NO RACCOONS UPDATE

I am thrilled to say that as of last night, I have revised my script for No Raccoons in Hell to its "final" form. Issue two is going to be considerably longer than issue one, but I will still wrap it up in two issues rather than three. I think the story will be the better for the revisions. I have figured out what this comic is about now. I knew what was going to happen, basically, but I didn't know what it was about. I frequently find myself in this position with my longer stories.

With Where the Rent Went, I knew Val was going to solve the mystery of who stole the rent money, but I didn't know it was going to be her definitive origin story, or that Tori was going to be the heart of it. With The Divorce Party, I knew a lot of the beats I wanted to hit, but I didn't realize the climax of the story was going to be hinged on a frog metaphor until I was a long way into the issue... or that Tori would be the heart of it. And now, with No Raccoons in Hell, while I knew Tori was important, I didn't know... Oh wait, I'm just going to have to let you find out as you read it.

Now that I have have that figured out, it was easy for me to see what needed to be cut and what needed to be added, and I have a pretty detailed script (which will still change, I'm sure). I hope very much to be able to knock out a page this week, and again, I thank you for your patience.

TINA AND ELLIE UPDATE

I haven't announced when this kickstarter will launch yet, but I have announced an early bird deal that will be available only during the first 24 hours of the campaign:

EARLY BIRD: JUST THE BOOK! Print only.

Get a copy of Tina and Ellie Take the Case with a color drawing inside at no extra charge! 

EARLY BIRD: ALL THREE BOOKS! Print only.

Get copies of all three books: Meeting Comics, Clocking In and Selling Out, and Tina and Ellie Take the Case with color drawings inside at no extra charge! 

Art in books may include colored pencil, marker, and/or watercolor.

The cool thing about this is that if it gives me a whole bunch of work to do, it'll be because I sold a bunch of books. I'm willing to do this extra art labor to get this book into print and not wrecking myself financially.

Also, here's a little promo image for the book and campaign, which I may have produced as a sticker or something:

SOME MORE VALS

Here are some recent Val drawings in assorted styles and at assorted levels of silliness:

and here's a non-recent Val drawing from 2024 that I found in a notebook:

OK, I think that's it for now. Take care!