A Letter From the Editor About Letters

by Pete on September 26, 2013 at 2:11 pm
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As some of you may have noticed, I’ve switched to using a text font instead of hand-lettering the dialogue.  This is a decision that I’ve waffled on over the years, and usually decided against.  I’m a stickler for consistency, and my own hand-lettering always matched my drawings so well.  However, I think I’ve finally gotten to a point artistically where the drawings are good enough to constitute a text font.  It may take some getting used to, but in the long run I think it’ll work.

The other reason I chose to make the switch is that I’m seriously barreling forward to try and bump my update schedule to two times a week (Mondays and Thursdays).  Hand-lettering takes up a decent chunk of production time, especially when it comes to text walls like we’ve seen in the past few weeks, so using a text font makes things chug along a little bit faster.  The changeover to twice-a-week won’t happen for a while, as I’d like to build up a buffer first, but I will inform you as we near the launch date of that.  I’m excited because it’s been several years of once-a-week updates, and I’ve never been happy with that.  But my life has shifted to the point where my schedule allows that extra time that I lost so long ago.  Believe me, I’m just as excited as you are!

While I have your attention, I want to say that I know I’ve been lax on getting new wallpapers up for supporters, but I hope to have a Halloween-themed one up soon.

Also, stay tuned for a pretty big announcement coming soon.

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Kickstart Some Art

by Pete on July 23, 2013 at 1:57 pm
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thehuesIt’s been a while since you’ve heard from me, outside of my comic updates, but I have need of your ears (in a metaphorical sense; I’m not some crazy ear fetishist or anything).  My good friend and fellow comic artist Alex Heberling is running a Kickstarter campaign.  You might know her from such webcomics as Garanos, Alex’s Guide to a Life Well-Lived, and The Hues.  The Kickstarter has to due with the latter comic.  Alex is trying to raise the funds to keep her from needing a part time job so that she can focus full-time on her comic.  A noble endeavor that I can relate to.

If you have the spare change and you’d like to support a super-talented artist, please take a look at the campaign.  I’d love to see her be able to do this.

If you do contribute, be sure and tell her that her “boisterous friend” sent you.  She’ll understand.

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A Message From the Ether

by Pete on June 29, 2013 at 1:24 pm
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You may have noticed the lack of update last week. If not, then, uh… nothing to see here.  Move along.  If you DID notice, though, I wanted to apologize.  I really thought I’d have the strip done (it was left half finished very early on), but the chaos of our move plus my immediate requested presence to work some outdoor festivals left me with no time to get the strip finished.  Plus, because of reasons, my laptop has no access to internet (using Katie’s laptop right now) and that’s where all my files are.  I hope to that problem remedied today.

In any case, I will have the strip up this coming Thursday.  Thanks for your patience and understanding.  Moving forward, things should be back to normal.

As normal as my life gets, anyway.

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Donor Wallpaper for June

by Pete on June 7, 2013 at 9:59 am
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As usual, the wallpaper for the month is late. But it’s here. And it’s the sister wallpaper (get it?) of last month’s, featuring everyone’s favorite grumpy fairy.

Raven in the moonlight

As always, a contribution of any size will get you a wallpaper.  And contributions will be even more greatly appreciated this month because of moving costs and whatnot.

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Everything Must Go!

by Pete on May 23, 2013 at 2:23 pm
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Well, we managed two years in our current apartment before it was necessary, but we will be moving again at the end of June.  I will be trying to get a buffer of comics done so that are no (or at least few) interruptions in the story, and I’m confident I can do that.  However, moving is always such a pain in the butt.  And you can help us make it less so.

How?  By lightening our load!  We’re running a sale in the store on select items, including t-shirts and books, for 25% off.  In addition, I want to ditch a lot of my line art (you wouldn’t believe how annoying it is to move that stack of Bristol board).  I’m selling all my line art for the low, low (shipping included) price of $25 US / $30 Canada and Mexico / $35 everywhere else.  That’s practically giving away original artwork.  Now, I (stupidly) don’t have an inventory of what’s available, so I can’t guarantee I’ll have the strip you want, but send me an email (pete @ bardsworth  .com) with your desired strip and I’ll let you know if I have it.  If I do, I’ll send an invoice for the payment and you’ll be able to pay via PayPal or credit card (if you need other options, we can work something out).

So now only would you be lightening our load, you’d also be helping us pay for the moving costs (because we’re hiring movers this time; I’m done lifting boxes).

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