It’s time for a MOVING SALE! Everything must go.
Everything in my Ko-Fi shop is 50% off when you use the code MOVINGDAY or shop using this link. The discount is available UNTIL MAY 30.
That’s all for now. Thank you for your support!
You. Are. Awesome.
This Saturday, April 1 (not a joke), it’s RathaCon!
I’ve been going to this show in Athens, OH dang near every year, and 2023 is no different.
The show runs Saturday only at the Athens Community Center from 10 am to 7 pm.
If you can make it, you should also check out my cool neighbors, like Shawn Langley, Canonwrite Productions, the Columbus Cartoon Coalition, A “Junior” Vigorito, and Chloe L Rose!
WHAT WILL I HAVE?
I’m bringing my usual setup of comics. I’m also bringing…
Any and all profits will help towards my move to a new apartment in May.
After this show, I have no other events lined up until maybe Free Comic Book Day (still figuring out plans for that weekend, to be honest).
HEADS UP: My online shop will be closed during RathaCon weekend. It should reopen sometime on Sunday, April 2. That said, commissions are still open. Any and all commission sales will help towards moving to a new home.
I’m VERY excited about RathaCon! Hope to see you there!
That’s all for now. Thanks for reading!
You. Are. Awesome.
I’m off to Detroit Zine Fest this weekend!
This time I’m sharing the table with other members of the Columbus Cartoon Coalition!
Be sure to check out Samir and Nick. They have cool stuff and they’re coming with me to the show! Find Samir on Instagram and their website, and find Nick on his website, Instagram, Tumblr, and Twitter.
Now, I’ve never been to Detroit Zine Fest before. I think this is their first year as a zine fest in existence.
But hey, this could be another Feminist Zine Fest Pittsburgh – a cool show with cool people.
Hope to see you there!
Thanks for reading.
You. Are. Awesome.
If you don’t know, I created an alternative to Patreon for my fans and myself – my Subscribe page. On this page are 3 different clubs, each with rewards that stack the more that you pledge.
Previously, one of these clubs was only for folks who lived in the United States: the Zine Club. As part of the rewards, I mailed physical zines to members each month. For the sake of how much postage costs, I kept the reward to only folks who were based in the US. International shipping just cost too much.
It started with the zine I made for February. I made THAT zine digital, because of how I formatted the pages. It just couldn’t work to make it a print book, so I made it a PDF download instead.
Then I thought, “What if I did that…EVERY month?”
Because here’s the thing – I’ve made a few comics exclusively for digital release, not print. Comics like PuzzleSpell, for instance.
So I did some poking around on the backend, updating the Stripe system, making a special segment of my newsletter, and now, we have…
By joining for a subscription of $5 a month, you get a new zine downloadable sent to your inbox before the end of the month. No shipping is necessary! Plus you get early webcomic updates and behind-the-scenes news in your inbox each week.
If you are currently a Zine Club member, you don’t have to do anything. Everything will continue as normal.
If you aren’t subscribed, use this link to sign up.
Are you a Pin Club member but wish to downsize? Here’s where you do that. (It’s also the place to go if you’re a Zine Club member and want to upgrade to the Pin Club.)
If you’re a Digital Club member and want to upgrade to the Zine Club 2.0, reach out to me directly. I have to make certain adjustments because of backend stuff.
I’m VERY excited about Zine Club 2.0. Now anybody worldwide can join – and I have SO MANY fun comics and zine Ideas!
That’s all for now. I appreciate your support!
You. Are. Awesome.
I have one last stream on February 18. In this one, my comics buddy Ben Wright-Heuman and I will be discussing the END of social media as we know it…And what indie creators can do.
After that stream, there will be no live streams until further notice.
In short – I’m starting a new, temporary office job this upcoming Tuesday. It’s on weekdays only, but it IS full-time. I took the gig to help me save up for a new apartment.
For now, this leaves all my comics-making to evenings and weekends. There aren’t TOO many conventions lined up during my time at the office. But there are some. So I have to plan accordingly.
So I looked at the work I do right now, and made choices on what to continue and what to stop.
I will NOT stop making The Legend of Jamie Roberts, New Punk Signal, Vanita and the Demon King, and other comics. Those are important. To stop working on them would feel like cutting off my fingers to me. I can wiggle on other things, but my comics are my priority.
They require a lot from me that I don’t have the energy for right now. Setting aside 2 to 3 hours in one day for one stream? Making assets for it? Live chat moderation? Managing a StreamYard subscription to stream on multiple platforms? There is a LOT that goes on behind the scenes for a stream. And once the office job starts up, I won’t have time for them.
With videos and vlogs, I can work on those in small chunks of time, rather than one long time slot. A lot of the material for a vlog, like recording my art process, is stuff I’m already doing. So making videos is not a drastic change to my workflow.
(Exporting and uploading videos are time sinks to consider, though. But I have ideas for how to work with, or around, those.)
So yeah.
If I DO return to streams, they’ll be on YouTube ONLY. Twitch just doesn’t work for an artist like me.
Should any other changes come, I will let you know (of course).
That’s all for now. I appreciate your understanding!
You. Are. Awesome.
