DRAWINGS (RANDOM)

Hey folks, this Monday I chose a random subscriber (with a random number generator online) to receive copies of my two books. This person opted to receive the books in PDF form, so I decided to give away another set. I haven’t heard back from the second person I drew, so check your email. The subject was: “Meeting Comics Email newsletter drawing: You're the second winner!”

I’m not going to tell you who won because I’m a privacy guy. If they want to post about it somewhere, great!

DRAWING

On Monday, May 5, I will be conducting a drawing. I will send one random subscriber to this email newsletter a set of both my books, MEETING COMICS, and CLOCKING IN AND SELLING OUT, which collect the first twelve issues of Meeting Comics.

If the winner of the drawing is in the US, I’ll do a drawing in a copy of a print copy of each book and will cover the shipping. If the winner is outside the US, I’ll send them digital copies of the books unless they want to pay for the shipping, in which case I’ll send the books with drawings in them wherever they want.

THIS SUNDAY

This is a reminder that this Sunday, I will be at the Chboro Zinefest in Carrboro, NC. Here’s the link.

Last year during this show there was some kind of event called “Open Streets” that shut down Weaver Street, which leads directly to the Carrboro Commons. There was, however, no one doing anything at the end of Weaver Street abutting the Commons, so no one was saying, “Well, as long as I’m frolicking in the open streets, I’ll head over to this zine show.”

Hey, folks! I’ve got tidbits and event announcements for you and then a bit about a comic cover that I debuted six years ago!

TIDBITS

• Reminder: sign up to be notified about the launch of the NO RACCOONS IN HELL kickstarter right here!

• Reminder: get the first two Val Cannon Mysteries (WHERE THE RENT WENT and GONE GHOST) in digital format for free right here (through next Monday)!

• Page 26 of NO RACCOONS IN HELL has been posted at my patreon for subscribers who pay $1/month or more!

KICKSTARTER!

I'm putting together the kickstarter for No Raccoons In Hell right now, and there is a pre-launch page where you can sign up to follow the campaign. I would appreciate you signing up to be notified when it launches if you’re interested, because I’m pretty sure having more people signed up helps the campaign in the algorithm. But it’s your call!

No Raccoons in Hell is going to be split into two issues. I’ve finished the final draft on the first issue, and that looks like it will be 36 pages. The second issue with probably be 32 to 36 pages as well. This weekend I finished page 25. Here are a few panels from that page:

Weclome back to the third edition of my new email newsletter! Settle in and I’ll tell you what’s going on with me. Some of it, anyway. The stuff related to my comics. For parasocial stuff you’re gonna need to sign up for someone else’s email newsletter.

ART AND BOOK DEAL

I am offering a Limited Time Art and Value Pack through my webstore. Through this Friday, April 4, here’s what you can get from me for $60:

1. A copy of MEETING COMICS: THE BOOK, which collects Meeting Comics #1-6, with a water color inside. Here’s a watercolor I just did in a book by way of example:

Hello! I’m back. I’ve got a lot going on in the part of my life that isn’t about making comics right now, and the making comics part of my life is, as a result, happening slowly. However, I would like to present you with some tidbits from the past.

First, I will show you a panel from the page I’m currently working on for NO RACCOONS IN HELL.

A comic in a comic. Fascinating… Now, on to the past:

Hey, folks! It is I, Andrew Neal, creator of Meeting Comics. The way social media keeps changing and different platforms rise and fall, it’s clear that I need to make an effort to maintain a place to talk about what’s going on with my comics that isn’t tied to any social media site. To that end, I’m restarting my email newsletter.

This newsletter is through a different service, but I have imported the list from my old newsletter. If you’re no longer interested, feel free to unsubscribe.

I haven’t sent out any kind of newsletter in a long time, so I’m going to load this one up as a kind of megadigest! Future editions of this newsletter should be more succinct.

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