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Politically InQueerect – Old Ghosts page 33 of 36

Well, SOMEthing’s got loose in the house, at any rate.

Old Ghosts page 32 cannot be contained

Politically InQueerect: Old Ghosts page 32 is up! In which Todd does his best imitation of Peregrin Took.

Read it here on Tapastic, or here on Studio NDR.

Need to get caught up? The archive of pages posted to date is here.

Oh, I’ll post about this again later, but I’ll be in New York next month for a reading at BGSQD. It’s happening on October 10th at 7:00 PM, and there will be several other awesome comix creators sharing their work. So do please put that on yer calendar!

Cheers,

Dylan

Politically InQueerect – Old Ghosts page 32 of 36

In which Todd does his best imitation of Peregrin Took. Good thing it’s just a harmless glass bottle, right?

QU33R takes the Ignatz!

Just a quick note to mention that QU33R won the 2014 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Anthology or Collection! Big congratulations to our editor Rob Kirby, the 33 creators featured in the book (including myself, of course :} ), and Zan Christensen & Northwest Press!

It’s very exciting to be part of another award-winning anthology (No Straight Lines won the 2013 Lambda Literary Award for Best Anthology). And if you haven’t checked out QU33R yet, well, what’re ya waitin’ for, an invitation? (You are cordially invited to check out QU33R.)

Cheers,

Dylan

Old Ghosts page 31 has escaped its bonds

Politically InQueerect: Old Ghosts page 31 is up! Another foray into Archer’s past, and a lesson in ghost-wrangling from gran. Read it here on Tapastic, or here on Studio NDR.

Need to get caught up? The archive of all pages posted to date is here.

Art notes: the poster in the background apes the style 1940s film posters, though a limited-run theatrical play probably wouldn’t have had anything quite so elaborate.

Also, the British don’t really celebrate Halloween, so the late October dates for a horror-themed production are mostly arbitrary.

If you can manage to get over these egregious historical inaccuracies, there’s a lot of Gran’s story to be gleaned from this page.

Cheers,

Dylan

Politically InQueerect – Old Ghosts page 31 of 36

Another foray into Archer’s past, and a lesson in ghost-wrangling.

Art notes: the poster in the background apes the style 1940s film posters, though a limited-run theatrical play probably wouldn’t have had anything quite so elaborate.

Also, the British don’t really celebrate Halloween, so the late October dates for a horror-themed production are mostly arbitrary.

If you can manage to get over these egregious historical inaccuracies, there’s a lot of Gran’s story to be gleaned from this page.

Valley of the Silk Sky – new comic is comin’ atcha

I’ve been working away on the script for my new sci-fi comic series, Valley of the Silk Sky, which you will have already heard me talk about regarding my comic for Beyond. I decided it needed to have its own website, since it is big and sprawling, and trying to cram all of that nerdity in here would just be confusing. SO. If you want to keep up on what’s going on, please follow along on the Valley of the Silk Sky tumblr website.

I will probably (?) also post finished comic pages here? But things like concept art, worldbuilding details, etc. will live over there. So.

The plan is to start publishing the first story arc of the new comic in January 2015. More on that as things develop!

Cheers,

Dylan

Old Ghosts page 30 contains a multitude of mysteries

Politically InQueerect: Old Ghosts page 30 is up! I wonder if the old curio cabinet contains any objects of significance. Hmmmm.

Read it here on Tapastic, or here on Studio NDR.

Need to get caught up? The archive of all pages posted to date is here.

Trivia for this page: Todd’s shirt is based on an Oxford University rugby jersey I used to have. I thought it would be funny to color Archer’s shirt Cambridge Blue, you know, as one of those visual jokes that maybe three people will get.

Well, it turns out Oxford cares a LOT more about their branding than Cambridge does. Here, for example, is the best description I could find of what shade Cambridge Blue is supposed to be.

Hell, they didn’t even bother to make it actually be blue.

Meanwhile, Oxford has an extensive branding toolkit available online to make sure you get the exact right Pantone shades for each of their pre-approved colors.

Spoiler alert: I did NOT Pantone match Todd’s jersey. Sorry, Oxford.

Politically InQueerect – Old Ghosts page 30 of 36

I wonder if the old curio cabinet contains any objects of significance. Hmmmm.

Trivia for this page: Todd’s shirt is based on an Oxford University rugby jersey I used to have. I thought it would be funny to color Archer’s shirt Cambridge Blue, you know, as one of those visual jokes that maybe three people will get.

Well, it turns out Oxford cares a LOT more about their branding than Cambridge does. Here, for example, is the best description I could find of what shade Cambridge Blue is supposed to be.

Hell, they didn’t even bother to make it actually be blue.

Meanwhile, Oxford has an extensive branding toolkit available online to make sure you get the exact right Pantone shades for each of their pre-approved colors.

Spoiler alert: I did NOT Pantone match Todd’s jersey. Sorry, Oxford.

Old Ghosts page 29 attempts to claim your soul

Page 29 of Old Ghosts is up! I really do almost (but not quite) feel guilty about this one. Read it here on Tapastic, or here on Studio NDR.

Need to get caught up? The archive of pages posted to date is here.

[MILDLY SPOILERY INFO FOR THIS PAGE]

EVIL is indeed a real wine, produced by R Wines of Australia (though as far as I can tell they’ve gone out of business despite a Wine Advocate score of 90 points for their 2006 cab).

Although Gran doesn’t drink these days, this is exactly the sort of thing she’d pick up based on the name alone. Archer, meanwhile (and this will shock you, I’m sure), absolutely despises the current trend of giving wines “edgy” names.

It WAS a tasty wine, though, I have to say.

Cheers,

Dylan