#1061 – The Wolf Dude Controversy…
on May 26, 2017
at 22:35
Wow! I guess I HAVEN’T forgotten how to do this “cartooning thing”…
Just a little cartoon version surrounding all of the controversy related to a special one showing of a “ladies only” screening of Wonder Woman based on LOTS of discussion that started on Facebook.
Maybe that’s what I need to start doing now… start some kind of “controversial post” on Facebook and then do a comic strip about it. 😉
Anyway, for those of you that don’t know, here’s a synopsis of my last nine months or so:
- Early September 2016 get unexpectedly laid off from a USMC contract I was working on
- By the end of September, I got a 6-month temp to perm job with the GSA in Washington DC
- Early February, got laid off of the GSA contract due to a government hiring freeze
- End of March, I landed in a new contract job with Homeland Security – once a homeland security background check was completed in approximately 15 business days
- After 30 business days, I start applying to other jobs because the background check is taking too long.
- After 40 business days, I am told that the contract and project I was initially hired for was being cancelled.
- Not long after that though, I got a new job offer doing web design work for the US Army
So that’s been my tail end of 2016 and start of 2017. What this new job means for the comic strip or even future convention appearances… I have no idea. We will just have to see.
As someone who’s been working on a project for CBP for the past 3 years, anyone who says your background investigation will take 15 business days, well I won’t say they were lying through their teeth, but they were being severely incorrect through their teeth. Mine took 11 weeks, and one of the developers actually stuck it out for 6 months before he bailed. Of course the break-in at OPM where they stole the background check information for 22 million people (myself included) might have had something to do with it. At any rate, good luck on the latest job!
Hey CptNerd…
They told me that it would take about 15 business days – especially since I already had/have an active secret clearance. In most cases – at least in my own personal experiences – going from different branches of the armed services, transferring my clearance from one branch to another was pretty much just a formality. But from what I have learned, Homeland security is an entity all onto itself They do things at THEIR pace and THEIR leisure.
In any case… I hope to see you at Awesome Con in a few week. I will be in the G section and will be doing a kid’s werewolf drawing panel at 5:00pm on Saturday!
To quote Animal House “You fucked up!, You trusted us!”. You were counting on a job from people who can’t even manage to raise their own pay enough to keep the government open for an entire year? 😉