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Oh god, February is already over huh

Oh god, February is already over huh

23 Feb • This will only take you 4 minutes

Okay so TSS is still on hiatus

I said The Shepherd’s Sword would be back in February, and it’s not happening yet. BUT!! but! I’m working on another comic for the Boyish2 anthology that is set in the TSS universe. It’s called Heave and Thaw, and it’s a love triangle, lots of pining and butch4butch yearning.

My awesome epic girlfriend En did the thumbnails for me. Look at this!

I’m also working on thumbnails for my upcoming graphic novel How Could You. Please stay tuned for me posting tons of art of my college drama girls.

And look down there! It’s my fake hourlies.

Here’s February’s mail club rewards! Come get some >:) And down there? Some Shep/Nieve for the spicy tier supporters.

RISO NEWS

I’m working on a risograph print for the Classics But Gay III crowdfund <3 It’s going to be a bedside table full of gay artifacts in the style of a Matisse still life. I hope you love it as much as I do. It’s getting me back to my painting roots. This will be my first risograph print with four colors, because I really need that black ink.

I also released two new zines to itch.io this month, Lesbian Gender Outlaw and Heavyweight Desk Jockey World Champ. You can find both of them on itch, and soon I’ll have the physical copies available online. NOTICE: when you download Lesbian Gender Outlaw on itch.io you will get TWO PDFs! One is the orange/pink version, and the other is black/white for better visibility for those who need it.

I’m hoping to reprint Saturn Returns No Matter What for the final time. I got signed up with Emerald Comics Distro! Very cool and epic news!!!!! They will be distributing my physical zines all around to local bookshops so that you’ll have more opportunities to nab my print stuff without having to wait for me to manage my shop and go to the post office haha

Psst, here’s my Autostraddle comic for this month. I went to a bar and remembered how to socialize with people again, and it felt so nice. So this comic is loosely inspired by that.

Finally, I removed my presence on Twitter! I’m free!!! If things change and the website isn’t the most evil cesspool of doom, I may return only for promotional reasons, but for now? I love being not there anymore.

Here’s some sweet treats for you to check out:

Comics I pre-ordered: Mimosa and Grand Slam Romance
Book I pre-ordered: Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America
I enjoyed this analysis of Glass Onion and Rian Johnson’s toothless liberalism and the role of Andi/Helen specifically.
Last month, I was hiking in the Adirondacks. This month, I kept it easy and local with a hike in town. This one takes under 2 hours.
Going to ECCC!!! And VanCAF and MCAF!!!!!!! It’s a lot of travel this spring, so wish me luck! I bought a new suitcase to help lug all this stuff around, and I reeeeally like it so far.

Cheers!

Ren

PS: If you want more content that isn’t in this newsletter, I recommend joining my Patreon for some exclusive work every month like comics, sketchbook pages, spicy drawings, and some mail rewards!