, MX – fan! =)
Es bueno saber que hay mรกs mexicanos siguiendo a un gran dibujante!
Happy Holidays Gav!!
YES MEXICO REPRESENT!!!! I AM FROM GUADALAJARA MEXICO. GAV IS CHANGING A LOT OF LIFES AROUND HERE INCLUDING MINE AND EVERYTIME I SEE SOMEONE IN DISTRESS I SHOW THEM THIS WEB PAGE KEEP IT UP GAV
Thanks again – hearing from so many different people from all over the world is probably my favourite part of the website. You’re the best.
THANK you for doing this – I simply love it… and it inspires me too. Thank you and have an awesome 2013..and beyond!!!!!
Best wishes as well Gav! Thanks for the inspiring comic that we get weekly.
Merry Christmas!
Happy holidays!!!
And a big THANK YOU for all your work and inspiration!
Cheers from Brazil!
^_^
Happy Holiday to you and your Family….
thanks for the inspiration… ๐
just can’t wait until 2013 for the new comics
Enjoy your holiday with family and friends. Thanks for your encouraging words and looking forward to your visual wisdom next year.
once or twice…a break will recharge you and make you even more productive…so enjoy!!!
Dear Gav,
I just discovered you and am very happy I did. Your work is really beautiful. I wrote a post about you on my blog, and copy-and-pasted one of your drawings – hope you don’t mind. Please, if you like, have a look at my blog and get anything you might find inspiring – as I try to do with my words, and those of artists/writers/poets/authors I love, the same you do with your drawings: inspiring and getting inspired (btw, very happy you worked on Bill Hicks: he is someone I do really deeply love).
A big hug from Italy, and best wishes for everything. May you get all your desire ๐
Minerva
Thanks for the blog post ๐
Gav, just to wish you a merry x-mas and ny!!
I think that you already got many compliments on your talent, but let me tell you that you are the talent that reminds us of the joy of liivng.
Cheers!
You are my absolute favourite comic on the internet despite the many I follow.
Thank you Anne ๐
Yay! Tomorrow’s 8th. We’ll finally get to see another one of your wonderful comics soon ๐ How were your holidays, man?
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Gav
It’s Jan 8th btw
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