Last year I began the year with this great idea. Well… “great idea” in quotes. I figured that I would do monthly updates on Nix Comics progress. To keep it from being too dry, I would also include on an going list of the records I listened to everyday. Why did this idea seem so great? Well, people have historically liked my year end balance sheet blog posts where I lay out my revenues and expenditures, using them as a springboard to talk about my plans and schemes for next year. And I find the records I listen to inspirational, so why wouldn’t everybody else?
Well, it wasn’t actually such a great idea. it became hard for me to keep up with the posts, which lead to stress. Stress that wasn’t abated by the fact that no one seemed to actually be reading these monthly posts… I should’ve just let it go, but as many of you know, “letting it go” isn’t so much in my nature. When I promise to do something, even if only to myself, I feel obligated to fulfill. So… Two full months into 2022, here’s my report on Nix Comics in December 2021, along with a quick year-end wrap.
NIX COMICS DECEMBER 2021 REVENUE AND EXPENSES:
I finished up strong revenue and expense wise on the year, thanks to Kent Grosswiler buying a chunk of his Finding Beauty In Darkness back-stock and ad revenue from the Mug and Brush Barber Shop for Tales From The Crate #6. The only expense was shipping a Kickstarter reward. That will continue in drips and drabs as I still am working to fulfill a few pledges… everything is made but there have been ongoing communication and scheduling issues with the last few backers. (Again, stressful to have unfulfilled promises!)
NIX COMICS 2021 TOTAL REVENUE AND EXPENSES:
Viewed through a lens of money in and out, this was the best year Nix Comics has had to date. That’s not an accident: I’ve been in a state of semi-employment as I finished up my degree in Public Policy, Leadership and Management at Ohio State and for the first time ever I needed my Comics to actually make money. I mean… I always wanted Nix to make money, but it was never a driving force in my decision making until recently. The bummer of that is that the kind of books I want to get back to, collaborative full color stuff, has been pushed aside because I have no idea how to make money at that. seriously… No issue of Nix Comics Quarterly has ever made money.
I wish that this financial success provided me with some sort of blueprint for continued success going ahead, but the on going changes in the comics industry have left me in a state of… uncertainty. My printing company of choice, Page by Page Copies, has at least temporarily closed doors. I’m fairly certain that I can find a similarly priced alternative, but haven’t committed the time yet. More concerning are my growing qualms with using Kickstarter as my main platform for sales. Between the roadblocks to unionization the company threw up a couple years ago and its recent decision to use blockchain technology for its transactions, I just don’t know if I’m willing to continue that business relationship.
RECORDS I LISTENED TO IN DECEMBER 2021
So I ended up listening to 259 records in December, 8.35 per day average.
The total on the year came out to 1,867 records for all of 2021, or 5.11 per day.
I got more info, but don’t worry. I’m going to keep on keeping track of the records I listen to in my sketchbook for my own nevermind, but I won’t bore y’all with the details in anymore.
12/1/21 | Creeps | Enjoy The Creeps | 12″ | LP |
12/1/21 | Cynics | KCSB 6/2/90 | 12″ | LP |
12/1/21 | Detroit Cobras | Original Recordings | 12″ | LP |
12/1/21 | Ronnie Dawson | Just Rockin’ And A Rollin’ | 12″ | LP |
12/2/21 | Conway Twitty | You’ve Never Been This Far Before | 12″ | LP |
12/2/21 | Inmates | Shot in the Dark | 12″ | LP |
12/2/21 | Jackie Wilson | Baby Work Out! | 12″ | LP |
12/2/21 | Joneses | Keeping Up With The Joneses | 12″ | LP |
12/2/21 | Porter Waggoner | Bottom of the Bottle | 12″ | LP |
12/3/21 | Booker T & the MGs | Hip Hug Her | 12″ | LP |
12/3/21 | Jackie & The Cedrics | 9 Great Stomps | 2×7″ | EP |
12/3/21 | King Khan & BBQ Show | Animal Party | 7″ | Single |
12/3/21 | Klark Kent | Don’t Care | 7″ | EP |
12/3/21 | Pandoras | Stop Pretending | 12″ | LP |
12/3/21 | Pandoras | It’s About Time | 12″ | LP |
12/3/21 | Tub Johnson & Thee Headcoats | Tub’s Twist | 7″ | Single |
12/3/21 | Various Artists | Estrus Cocktail Companion | 3×7″ | EP |
12/3/21 | Various Artists | IRS Records Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2 | 2×12″ | LP |
12/4/21 | Dickies | Stukas Over Disneyland | 12″ | EP |
12/4/21 | Dickies | Killer Klowns From Outer Space | 12″ | EP |
12/4/21 | Patsy Cline | Sentimental | 12″ | LP |
12/5/21 | Cramps | Flame Job | 12″ | LP |
12/5/21 | Wanda Jackson | Right or Wrong | 12″ | LP |
12/5/21 | Wanda Jackson | Let’s have A Party | 2×12″ | LP |
12/6/21 | Bangles | All Over The Place | 12″ | LP |
12/6/21 | Ben Vaughn Combo | Many Moods of Ben Vaughn | 12″ | LP |
12/6/21 | Church | Starfish Extended | 2×12″ | LP |
12/6/21 | Dee Dee Sharpe | Mashed Potato Time | 12″ | LP |
12/6/21 | Eddie & the Hotrods | Fish & Chips | 12″ | LP |
12/6/21 | Johnny Bond | The Man Who Comes Around | 12″ | LP |
12/6/21 | Morlocks | Self Titled | 12″ | LP |
12/6/21 | Porter Waggoner | Skid Row Joe | 12″ | LP |
12/6/21 | Spinal Tap | Hell Hole | 12″ | Single |
12/6/21 | Supersuckers | Smoke of Hell | 12″ | LP |
12/6/21 | Wanda Jackson | In Person | 12″ | LP |
12/6/21 | X | More Fun In The New World | 12″ | LP |
12/7/21 | Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley’s A Gunslinger | 12″ | LP |
12/7/21 | Brood | In Spite of It All | 12″ | LP |
12/7/21 | Detroit Cobras | Love Life and Leaving | 12″ | LP |
12/7/21 | Various Artists | Garage Punk Unknowns | 4×12″ | LP |
12/8/21 | Ian Hunter | Self Titled | 12″ | LP |
12/8/21 | Los Straitjackets | The Further Adventures of Los Straitjackets | 12″ | LP |
12/8/21 | Love | Da Capo | 12″ | LP |
12/8/21 | Roy Loney | Fast and Loose | 12″ | LP |
12/9/21 | Bill Haley & The Comets | Greatest Hits | 12″ | LP |
12/9/21 | Gene Moss | Dracula’s Greatest Hits | 12″ | LP |
12/9/21 | Ian Dury & The Blockheads | Laughter | 12″ | LP |
12/9/21 | Jet Boys | Self Titled | 7″ | EP |
12/9/21 | Lazy Cowgirls | A Little sex and Death | 12″ | LP |
12/9/21 | Lyres | Stay Away | 7″ | Single |
12/9/21 | Meteors | Teenagers from Outer Space | 12″ | LP |
12/9/21 | Naz Nomad and the Nightmares | I Had too Much To Dream Last Night | 7″ | Single |
12/9/21 | Nikki & The Corvettes | Yummy Yummy Yummy | 7″ | Single |
12/9/21 | Nines | Get A Ring | 7″ | Single |
12/9/21 | Screamin’ Jay Hawkins | Feast of the Mau Mau | 2×12″ | LP |
12/9/21 | Screamin’ Jay Hawkins | At Home with Screamin’ Jay | 12″ | LP |
12/9/21 | Shadowy Men on A Shadowy Planet | Music for Pets | 7″ | EP |
12/9/21 | Sleepy LaBeef | Early, Rare, and Rockin’ Sides | 12″ | LP |
12/9/21 | Willie Nelson & Johnny Gimble | Split Single | 7″ | Single |
12/10/21 | Beat | Kids are the Same | 12″ | LP |
12/10/21 | David Bowie | Changesonebowie | 12″ | LP |
12/10/21 | Dwight Twilley Band | Sincerely | 12″ | LP |
12/10/21 | Iggy Pop | Lust for Life | 12″ | LP |
12/10/21 | Jimmy Reed | Soul City | 12″ | LP |
12/10/21 | Pink Slip Daddy | Antidisestablishmentarianism | 12″ | LP |
12/10/21 | Pogues | Red Roses for Me | 12″ | LP |
12/10/21 | Problem Hair | Self Titled | 12″+7″ | LP |
12/10/21 | Radio Birdman | Radios Appear | 12″ | LP |
12/11/21 | Alex Chilton | Feudalist Tarts | 12″ | EP |
12/11/21 | Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit | Rose of England | 12″ | LP |
12/11/21 | Roy Loney & The Phantom Movers | Contents under Pressure | 12″ | LP |
12/12/21 | Al Perry | Ol’ What’s her Name | 7″ | EP |
12/12/21 | Chris Isaak | Solitary Man | 7″ | Single |
12/12/21 | Donnie Iris | This Time It Might be Love | 7″ | Single |
12/12/21 | Isley Brothers | The Cow Jumped Over The Moon | 7″ | Single |
12/12/21 | James & Bobby Purify | I take what i want | 7″ | Single |
12/12/21 | Joe Jackson | The Harder They fall | 7″ | Single |
12/12/21 | King Bees (2)/Don & Juan | Split Single | 7″ | Single |
12/12/21 | Kinks | Mr. Pleasant | 7″ | Single |
12/12/21 | Knack | Good Girls Don’t | 7″ | Single |
12/12/21 | Mable John | Your Good Thing | 7″ | Single |
12/12/21 | Mickey Murray | Lonely Room | 7″ | Single |
12/12/21 | Music Explosion | Little Bit of Soul | 7″ | Single |
12/12/21 | Nathaniel mayer | Ride in My 225 | 7″ | Single |
12/12/21 | Nervous Eaters | Loretta | 7″ | Single |
12/12/21 | Olympics | Big Boy Pete | 7″ | Single |
12/12/21 | Paley Brothers | You’re The Best | 7″ | Single |
12/12/21 | Payola$ | Introducing the Payola$ | 7″ | EP |
12/12/21 | Pinkz | Something About You | 7″ | Single |
12/12/21 | Priscillas | Superhero | 7″ | Single |
12/12/21 | Purple Merkins | Purple Merkin Power | 7″ | Single |
12/12/21 | Wanda Jackson | Funnel of Love | 7″ | Single |
12/12/21 | Wanda Jackson | Windy City Redux | 7″ | Single |
12/13/21 | Devo | New Traditionalists | 12″ | LP |
12/13/21 | J. Geils Band | Morning After | 12″ | LP |
12/13/21 | Monkees | 20 Greatest Rock N Roll Hits | 12″ | LP |
12/13/21 | Sir Bald Diddley & his Wig Outs | Tuck In | 7″ | EP |
12/13/21 | Sit ‘n Spin | Santa Claws | 7″ | Single |
12/13/21 | Slow Poisoner | Green Chair | 7″ | Single |
12/13/21 | Slow Poisoner | Midnite Earwig Buffet | 7″ | Single |
12/13/21 | Sons of Hercules | Spittin’ Fire | 7″ | Single |
12/13/21 | Sorrows | Teenage Heartbreak | 7″ | Single |
12/13/21 | Standells | Dirty Water | 7″ | Single |
12/14/21 | Amy Rigby | Diary of a Mod Housewife | 12″ | LP |
12/14/21 | Big Sandy & the Fly rite Trio | Fly Right | 12″ | LP |
12/14/21 | Hawkshaw Hawkins | Sings | 12″ | LP |
12/14/21 | Mitch Ryder | What Now My Love? | 12″ | LP |
12/14/21 | Patti Smith Group | So You wanna Be A Rock N Roll Star | 7″ | EP |
12/14/21 | Rachel Sweet | I go to Pieces | 7″ | Single |
12/14/21 | Rachel Sweet | Be My Baby/Then he Kissed Me | 7″ | Single |
12/14/21 | Runaways | Little Girls Lost | 12″ | LP |
12/14/21 | Ruts | Live and Loud | 12″ | LP |
12/14/21 | Sam & Dave | Double Dynamite | 12″ | LP |
12/14/21 | Standells | Try It | 7″ | Single |
12/14/21 | Strawberry Alarm Clock | Incense and Peppermints | 7″ | Single |
12/14/21 | Swindlers | You’re Drivin’ me wild | 7″ | Single |
12/14/21 | Swinging Blue Jeans | Hippy Hippy Shake | 7″ | Single |
12/14/21 | Union Carbide | Down on the farm | 7″ | Single |
12/15/21 | Chesterfield Kings | Berlin Wall of Sound | 12″ | LP |
12/15/21 | Cramps | Psychedelic Jungle | 12″ | LP |
12/15/21 | Cramps | Eyeball In my Martini | 12″ | EP |
12/15/21 | Cramps | What’s Inside A Girl | 12″ | EP |
12/15/21 | Cramps | All Women Are Bad | 12″ | EP |
12/15/21 | Go Gos | Beauty & The Beat | 12″ | LP |
12/15/21 | Insomniacs | Get something going | 12″ | LP |
12/15/21 | mad Maynard Horlick | Go Go Rip Van Winkle | 7″ | Single |
12/15/21 | Stiv Bators | Disconnected | 12″ | LP |
12/16/21 | Aretha Franklin | Lady Soul | 12″ | LP |
12/16/21 | Bangles | Everything | 12″ | LP |
12/16/21 | Bantam Rooster | Cross and the Switchblade | 12″ | LP |
12/16/21 | Chris Isaak | Self Titled | 12″ | LP |
12/16/21 | Freddy & The Four Gone Conclusions | Wigged Out Sounds | 12″ | LP |
12/16/21 | Fugs | Greatest Hits Volume 1 | 12″ | LP |
12/16/21 | Heartbreakers | LAMF | 12″ | LP |
12/16/21 | Screamin’ Jay Hawkins | Screamin’ The Blues | 12″ | LP |
12/16/21 | Terry Gibson | Downliner | 12″ | LP |
12/17/21 | Cynics | Rock ‘N’ Roll | 12″ | LP |
12/17/21 | Dave Edmunds | Repeat When Necessary | 12″ | LP |
12/17/21 | Dick Curless | The Last Blues Song | 12″ | LP |
12/17/21 | English Beat | Special Beat Service | 12″ | LP |
12/17/21 | Hasil Adkins | Moon over Madison | 12″ | LP |
12/17/21 | J. Michael & the Bushmen | I Need Love | 7″ | Single |
12/17/21 | Metros | Hot Wired | 7″ | Single |
12/17/21 | Sammy Masters | Twin Pipes & Pin stripes | 12″ | LP |
12/17/21 | Steve Martin | King Tut | 7″ | EP |
12/17/21 | Various Artists | Anything Goes When You’re Girl Crazy | 12″ | LP |
12/18/21 | Vyvyan | Teenage Wannabes | 10″ | EP |
12/20/21 | Damned | Best of | 12″ | LP |
12/20/21 | Donnie Iris | Fortune 410 | 12″ | LP |
12/20/21 | Fabulous Poodles | Mirror Stars | 12″ | LP |
12/20/21 | Fats Domino | Trouble In Mind | 12″ | LP |
12/20/21 | Full Time Men | My Fist Your Face | 12″ | LP |
12/20/21 | Javier Escovedo | Kicked Out of Eden | 12″ | LP |
12/20/21 | Mac Curtis | Grand Daddy’s Rockin’ | 12″ | LP |
12/20/21 | Payola$ | Hammer on Drum | 12″ | LP |
12/20/21 | Robin Lane & the Chartbusters | Imitation of Life | 12″ | LP |
12/20/21 | Scandal | Self Titled | 12″ | EP |
12/20/21 | Various Artists | When the Boys Meet The Girls SOundtrack | 12″ | LP |
12/21/21 | Bobby Bland | Call on Me | 12″ | LP |
12/21/21 | Chuck Berry | The Golden Decade Volume 3 | 2×12″ | LP |
12/21/21 | Chuck Berry | On Stage | 12″ | LP |
12/21/21 | Devil Dogs | No Requests Tonight | 12″ | LP |
12/21/21 | Dolly Parton | 9 to 5 | 7″ | Single |
12/21/21 | Graham Parker | I Want You Back (Alive) | 7″ | Single |
12/21/21 | Little Milton | Grits Ain’t Groceries | 7″ | Single |
12/21/21 | Onyas | Drink ’em Up Motherfuckers | 7″ | EP |
12/21/21 | Ramones | I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend | 7″ | Single |
12/21/21 | Randy Bachelors | Bad Advice | 7″ | Single |
12/21/21 | Rivieras | Best of the Rivieras | 12″ | LP |
12/21/21 | Rivingtons | Mama Mama Oo Maw Maw | 7″ | Single |
12/22/21 | April March | Paris in April | 12″ | LP |
12/22/21 | Big Jay McNeely | Live & rare | 12″ | LP |
12/23/21 | Accel 4 | Don’t Stop Is The Keyword | 7″ | Single |
12/23/21 | Alarm Clocks | Ramona | 7″ | Single |
12/23/21 | American Soul Spiders | Anyway Any Girl | 7″ | Single |
12/23/21 | American Soul Spiders/Supersnazz | Split Single | 7″ | Single |
12/23/21 | Ann Margret | I Just Don’t Understand | 7″ | Single |
12/23/21 | Blues Magoos | (We Ain’t Got Nothing yet) | 7″ | Single |
12/23/21 | Booker T. & the MGs | Hang ’em High | 7″ | Single |
12/23/21 | Brains | Money Changes Everything | 7″ | Single |
12/23/21 | Buggles | Video Killed The Radio Star | 7″ | Single |
12/23/21 | Carthays | Betty Jo | 7″ | Single |
12/23/21 | Gories | The Shaw Tapes | 12″ | LP |
12/23/21 | Hank McCoy & the Dead Ringers | Self Titled | 12″ | LP |
12/23/21 | Jimmy Bowen | I’m Sticking With You | 7″ | Single |
12/23/21 | Joe King Carrasco | Don’t Let A Woman Make A Fool Of You | 7″ | Single |
12/23/21 | Joe King Carrasco | Walk It Like You Talk It | 7″ | Single |
12/23/21 | Ray Campi | Play It cool | 7″ | Single |
12/24/21 | 45s | Couldn’t Believe a Word | 7″ | Single |
12/24/21 | 5678s | I walk Like Jayne Mansfield | 7″ | Single |
12/24/21 | A-Bones | Questions I Can’t answer | 7″ | Single |
12/24/21 | Go to Blazes | Self Titled | 12″ | LP |
12/24/21 | Ramones | Road to Ruin | 12″ | LP |
12/25/21 | 1910 Fruitgum Company | No good Annie | 7″ | Single |
12/25/21 | 1910 Fruitgum Company | Indian Giver | 7″ | Single |
12/25/21 | 440s | Feel Alright | 7″ | EP |
12/25/21 | Arthur Conley | Whole Lotta Woman | 7″ | Single |
12/25/21 | Count Backwards | Double decker Bus | 7″ | Single |
12/25/21 | Elvis | Viva Las Vegas | 7″ | Single |
12/25/21 | Elvis | Burning Love | 7″ | Single |
12/25/21 | Esquerita | Dew Drop Inn | 7″ | Single |
12/25/21 | Estrella 20/20 | Self Titled | 7″ | EP |
12/25/21 | Flakes | Wanna Meet The Flakes? | 7″ | Single |
12/25/21 | Fleshtones | Girl From Baltimore | 7″ | Single |
12/25/21 | Various Artists | Nuggets | 2×12″ | LP |
12/26/21 | Gore Gore Girls | Get The Gore | 12″ | LP |
12/26/21 | Marvelettes | Greatest Hits | 12″ | LP |
12/26/21 | Marvin Rainwater | Sings Country Gold | 12″ | LP |
12/26/21 | Ramones | Pleasant Dreams | 12″ | LP |
12/26/21 | Rosco Gordon | Legendary Sun Performers | 12″ | LP |
12/27/21 | Muddy Waters | Folk Singer | 12″ | LP |
12/27/21 | Pretenders | Learning to Crawl | 12″ | LP |
12/27/21 | Public Nuisance | Gotta Survive | 12″ | LP |
12/28/21 | Any Trouble | Second Choice | 7″ | Single |
12/28/21 | Apemen (1) | Percolator Stomp | 7″ | Single |
12/28/21 | Apemen (2) | I Got Soul | 7″ | Single |
12/28/21 | Apemen (3) | Lucky In Love | 7″ | Single |
12/28/21 | Hank Ballard & The Midniters | Annie Had A Baby | 7″ | Single |
12/29/21 | Archie & the Bunkers/PowerSolo | Split Single | 7″ | Single |
12/29/21 | Bobby Marchan | Bump your Booty | 7″ | Single |
12/29/21 | Bobby Marchan | Something On Your Mind | 7″ | Single |
12/29/21 | Heartdrops | Truth Comes Around | 7″ | Single |
12/29/21 | Insomniacs | Already Down | 7″ | Single |
12/29/21 | Johnny Thunders & the Chesterfield Kings | Critic’s Choice | 7″ | EP |
12/29/21 | Lonnie Mack | Where There’s A Will | 7″ | Single |
12/29/21 | Louie Lymon & The Teenchords | Never Let You Go | 7″ | Single |
12/29/21 | Madame X | Funnel of Love | 7″ | EP |
12/29/21 | Madness | Un Paso Adelante | 7″ | Single |
12/29/21 | Max Wall | England’s Glory | 7″ | Single |
12/29/21 | Neil Sedaka | Breaking Up Is Hard To Do | 7″ | Single |
12/29/21 | Nick Lowe | Burning | 7″ | Single |
12/29/21 | Nick Lowe | My Heart Hurts | 2×7″ | Single |
12/29/21 | Rose Maddox | Faded Love | 7″ | Single |
12/29/21 | Royaltones | Wail | 7″ | Single |
12/29/21 | Scandal | Goodbye To you | 7″ | Single |
12/29/21 | Subsonics | Voodoo Doll | 7″ | Single |
12/29/21 | Various Artists | Sun Box Set | 3×12″ | LP |
12/29/21 | Vibrators | Judy Says Knock You In The Head | 7″ | Single |
12/29/21 | Watts 103rd Street Orchestra | Bottomless | 7″ | Single |
12/29/21 | Who | I can See For Miles | 7″ | Single |
12/30/21 | BR5-49 | Little Ramona’s Gone Hillbilly Nuts | 7″ | Single |
12/30/21 | Butterflys | The Swim | 7″ | Single |
12/30/21 | Byrds | Feel A Whole Lot Better | 7″ | Single |
12/30/21 | Cadets | Stranded In the Jungle | 7″ | Single |
12/30/21 | Dovells | Can’t sit Down | 12″ | LP |
12/30/21 | Gentrys | Keep on Dancing | 12″ | LP |
12/30/21 | Lazy Cowgirls | Ragged Soul | 12″ | LP |
12/30/21 | Phil Seymour | Surrender | 7″ | Single |
12/30/21 | Ramones | Carbona Not Glue | 7″ | Single |
12/30/21 | Robert Gordon with Link Wray | Fresh Fish Special | 12″ | LP |
12/31/21 | Blondie | Call Me | 7″ | Single |
12/31/21 | Carbonas | Lost Cause and Nineteen Live At Ron’s House | 7″ | Single |
12/31/21 | Count Bishops | Train Train | 7″ | Single |
12/31/21 | Elvis Costello | Radio Radio | 7″ | Single |
12/31/21 | Ernie Graham | Romeo | 7″ | Single |
12/31/21 | I’m With Stupid | Swank-O-Pation | 7″ | Single |
12/31/21 | Tough And Lovely | Tough and Lovely | 7″ | Single |
12/31/21 | Wreckless Eric | Joe Meek | 7″ | Single |
12/31/21 | Yachts | Now That I’m Spoken For | 7″ | Single |