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Big PiQue News and new Taxonomically Unbound

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Politically InQueerect Old Ghosts final cover

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!).

Taxonomically Unbound gnocchi ghost

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

Reamstered PiQue – Lexus Prey

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Politically InQueerect Todd Archer

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

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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

PiQue, Hallowzine, Patreon, and Taxonomically Unbound

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Politically InQueerect number 2

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:

Dylan Edwards 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.

Taxonomically Unbound

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

Hey, I have a Patreon page!

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Dylan Edwards Patreon

So yeah, I have finally launched my Patreon page!

A lot of my artist friends are already familiar with Patreon, but possibly those of you in other fields want to know what all this is about. Basically, you pledge some dollar amount per month to support my past and ongoing comics work, and in exchange you get Neat Stuff from me. That can be anything from access to a Super Secret Work-in-Progress Blog (first post is already up, by the way!) to all sorts of original art.

This support helps me focus more of my efforts on creating new comics for your enjoyment, and allows me to publish them online for everyone to read. It also helps me continue offering free reprints of my work to marginalized and underfunded groups (for instance, I almost never charge non-profit queer/trans advocacy groups for reprinting my comics).

So! Lend some support if you can and Get Neat Stuff!

Cheers,

Dylan

PiQue remastered – thus it (re)begins

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Politically InQueerect Todd Archer

I’ve been publishing my comics online since 2000, and a lot of the old web-ready images were optimized for dial-up (yep) and CRT screens. With today’s technology standards, they are unreadably small. One of my current projects is to go back and remaster those comics to make them readable on modern HD screens.

For example: compare the original web version of this comic with the remastered version on Tapastic.

Why am I NOT putting the updated version on Studio NDR? A couple reasons:

1. I’m already having a lot of problems with the site going offline due to bandwidth overloads. So bigger images might make that even worse.

2. The back-end plug-ins I used to make this site are very, very broken (sad face) and updating an extant image is a huge pain in the ass. In order to fix this I will probably need to nuke the site from orbit and start over. In the meantime, I’m not going to tear my hair out updating images when I’ll just have to wipe the slate clean eventually anyway.

I haven’t yet figured out what I want to do regarding this here website, though I think streamlining is in order. In the meantime, enjoy these new squint-free versions of the comics and stay tuned for Some Exciting News™.

Cheers,

Dylan

Old Ghosts cover art

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Politically InQueerect Old Ghosts Cover Art

Here’s the cover art for Politically InQueerect: Old Ghosts (this is NOT the final layout, mind you; I just slapped the title on there for the benefit of the internet).

You can read the story in full starting here on Tapastic, or go to the archive here on Studio NDR. Even if you’ve already read it through as I’ve been serializing it, perhaps a second time around will reveal to you details you may have missed before … SPOOKY DETAILS??

The composition here is very much an homage to/ripoff of the classic gothic romance novel cover.

More about this cover and what it signifies SOOOOOOON.

Cheers,

Dylan

Old Ghosts page 36 is impossible to eradicate

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Politically InQueerect Old Ghosts Todd

LAST PAGE of Old Ghosts is up! Read it here on Tapastic, or here on Studio NDR.

Wanna read the whole thing in one go? Start back at the beginning.

The sordid history of this comic: I wrote the first draft of Old Ghosts in 2002, then put it away for awhile to work on other things. In 2006 I revised to script, did a first pass at thumbnailing the story, and started drawing the actual pages. I got as far as drawing and inking pages 1-12, and then dropped everything to work on my book Transposes (http://northwestpress.com/shop/transposes/). I redid the thumbnails and posted them on my website so people who had been following the story wouldn’t be left hanging.

Various other comics projects came and went. In 2013 I decided, dammit, I am going to finish this damned story, dag dangit. So I picked up penciling on page 13, blasted through the rest of the pages, revising somewhat from the previously-posted thumbnails, and colored everything in between penciling and inking.

And now the whole thing is finished and you can read all of it, and it only took me 12 years to produce this 36-page story. To be fair, I did do over 300 pages of other comics in that time, but yeah. Sometimes a story just takes awhile to get did.

Anyway, thanks for reading.

Cheers,

Dylan

Old Ghosts page 35 waits silently for the next hapless victim

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politically inqueerect old ghosts gran

Politically InQueerect: Old Ghosts page 35 is up! The penultimate page, replete with a penumbra of preternatural politeness.

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

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

Notes: There are a surprising number of thatch-roofed cottages around the UK, though they are apparently an insurance nightmare due to the roofing material. Gosh, I wonder why. Perhaps this place is haunted by the ghost of an insurance agent?

TUNE IN NEXT WEEK FOR THE EXCITING CONCLUSION ETC.

Cheers,

Dylan

Old Ghosts page 34 lurks in a box in a disused corner

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politically inqueerect old ghosts archer gran

Politically InQueerect: Old Ghosts page 34 is up! Gran gets moved into her new digs, about whose supernatural denizens she has Opinions. Meanwhile, the old abode is featured on the news, and there are some mysterious goings on.

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

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

In other news, don’t forget that in just over a week I’ll be part of a reading at BGSQD in New York! Click the link for address and specifics and whatnot (Oct. 10 at 7:00 PM, by the way). I haven’t had a chance to do a whole lot of book promo on the east coast, so if you’re in that region please do stop by.

Cheers,

Dylan

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