The campaign to fund the printing of the first Dwarves of Kadaz book launched last week! As of this writing it is 81% funded with three weeks to go! It looks like this is going to be a successful campaign but I’m not assuming anything. I plan to be as persistent as possible about this … Continue reading “Kickstarting and Going On”
As the special announcement on today’s front page says, the Kickstarter campaign to fund the printing of the first Dwarves of Kadaz storyline, REVOLUTION, has launched! I’m very excited to share the print version of this first story with you all! The campaign page has all the relevant information you need, from what’s included in … Continue reading “The Kickstarter is live!”
With the Kickstarter campaign for Dwarves of Kadaz: REVOLUTION ready to launch next week, it’s time to start talking about it non-stop. So while I’m going to promote it here today by pointing out that the pre-launch page is up for you to follow, I’m also going to talk about what a pain-in-the-ass it is … Continue reading “Making The Crowdfunding Page”
This is the last week of strips for this chapter, Long Story Short. Next week is the normal week-long break between chapters before the next one starts up. So I feel it’s the perfect time to announce that next week I’m planning to launch a Kickstarter campaign to fund the printing of the first Dwarves … Continue reading “A Kickstart for the Dwarves!”
Giving myself a regularly scheduled break between comic chapters has been one of the best decisions I’ve made in a long time. After nearly 25 years of steady comics output I needed to do something to both give myself a much-needed breather and keep the threat of creative burnout safely away. A scheduled break that … Continue reading “The Scheduled Break Guilt Trip”
Some days are better than others when you’re a parent, and yesterday was one of the not great days for us. It wasn’t because of any one big thing our son did, but an entire day of little pain-in-the-ass behaviors that snowballed into an exhausting day. From first thing in the morning to bedtime in … Continue reading “One Of Those Parenting Days”
I love my local public library for many reasons, but the main reason is that it’s a treasure trove of graphic novels I wouldn’t ordinarily read. As a result of exploring its offerings I’ve discovered some of my favorite books, and so has my son. I live in a sleepy little town in northern Massachusetts, … Continue reading “Gems At Your Library”
For years I’ve tried to make villains who are at times sympathetic, complicated, or even justified in their actions. For years I thought the cartoonish, mustache-twirling villains of my childhood stories were exaggerations and not realistic at all. People don’t act the way they do because “they’re just evil,” I reasoned. There are complexities and … Continue reading “Villains Who Are Just The Worst”
We’re barely into 2026 and I am already fuming at the state of my country, the United States. There’s been a lot to be angry about, but the new year has barely begun and I’m already losing my mind in outrage over this latest string of horrible news and events; most recently the shooting of … Continue reading “To Hell With This Entire Administration”
I promised to continue updating the comic throughout the holidays and I managed to do so, but as the title of today’s blog states, I don’t know how I did it. The biggest obstacle was the mere fact that it was that confusing week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve/Day. There is something about that … Continue reading “I Don’t Know How I Did It”