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December 30, 2022
Practical Defence Against Piracy: Chapter Two, pages 84-87
Chapter Two continues: Alexandra meets a horse, learns a bit more about England, and her dad makes a bad joke.
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Practical Defence Against Piracy is the fourth book in the Delilah Dirk series of adventure graphic novels. I’m sharing it, chapter-by-chapter, as I finish it. There is no release date… yet. To keep up-to-date, subscribe to the RSS or join the infrequent newsletter.
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December 23, 2022
Practical Defence Against Piracy: Chapter Two, pages 80-83
Chapter Two continues as Alexandra endures the excruciating torment of hearing about her mother in love.
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Practical Defence Against Piracy is the fourth book in the Delilah Dirk series of adventure graphic novels. I’m sharing it, chapter-by-chapter, as I finish it. There is no release date… yet. To keep up-to-date, subscribe to the RSS or join the infrequent newsletter.
Work on this comic is supported by the generous patronage of readers like you, on ol’ Patreon Dot Com. If you are enjoying it and are able to contribute to its production, please do so, and become the wind in Alexandra’s sails. You’ll find weekly updates, the stupidest goofs, behind-the-scenes stuff, pages show up there first, and more… all for less than the price of a single floppy comic per month.
December 17, 2022
Practical Defence Against Piracy: Chapter Two, pages 76-79
Chapter Two continues, and since Alexandra clearly doesn't know how to behave like a lady, her mother promises / threatens to begin her lessons early.
These pages look their best on DelilahDirk.com.
Read these pages on DelilahDirk.com!
Practical Defence Against Piracy is the fourth book in the Delilah Dirk series of adventure graphic novels. I’m sharing it, chapter-by-chapter, as I finish it. There is no release date… yet. To keep up-to-date, subscribe to the RSS or join the infrequent newsletter.
Work on this comic is supported by the generous patronage of readers like you, on ol’ Patreon Dot Com. If you are enjoying it and are able to contribute to its production, please do so, and become the wind in Alexandra’s sails. You’ll find weekly updates, the stupidest goofs, behind-the-scenes stuff, pages show up there first, and more… all for less than the price of a single floppy comic per month.
December 10, 2022
Practical Defence Against Piracy: Chapter Two, pages 72-75
Chapter Two continues continues this week as Archipoli's policy of nighttime light discipline allows Alexandra and Katerina to take a look deep into the night sky.
The new pages are posted below! if you’re viewing this on an RSS reader and the experience is sub-optimal, click through to the web view or hit the button below to read on DelilahDirk.com.
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Practical Defence Against Piracy is supported by the generous patronage of readers like you, on good ol’ Patreon Dot Com. If you enjoy this comic and are able to contribute to its production, please consider doing so, and become the wind in Alexandra’s sails. I post behind-the-scenes updates each week, patrons see finished pages first, their names appear everywhere the patron acknowledgements are published, and at higher tiers you can even see yourself drawn into the book. Literally!
December 3, 2022
Practical Defence Against Piracy: Chapter Two, pages 68-71
Chapter Two continues continues this week as Alexandra learns about bridges and walls, two of the 18th century's most interesting things. Flip!
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November 26, 2022
Practical Defence Against Piracy: Chapter Two, pages 64-67
Chapter Two continues with Alexandra looking for pirate-stabbing promises from her father, demonstrating her acrobatic prowess, and ending up “okay.”
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November 19, 2022
Practical Defence Against Piracy: Chapter Two, Pages 60-63
Four new pages from the second chapter of Practical Defence Against Piracy… in which Alexandra and Katerina try to decide on nicknames, and Alexandra continues her vigilant watch for the English convoy that will allow her to travel safely to England.
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Some housekeeping: parts of this comic have been posted to Webtoon and Tapas in the past, but I will no longer be doing so because of legal details that, frankly...
November 12, 2022
Practical Defence Against Piracy: Chapter Two, pages 56-59
Chapter Two continues, and we learn more about Archipoli and the practical measures it has taken to defend against piracy.
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Read these pages on DelilahDirk.com! ...November 5, 2022
Practical Defence Against Piracy: Chapter Two, pages 50-55
Chapter Two begins!
If you missed Chapter One, read it right here!
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Read these pages on DelilahDirk.com View fullsize ...November 2, 2022
Chapter Two is coming This Weekend - Thank You, Patrons!
Chapter Two of Practical Defence Against Piracy will start updating this weekend, in the tried-and-tested format of four-ish pages per week. Want to read along as it’s posted? Well, you’re in the right place.
Look for comic-page updates in any of these places…
Here! At this blog! I’ll be posting the pages on this blog. Plug the RSS feed into your reader of choice!
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