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Valley of the Silk Sky page 60, CAKE, and Beyond!

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First up, if you’re a giant nerd and want to read all about my linguistic choices for Valley of the Silk Sky, I answered an ask on Tumblr about that very subject.

Valley of the Silk Sky page 60 is up, and it features THRILLING DISCUSSIONS of GRANT MONEY ALLOCATION. Witness the shocking revelations here:

Speaking of shocking revelations that are VoSS-related, the Beyond Anthology won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Fiction Anthology! Full list of winners is here. This comes shortly after Beyond was placed on the James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Honor List, so it’s been a good couple weeks for queer SFF comics!

Should you be thinking to yourself, gosh, I sure would like to BUY some queer comics, WELL. I just updated my publications list with hot, fresh links for where to purchase said titles.

Also, speaking of buying books (I’m all about the segues today). I will not be at CAKE myself, but you can find a selection of my comics at Table 6 with Ed Luce/Wuvable Oaf. So if you’re in Chicago and want some queer comics, head on over there.

Cheers,

Dylan

Valley of the Silk Sky page 59

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Page 59 of Valley of the Silk Sky is up, and it contains SARCASM. Witness the atrocity here:

If you read my story in the Beyond Anthology, you will no doubt recognize Beneke and Amihan and their Lab of Much Science.

WisCon went really, really well! I’m super happy about it and will definitely be making plans to attend next year.

Next up is Denver Comic Con and Denver Pride (both the same weekend! Ha ha!), and then Denver Zine Fest the weekend after that. You can find all the details on my Appearances page, but I’ll give some further particulars as the dates approach.

But yes, I’m splitting my time between Denver Comic Con and Denver Pride. Not sure yet which specific hours and days I’ll be where, but once it’s sorted I’ll post about it.

ANYHOW.

Until next week,

Dylan

Valley of the Silk Sky page 58, and WisCon

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Valley of the Silk Sky page 58 is up, and it’s got you covered for weird plants and weird architecture. Observe:

I’m experimenting with a new way of saving large image files, so this page SHOULD load much faster than previous pages. The question now is whether I go back and re-save and re-upload ALLLLLL previous 57 pages. Hah. Heh. Oh my.

But it ain’t gonna happen this week because WisCon!

Yes, indeed, I am vending and paneling in Madison, WI this long weekend, Friday through Monday. I believe this is my first midwest show, as it happens. So yeah, if you’re in the area you should swing by. I will have loads of queer comics to sell you, and a selection of Feeping Creatures itemries for your monster purchasing needs.

My panels are as follows:

Friday, May 27
9:00 PM – 10:15 PM
“Women and Trans/Non-binary people” : The Pitfalls of Haphazard Gender Inclusion

Saturday, May 28
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Trans Narratives: Pitiful and/or Powerful? [moderator]

Saturday, May 28
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Diverse Creators, Not Just Diverse Products

Sunday, May 29
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Not Another Trans Panel

Sunday, May 29
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Asexual Lives

Hope to see you there!

Cheers,

Dylan

Valley of the Silk Sky page 57

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Here I am, dragging my con-crud riddled body out of bed to update my webcomic. Read it here:

If you’re burning to know why Chadsen refers to Bors as “Skunk,” or why the customs officer has pierced ears but no earrings, these nerdy details and others like them are a bonus feature of my Patreon updates. A mere one dollar a month grants you access!

Thank you to everyone who dropped by the table at TCAF, or who came to the Queer Sci-Fi and Fantasy panel! If you were pondering picking up a print copy of Valley of the Silk Sky Part One but didn’t do it, Glad Day Bookshop may have it in stock. Go pester ’em for it!

Otherwise, you can snag it at this here link:

Valley of the Silk Sky Part One PRINT BOOK

Next up: WisCon! Further details on that next week.

Cheers,

Dylan

VoSS page 56, and TCAF!

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Valley of the Silk Sky page 56 is up! Read it here:

CAN CHADSEN WEAVE XER WAY THROUGH THE PERILOUS BUREAUCRACY???

Speaking of passports, I am headed to Canada this weekend for TCAF! If you’re in Toronto and you like comics, you should definitely come to this thing. Attendance is FREE. Really, you have no excuse.

I’ll be tabling with Northwest Press, of course, and I’ll also be on a panel:

Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy
Marriot Ballroom
Sunday, May 15
1:30 PM

Moderated by Melanie Gillman, with Jeremy Sorese, Taneka Stotts, Gisele Jobateh, Megan Rose Gedris, Dylan Edwards, and Andrew Wheeler!

Also, I’ll have copies of the new print book edition of Valley of the Silk Sky Part One. Grab one at the show, or if you can’t make it, buy online from my Gumroad store:

Valley of the Silk Sky PRINT BOOK

Right? Right! And now, off to do the nine million things I gotta finish before I leave.

Cheers,

Dylan

Valley of the Silk Sky part 1 print book, okay?

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Valley of the Silk Sky The Long Run Part One

I know I said I wasn’t going to do this, but I LIED. I have made a POD print book of Valley of the Silk Sky part 1.

Mostly I made this to take to conventions, and it is NOT the final print incarnation (I still plan to have a single-volume offset print book published in a couple of years).

But if you like supporting indie artists (me!) and want to snag one of these objects, that you may hold it in your hands and loan it to your friends who don’t know what an “internet” is, you may do so here.


Valley of the Silk Sky PRINT BOOK

You can, of course, still get the digital edition as well, if that’s more to your liking:


Valley of the Silk Sky Part One PDF

Cheers,

Dylan

Valley of the Silk Sky page 55, and FCBD at Mutiny

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Valley of the Silk Sky page 55 is up, and up, and up:

(If you’re afraid of heights, it is not recommended that you sit by the window.)

What else is coming up? Why, Free Comic Book Day at Mutiny Information Cafe, of course.

I will be there all afternoon selling comics and other doodads, and will have free bookmarks to give away. In the evening we’ll be doing comix readings, so stick around for EVEN MORE FREE FUN, yes? So many free funs. But also buy some comics, please. Thank you.

What else. Oh! Hey! Right.

WisCon programming has been officially announced. I am on Five (FIVE)(5) panels:

Friday, May 27
9:00 PM – 10:15 PM
“Women and Trans/Non-binary people” : The Pitfalls of Haphazard Gender Inclusion

Saturday, May 28
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Trans Narratives: Pitiful and/or Powerful? [moderator]

Saturday, May 28
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Diverse Creators, Not Just Diverse Products

Sunday, May 29
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Not Another Trans Panel

Sunday, May 29
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Asexual Lives

Lor, but that’s a lotta panels. So! Please come to all of them.

Sandwiched between those two shows is good ol’ TCAF, but I’ll post more about that next week. UNTIL THEN.

Cheers,

Dylan

Valley of the Silk Sky page 54 is up

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VotSS page 54 is here, and it features a Very Large Elevator Indeed. Read it here:

Also, someone’s Precious BB Fluffykins.

Speaking of which … okay, not actually really, but ANYWAY. I mentioned previously that I was going to make a POD print book of Valley of the Silk Sky Part One, and lo I have done this thing.

Right at this moment I’m hoarding them for my May shows, of which there are three:

May 7: Free Comic Book Day at Mutiny Comics in Denver
May 14-15: Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) with Northwest Press
May 27-30: WisCon in Madison, WI

If I have any left after all that I will make them available for sale online in some fashion. If I DON’T have any left after all that, I’ll get ’em reprinted. So it WILL happen, it’s just a matter of when.

If you are ABSOLUTELY DESPERATE to have one RIGHT NOW, I’d suggest going to one of those shows, or tackling someone who is going to one of those shows and thrusting $15 into their hands.

Anyhow. Tune in next week to find out where this giant elevator takes us.

Cheers,

Dylan

Valley of the Silk Sky chapter 6 commences, and what’s this KGNU interview?

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At long last, Valley of the Silk Sky has returned from hiatus, and we can now step gingerly into Part Two. Thus do I present unto you the start of chapter 6 on page 53:

One of the things that became clear to me at Emerald City Comic Con (which was awesome, by the way) is that I need to upgrade the version of VoSS I sell in person at shows. The minicomic for chapters 1&2 was put together when that’s all I had done, and it was fine for awhile, but now it doesn’t feel substantial enough.

So, to that end, I’ve put together a POD edition of the whole of Part One. It’s at the printers now, hopefully to be delivered in time for TCAF and WisCon next month. I hope it doesn’t look like trash! In order to get the job done as quickly as possible I had to skip getting a print proof. I’m a little nervous about this. Ha ha. Hopefully it’ll ALL BE FINE.

Anyway. So! KGNU interview! Melanie Gillman and I were recently invited to talk about queer comics for Denver/Boulder radio listeners, and that interview is now up on the web for everyone everywhere to enjoy. Lend it your earbones, won’t ya.

Last item: shows! The big ones up next are, as I mentioned previously, TCAF and WisCon. I have two local events before that:

Zines and Cereal, which is tomorrow (April 21) at the Europa Coffee house, 76 S Pennsylvania St, Denver, from 7:00 – 9:00 PM. You will find me there, selling my comics and minis.

Also, I’ll be doing a Free Comic Book Day event on May 7 at Mutiny Comics here in Denver. More details on that as they solidify. Hopefully, fingers crossed, I’ll have the new Valley of the Silk Sky book available for that one.

Cheers,

Dylan

Valley of the Silk Sky chapter 6 will begin next week

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Part Two will commence with Chapter 6 on April 20! In the meantime, Here’s a public Patreon post with some bonus art of Hali.

Should you need to get caught up on the story but don’t want to wade through webcomic archives, don’t forget you can download a digital edition of Part One either from Gumroad or ComiXology.

Also, if you’ve been hoping to snag a print copy of the Beyond Anthology, now’s your chance! A limited number have been made available in their online store, so get ’em while you can.

I still have a handful of copies I’ll be selling at WisCon and other upcoming shows, but I don’t expect they’ll last very long. DO NOT DELAY, friends!

Anyhow, see ya next week!

Cheers,

Dylan

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