december 2007

dec.07.07

IT'S HERE!!

After weeks of work and years of waiting, Girls With Slingshots Volume 1 is finally available! Thank you all so much for waiting this long - I hope the wait will be paid off when you see it in your hands.

The book collects the first 200 strips, categorized in the table of contents much the same way as it is in the online archive, by story arc. Of course you've got the usual introduction and cast of characters, but additionally you'll find in this book all of the Hazelnuts strips, as well as the never-before-seen early Hazelnuts strips that started it all in 1998 in my high school newspaper!

The rest of the book is jam-packed (I mean it!) with early GWS promo art, commissions, and a how-to-draw Jamie & Hazel tutorial. It's a BIG book! And you should be able to have the book in your hands by Christmas if you purchase it now (I'd say no later than next Wednesday to be safe).

I've been asked by several people if you'll be able to get a signed copy through me, and the answer is yes. For $25 (which includes domestic shipping; overseas $5 extra) I'll sign your book and add a sketch of a GWS character next to it! I'll be taking the final preorders by noon next Wednesday, December 12th. Please ONLY use the button below to make the preorder! Check it out, it's right here!!

While I can't promise the signed & sketched books will be sent to you by Christmas, I can promise you that I'll sign & sketch in them the very day I get them, and send them out the following day. So fingers crossed, you'll have them under the tree in time!

If you'd like to have me sign your book to someone in particular, you MUST add the name in the section that says "Sign my book to (optional):" when you preorder. It's in there, just look for it!

So, in other news, thank you SO much to everyone who's donated this week! Thanks to you, we're in the clear through the first week or so of January 2008. I can't thank you enough for giving me that peace of mind.

And in other other news, I've got a sick kitty on my hands. Smudge was taken in to a really nice new vet Wednesday and now I get to shove pills down her throat twice a day (same with Ellie; it's contagious). *sigh* I've decided I'm going to break up the donations page a bit so that you can choose where your donations are going to. I'd like to set up a small donation page for the kittens (they need to be spayed in January) and also, if you'd like to know that your donations are going straight to the comic, you might consider sending me something from my Dick Blick wishlist. Any art supplies sent to me from readers will be added to the donations drive according to the total value of the supplies.

And last but not least, don't forget that your first GWS COLOR SUNDAY STRIP will appear this Sunday!

I'm goin' to bed!!

dec.10.07

Sunday strip!

Sorry for the delay on Sunday's strip, guys - my ill health plus an unexpected family visit pushed the color back a bit, so I thought I'd show you guys the progress as it, um, progresses. :) I know a lot of you out there like to watch the strip go from inks to color, so this is for those of you who are fascinated by the progress. Click a thumbnail below to watch - I'll update it as I finish it!

dec.14.07

Christmas! FREAKOUT!!

Hey, first of all, I've finally finished last Sunday's strip! Here's the whole process, you patient things you:

Now, for those of you who celebrate Christmas and JUST REALIZED how freaking close it is (like me), I wanted to make a quick list of don't-even-have-to-leave-your-computer gift suggestions for those last people on your list:

a copy of Girls With Slingshots Volume 1 (naturally)

a subscription to the PVP animated shorts

an awesome pair of Diesel Sweeties socks (OWLS!!!!!)

support artists AND get super-unique gifts at I Shop Indie.com

or my personal favorite, Etsy.com

I bought ALL of my dad's gifts at ThinkGeek.com

simply sending a link to Kukuburi will make someone's day!

Godspeed, shoppers!

dec.18.07

Me and my cats get elfed.

It just never gets old.

dec.18.07

Signed & sketched books!

Hey, guys - I just wanted to make a mass announcement to let y'all know that the books are DEFINITELY not gonna be in your hands by Christmas - in fact, I don't even think the books will be in MY hands by Christmas.

I'm checking Lulu's site every day to find out when the books will ship, but I'll be gone from Christmas to January 2nd, so even if the books are here when I get home, I won't be able to ship them out until January.

My apologies to anyone who was hoping to place a signed & sketched copy of GWS Volume One under the tree this year! This year I've discovered for the first time that ordering shit for Chrismas in the month of December almost GUARANTEES that you won't have it in time for Christmas Day. I even have to have a post-Christmas Christmas for my family this year, because so many of their gifts won't be here until January. *sigh* Lessons learned...

Didn't I tell myself that I was gonna shop 5 months in advance for Christmas this year??!!