Hey folks! It’s been a little while! I got sick, I recuperated, I set up at my favorite comic show (NOICE in, Norfolk), I recuperated some more, and before that I didn’t update you for a while because I was just too dang busy in my non-comic life.

CHEAP COMMISSIONS

First of all, for a limited time, I am doing cheap commission drawings. $25 + tax and shipping gets you a full color drawing of one or two of my characters or your favorite corporate IP. My cat Babydoll just had a big ol’ dental procedure and I’d like to not be paying it off forever.

They’ll be on 5×7 cardstock, full color (maybe marker, maybe colored pencil, maybe both). Here’s a recent Zatanna drawing by way of example. There are more examples at the link!

WEATHER OR NOT

As I type this on Sunday night, I’m snowed in - well, sleeted in - at my house, but there’s power. There’s a good amount of freezing rain coming down right now, so I’m hoping the power situation continues. Hopefully you’re all keeping warm.

NO RACCOONS

Once again, a new page of NO RACCOONS IN HELL PART TWO! There is a post with a little bit of commentary at my patreon.

NOICE

There are a lot more pictures than words in this update!

NEW COMIC PAGE

This is the second page of NO RACCOONS IN HELL PART TWO! There is a post at my patreon with commentary and lots more images.

I’M BACK

It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you
Without a strong rhyme to step to

--Rakim, I Know You Got Soul

Back in the game
like Jack LaLanne
-- MF DOOM, Meat Grinder

HOLIDAY BOOK & ART PACKAGE

First, I just want to let you know that there is a holiday package available for order for BUY MY SHIT WEDNESDAY!

You know what makes a great gift? Well, I'll tell you:
• A copy of Meeting Comics: the Book (collects Meeting Comics issues 1-6) WITH A COLOR DRAWING INSIDE!
• A copy of Clocking In and Selling Out (collects Meeting Comics 7-12 and 320 Shades of Greg: A Meeting Comics Erotic Thriller) WITH A COLOR DRAWING INSIDE!
• Two pieces of art from the Meeting Comics Archives (could be an outfit sketch, promo image for a show appearance, or something else)

ZINE MACHINE

Hey, folks! When last we spoke, I was getting ready to exhibit at Zine Machine in Durham, one of my favorite shows.

Tables at Zine Machine are eight feet wide, and this year I decided to take full advantage of the space. I tried a new way of displaying original art - in trays rather than in portfolios - and more people flipped through the art since it was more visible. I sold a few pieces as well. Hopefully I’ll be able to work out how to do the same thing on standard 6 foot tables!

Hey everyone! I've been dealing with life outside of comics but things are moving along in a way that I'll be able to resume drawing comics in November. I am very happy about this. In the meantime, I have seized what moments I've been able to and done some drawings. I've put some of those drawings into a couple of new Style & Fashion zines, which I'll be debuting at Zine Machine this Sunday, so let's talk about that event first:

ZINE MACHINE

I've done a very small amount of shows this year, and unless something very convenient pops up at the last minute, Zine Machine will be my last show of the year. It's a fun event in downtown Durham, NC. I always enjoy myself at Zine Machine, and usually make pretty good money, too. I hope to see some of you who are local there!

Hey, folks! It’s been about a month since my last newsletter.

There's been a lot going on in Nealville. I won't be going into details here, but the comics part of my life has been mostly paused for a little while.

Hey, everybody!

SHIPPED

I have shipped out all preorders of No Raccoons In Hell Part One with the exception of a couple people who have not yet responded to my kickstarter survey with an address.

REVIEWED

Hey, folks! I’ve already sent out an email newsletter this week, but this is time sensitive:

I currently have a print-on-demand t-shirt shop through spreadshirt. I will be removing my designs sometime this Sunday due to the fact that they have added a feature where customers can use AI to remix the art.

Here’s the link to the t-shirt store.

I'll find a new t-shirt shop at some point but it'll probably take me a while, as I am exceptionally busy in multiple aspects of life right now.

NOW SHIPPING NO RACCOONS IN HELL

Hey, everybody! I have started shipping NO RACCOONS IN HELL part one and PEEKS & VALLEYS to patreon, kickstarter, and webstore folks.

Here are a bunch of packages in my car on their way to the post office.

WATERCOLORS

Here are some more watercolors I painted for subscribers to my MIDDLE MANAGEMENT tiers at my patreon. Here are three Vals and a Tina!

WATERCOLORS

I have begun the process of painting watercolors for subscribers to my MIDDLE MANAGEMENT tiers at my patreon. I’ll be shipping them a bunch of little pieces of art along with their comics! Some of the images will also go into Style & Fashion zines! Here are some Val watercolors!

Hey folks!

BABYDOLL

One of my perfect cats, Babydoll, mysteriously dislocated her jaw and had to go to the emergency vet, and while she is doing great and healing up, she is now going to have to have some more stuff done because she’s got messed up teeth.

NOW AT THE WEBSTORE

The kickstarter is over! People who have ordered NO RACCOONS IN HELL through the kickstarter, as well as most patreon subscribers, will be receiving both the comic and the bonus zine, PEEKS AND VALLEYS pretty soon.

I have added NO RACCOONS IN HELL as a preorder to my webstore, and moved the other Val Cannon Mysteries to the top of the page.

Order through the end of day, Tuesday, July 15, to get the bonus pin-up zine, PEEKS AND VALLEYS, along with the comic! The zine will be available after this preorder period as a separate item to purchase.

KICKSTARTER SUCCESSFUL!

Hey folks, first of all, the kickstarter for NO RACCOONS IN HELL ended successfully last week. Thanks to everyone who pledged or shared!

THE COMIC IS DONE! BASICALLY!

I finished the final page of NO RACCOONS IN HELL part one this weekend. It’s thirty-six pages of comics. The issue will be 40 pages plus covers, so there will be 4 interior pages that aren’t a part of the comic story, with things like an author’s note, sketches, and this page, which will serve as a primer on characters we've met before for people who haven't read WHERE THE RENT WENT and GONE GHOST:

KICKSTARTER

Hey, folks, this is the last week of my kickstarter! In fact, it ends Thursday, July 3, so it’s the final less than a week of my kickstarter!

It has been funded! People who back the kickstarter will get the new comic (NO RACCOONS IN HELL), a pin-up zine (PEEKS & VALLEYS), and possibly other stuff, depending on the tiers and add-ons they choose!

IT’S HOT

Be careful out there. It’s very hot and very humid where I am. Spring is very over!

HEROES CON REPORT

NEW PAGE IN PROGRESS

I should have a new page done soon, hopefully today! Here’s a detail of a panel in progress!

HEROES CON (SORT OF)