As Professor Farnsworth says, "GOOD NEEEEWWWSS EVERYONE!"
Yes I am shamelessly using a Matt Groening licensed reference to plug my own project!
But seriously, I have good news! My comic Second Wind (the one I launched a Kickstarter for back in August), is finally getting printed! The Kickstarter was not successful, but due to other events at the time that proved to be a blessing rather than a curse.
For the first time since I have been making comics I get the opportunity to approve a proof before it goes to the final print run. This is a small and usually tedious job when being involved in creating comics but it is a milestone for me. This book is 2 years of work and a lot of growth. Seeing it all in its final form is really exciting and also bittersweet. Here is a picture of the proof I just received:
It is exciting for obvious reasons, it is finally physical! But it is bittersweet, as most projects end are, because it exists now in its final form. No more expectations of what it could be, it now just is.
That is a really philosophical way of me saying "ooooh god, I can see a lot of errors and fuck ups" but hey, I was 2 years less developed when I started this story vs where I am now. And because of how much work I put into it a lot of the mistakes that were made shouldn't happen too much again (I hope).
You all are the first to know about this book being printed as I won't share it with the other social media platforms until it is completed. Only because you all are special! I actually, genuinely mean that. You all are a hell of a lot better than Facebook.
I will let you know when the book is available for purchase. I closed down my website after the Kickstarter as I needed to do some reorganizing, but it will be up again soon and hopefully with a store. As I know a lot of you are located outside of the US I will try to work out the best way for international shipping should you be interested in ordering one.
So, I am forcing myself to not nitpick it and let it be as it is. I am proud of it and what it became, and now it is time to move on to better work!
Here are a few images from the story, just so you have some more fun things to look at! Cheers my friends.
