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A Roasted Development

While you’ll have to wait until the coffee is done brewing, you can be sure it’ll perk you later.

Reamstered PiQue and repriced PiQue

First up, the latest of the remastered Politically InQueerect strips from the archive is now up on Tapastic.

This time around, we find out what happens when Archer tries to unwind. THE ANSWER WILL SURPRISE YOU*.

* (Disclaimer: Answer may not actually surprise you.)

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE.

Turns out the price originally listed for the Old Ghosts print comic was incorrect. It is not $7.99 as previously advertised, but actually merely only $5.99!

Northwest Press has submitted the correction to Diamond. The correction won’t come until after orders for NOV are technically due, but please know that the final list price will in fact be $5.99. If you have further questions, please contact Northwest Press for clarification.

Cheers,

Dylan

Todd really wants you to pre-order Politically InQueerect: Old Ghosts

Here’s a little book pre-order graphic I threw together that will hopefully get your attention (and please do look up at the words, if you don’t mind). You can pre-order this book via your favorite local comics shop using Diamond item code NOV141558.

In this all-new tale, Todd joins Archer and his mother on a journey to England to help Archer’s grandmother move. Gran is adamant that her old house is haunted, Archer is adamant that it isn’t. Will Archer’s skepticism lead to his peril, or is Gran amusing herself with a huge wind-up? Includes a selection of choice PiQue strips from the comic’s 14-year run!

Politically InQueerect: Old Ghosts — 48 pages, $7.99, full color comic book. That Diamond item code again: NOV141558.

Meanwhile, there’s a freshly remastered version of a classic PiQue strip up now on Tapastic.

This is the third-ever strip I did starring these two, and the last one with the “Young Republicans in Love” moniker.

I think this was the strip where I finally realized that Todd was not a corporate tax lawyer as I’d originally envisioned him. More a law school dropout who switched to a history major.

Archer, meanwhile, whom I’d originally intended as a sweet, innocent little thing, turns out to be neither. Seriously, characters have little to no interest in your plans for them and will just do whatever.

Cheers,

Dylan

Big PiQue News and new Taxonomically Unbound

It’s pre-orderin’ time! Yes, indeed, the Northwest Press print edition of Politically InQueerect: Old Ghosts is now open for preorder via Diamond Previews. From the NWP blurb:

In this all-new tale, Todd joins Archer and his mother on a journey to England to help Archer’s grandmother move. Gran is adamant that her old house is haunted, Archer is adamant that it isn’t. Will Archer’s skepticism lead to his peril, or is Gran amusing herself with a huge wind-up? Includes a selection of choice PiQue strips from the comic’s 14-year run!

Politically InQueerect: Old Ghosts — 48 pages, $7.99, full color comic book.

Use Diamond item code NOV141558.

As you may know, pre-orders help enormously with a book’s success, so please ask your comics retailer to reserve a copy for you (or, if you ARE a comics retailer, order a bunch now!).

And, because the excitement doesn’t end, here’s a new Taxonomically Unbound for ya. You can read it here on Tapastic, or here on Studio NDR.

This one is titled Pasta Point of No Return, and involves EXCITING MATH JOKES. Does the internet have enough math joke comics? I submit to you that it does not.

I have more stuff to talk about, but we can save it for later. But rest assured, MORE NEWS IS IMMINENT.

Cheers,

Dylan

Pasta Point of No Return

If you eat a succession of 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55 etc. potato pastas, is that a fibognocchi sequence.

Reamstered PiQue – Lexus Prey

In this episode of vintage Politically InQueerect, Todd and Archer have a passionate discussion about the proper use of luxury SUVs. This was the fourth PiQue comic I ever drew, and here it is remastered for modern internet speeds and computer monitors. You can also check it out on Tapastic.

Back in the day, Lexus had a website where you could do a virtual custom-build of their current offerings, so I got to design Todd a ridiculous monstrosity of a car. I’m not sure what he’s driving now, but you can be sure he’s swapped out cars a couple of times since.

It IS a little weird to shop for a car, on behalf of a person you made up, that you yourself could never afford.

Anyhow. Check back Friday for a new Taxonomically Unbound!

P.S. – Obligatory Patreon mention. Please note that a Lexus SUV is NOT featured in my funding goals.

New Taxonomically Unbound – LOLCactus

As promised, what with it being Friday and all, I bring you the new Taxonomically Unbound, a repository for bad puns and regrettable jokes. Read it here on Tapastic, or here on Studio NDR.

As far as update schedules go, I’m thinking Mondays will be for my Patreon supporter’s SEKRIT BLODGE, which you can access by donating a mere $2 a month. The cash goes to support my comic making endeavors, including such niceties as paper and ink, and web hosting for this here site.

Wednesdays will be for my story comics like Politically InQueerect and Valley of the Silk Sky, once that starts up (still shooting for a January launch).

Fridays will be for Taxonomically Unbound, at least until such time as I run out of puns to make.*

*This will probably never happen.

Cheers,

Dylan

LOLCactus

If you are unjustly categorized, would that be considered a taxon your character?

PiQue, Hallowzine, Patreon, and Taxonomically Unbound

Quite a few things to talk about today! First up, I’ve put the original cover for the PiQue #2 minicomic up on Tapastic. When I would take my visibly queer minicomics to shows, I’d always get a few straight dudes who would react as though the comics would turn them gay. This cover was done to taunt those poor chaps.

The story it references may be read in its entirety, starting here.

I also put up a new piece here on Studio NDR, titled Halloween Dance Party. I originally created this for Hallowzine 2014 from Timeghost.xxx.

Now, about that Patreon:

If you enjoy my comics, please consider becoming a regular supporter. It would mean a whole heckuva lot to me, and you can score some neat things: a special blog with sneak previews and works-in-progress, postcards with doodles scribbled on ‘em, original comics art, and who knows? Maybe even some fancy paintings if you’re feeling flush.

Finally, I’ve instituted a new comic series, more or less on a whim. It already existed in rudimentary form here, but I’m “rebranding” it, if you will, and also creating new content. The idea is to do quick, humorous comics so that not every page I create takes 20 hours.

Anyway, follow along on Tapastic, or here at Studio NDR, whichever. My current plan is to update on Fridays.

Is that everything? I think so! FOR NOW.

Cheers,

Dylan

Halloween Dance Party

A piece I did for Hallowzine 2014 from Timeghost.xxx.