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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

Old Ghosts page 33 is running rampant

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Politically InQueerect Old Ghosts superstitious builders

Politically InQueerect: Old Ghosts page 33 is up! And it seems SOMEthing’s got loose in the house, at any rate?

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, have I mentioned I’ll be doing a reading in New York in a couple of weeks? Well, I will! Details hither. It’s on October 10, 2014, at 7:00 PM, over at the Bureau of General Services–Queer Division @ The Center (BGSQD) 208 West 13th Street, Room 210, New York, NY, 10011.

Head out to see me and several other queer comics people read from our work. And tell yer dang friends!

Cheers,

Dylan

Old Ghosts page 32 cannot be contained

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politically inqueerect old ghosts todd archer

Politically InQueerect: Old Ghosts page 32 is up! In which Todd does his best imitation of Peregrin Took.

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

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

Oh, I’ll post about this again later, but I’ll be in New York next month for a reading at BGSQD. It’s happening on October 10th at 7:00 PM, and there will be several other awesome comix creators sharing their work. So do please put that on yer calendar!

Cheers,

Dylan

QU33R takes the Ignatz!

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Qu33r comics anthology

Just a quick note to mention that QU33R won the 2014 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Anthology or Collection! Big congratulations to our editor Rob Kirby, the 33 creators featured in the book (including myself, of course :} ), and Zan Christensen & Northwest Press!

It’s very exciting to be part of another award-winning anthology (No Straight Lines won the 2013 Lambda Literary Award for Best Anthology). And if you haven’t checked out QU33R yet, well, what’re ya waitin’ for, an invitation? (You are cordially invited to check out QU33R.)

Cheers,

Dylan

Old Ghosts page 31 has escaped its bonds

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politically inqueerect old ghosts archer and gran

Politically InQueerect: Old Ghosts page 31 is up! Another foray into Archer’s past, and a lesson in ghost-wrangling from gran. Read it here on Tapastic, or here on Studio NDR.

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

Art notes: the poster in the background apes the style 1940s film posters, though a limited-run theatrical play probably wouldn’t have had anything quite so elaborate.

Also, the British don’t really celebrate Halloween, so the late October dates for a horror-themed production are mostly arbitrary.

If you can manage to get over these egregious historical inaccuracies, there’s a lot of Gran’s story to be gleaned from this page.

Cheers,

Dylan

Valley of the Silk Sky – new comic is comin’ atcha

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Valley of the Silk Sky Tavaly Juharfa

I’ve been working away on the script for my new sci-fi comic series, Valley of the Silk Sky, which you will have already heard me talk about regarding my comic for Beyond. I decided it needed to have its own website, since it is big and sprawling, and trying to cram all of that nerdity in here would just be confusing. SO. If you want to keep up on what’s going on, please follow along on the Valley of the Silk Sky tumblr website.

I will probably (?) also post finished comic pages here? But things like concept art, worldbuilding details, etc. will live over there. So.

The plan is to start publishing the first story arc of the new comic in January 2015. More on that as things develop!

Cheers,

Dylan

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