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)

I hope so, anyway! I have scheduled this email to go out after the launch of my kickstarter around 9am on Tuesday, June 10, but since I have to manually push the button to launch the kickstarter, it’s possible that that won’t have happened for some dumb reason. Who knows? I’m living on the edge!

The kickstarter is ready to go, though! I just finished adding international shipping options thanks to a new service provided by the company I use for postage.

Again, if you’re already getting comics through my patreon, you’ll already get the new comic and zine.

Next Tuesday!

The Kickstarter for No Raccoons in Hell is almost here!

My kickstarter for NO RACCOONS IN HELL PART ONE has received final approval, and I will be launching it next Tuesday. Click here to sign up to be notified when the campaign launches!

Hey, everybody! First of all, thanks to everyone who came out to the Works on Paper Round Up at the Durham Armory last week. I actually remembered to put out an email newsletter signup page at that show, so… welcome!

PROGRESS ON NO RACCOONS…

I have managed to knock out three pages in the last week, which means I’m 31 pages into NO RACCOONS IN HELL part one.

Hey, everybody!

NEW PAGE

I’m continuing to motor on with NO RACCOONS IN HELL. Here’s a panel from the page I posted this weekend at my patreon:

FREE PATREON ACCESS

Above are some of the panels on page 27 of patreon, which I posted this past weekend!

If any of you are not patreon subscribers, You can try it out for free for a month. I created 20 month-long gift subscriptions. Go ahead and grab one, and you’ll be able to see this whole page! Here’s a link:

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.

NO RACCOONS IN HELL