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May 27, 2015
Nerd out with VoSS world-building posts
I expect I’ll finish up the art for the final page of chapter 3 today, which means the whole dang thing will be in the can prior to the start date of June 3. HECK YEAH.
As per usual, I’ve scheduled a mid-chapter break where I do a bunch of world-building posts over on the Valley of the Silk Sky website. These are not essential homework for following the story; they’re just there for people (like me) who enjoy the finer details of all this made-up stuff. Where can you find them? Why, just over here.
I have two more to post this week (on Daraz writing systems, and on the nature of human interaction with the Daraz).
Oh, also, I’ve added another show to the convention schedule. I’ll be at the Queer Comics Expo in San Francisco next month, June 20-21. It’ll be held at the Cartoon Art Museum. More deets on that as it approaches.
See you next week for the start of chapter 3!
Cheers,
Dylan
Valley of the Silk Sky: “The Long Run” – Chapter 3
Valley of the Silk Sky: “The Long Run” – Chapter 3
May 20, 2015
VoSS chapter 2 wraps up, and Denver Comic Con approaches
The conclusion to chapter 2 awaits you at these locations:
the VoSS website
Tapastic
Studio NDR
AND SO. Chapter 3 will begin on June 3 (or June 1 if you’re a $1+ Patron). I’m excited for this, because it has taken every ounce of my willpower not to spoilerize the crap out of Chapter 3. It’s Just Gonna Be Like That.
Next week will be your regularly-scheduled between-chapters worldbuilding extravaganza over at the VoSS website. So follow along over there if you’re burning to know more about Daraz technology and social order.
And yes, I will be at Denver Comic Con this weekend, May 22-24, 2015!
You can find me at the Northwest Press booth, which I believe is #953.
I’ll also be speaking on the Trans and Genderqueer Representation in Comics panel – Sunday 3:15–4:05 – Room 505.
SEE YOU THERE.
Cheers,
Dylan
Valley of the Silk Sky: “The Long Run” – page 18
Thus concludes chapter 2!
May 13, 2015
Valley of the Silk Sky page 17 comes out of hiding
VoSS: The Long Run page 17 is up! It was last spotted in these locations:
here on the VoSS Tumblr website
here on Tapastic
here on Studio NDR
Come to think of it, the whole “you’re getting warmer/colder” idiom for directing someone to a hidden object would work well for the Daraz.
In other VoSS news, I’m plowing through coloring the pages for chapter 3 (everything is penciled and inked, so it’s all about the finishing). Right now it’s looking like chapter 3 will start on June 3, so that should be easy enough to remember.
The Queers & Comics Conference this past weekend was truly an amazing experience. I wrote about it a little here. I really hope this event continues, because damn. A conference hall full of queer cartoonists is a beautiful sight indeed.
Cheers,
Dylan
Valley of the Silk Sky: “The Long Run” – page 17
Come to think of it, the whole “you’re getting warmer/colder” idiom for directing someone to a hidden object would work well for the Daraz.
May 6, 2015
VoSS page 16 is up, Queers & Comics Conference is nigh
It was very difficult not to post this page immediately after (or, indeed, before) I finished it. BUT IT IS HERE NOW:
here on Tumblr
here on Tapastic
here on Studio NDR
Speaking of being places, I’ll be at the Queers & Comics Conference in New York this week, May 7-8.
I’m on three panels: May 7 it’s Queer Memoir from 9:00 – 10:45 AM, and Trans/Genderqueer Character Design from 2:15 – 4:00 PM. Then I’ll be signing at the Prism Comics booth from 4:00 – 5:00 PM.
May 8 I’ll be signing from 3:00 – 4:00 PM, then speaking on the Queer Male Identity in Comics panel from 4:15 – 6:00 PM.
On Saturday, May 9, I’ll be at the School of Visual Arts (133-141 W. 21 St., Rm 101C), along with 30-odd other comix folk, to do a big ol’ queer comics reading. The event goes from 1:30 – 3:30.
See you there!
Cheers,
Dylan
Valley of the Silk Sky: “The Long Run” – page 16
It was very difficult not to post this page immediately after (or, indeed, before) I finished it. BUT IT IS HERE NOW.
May 2, 2015
Reviews for Politically InQueerect: Old Ghosts, Queers & Comics Conference, reading in NYC
A couple more reviews for the new PiQue collection from Northwest Press have come in:
The Lambda Literary Review says it’s “an insightful, humorous and unique comic.”
Over at Panel Patter, they declare it to be “a fun, clever story, somewhat akin to a drawing room comedy.”
And don’t forget the Queers & Comics Conference, which is nearly upon us. It’s this Thursday and Friday, May 7-8, at CLAGS: Center for LGBTQ Studies, 365 Fifth Avenue, Room 7115, New York, New York 10016.
I’m on three panels: May 7 it’s Queer Memoir from 9:00 – 10:45 AM, and Trans/Genderqueer Character Design from 2:15 – 4:00 PM. Then I’ll be signing at the Prism Comics booth from 4:00 – 5:00 PM.
May 8 I’ll be signing from 3:00 – 4:00 PM, then speaking on the Queer Male Identity in Comics panel from 4:15 – 6:00 PM.
On Saturday, May 9, you can hear me read some excerpts from PiQue. I’ll be at the School of Visual Arts (133-141 W. 21 St., Rm 101C), along with 30-odd other comix folk, to do a big ol’ queer comics reading. The event goes from 1:30 – 3:30. Details here.
See you soon, New York!
Cheers,
Dylan
April 29, 2015
VoSS chapter 2 begins!
Chapter 2 of Valley of the Silk Sky begins! These creatures are Daraz (species) Harcos (warrior/hunter caste). Harcos are non-reproducing members of the species. Read the new page here:
on the VoSS Tumblr
on Tapastic
on Studio NDR
I’ve already got a couple of appendix posts up about the Daraz, if you’re in a world-building mood:
In other news, the Queers & Comics Conference in NYC is fast approaching! May 7-8 you’ll be able to sit in on jillions of panels about QUEER COMICS.
I’ll be on three panels (Queer Memoir, and Trans/GQ Character Design on May 7, Queer Male Identity on May 8). Check out the full schedule for all the awesomeness.
In other other news, I have a page and a half left to ink on VoSS chapter 3, and then it’s on to painting. EXCITE.
Cheers,
Dylan
