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Roll-a-Sketch: Now on Instagram!

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It’s been a dozen years since I started doing Roll-a-Sketches at conventions!

Sometimes, even, your old pal Stan Lee shows up to help:

I’ve posted a ton of them here to the blog over the years, and to Twitter.

But there are SO MANY MORE drawings that still live on my camera roll, unseen.

I’m proud to say that I did some new sketches at the show in Juneau recently:

WONDER WOMAN + FISH + FARMER + HAM SANDWICH:

STAR TREK + LOGIC:

There were a few more, too — and you can see them on Roll-a-Sketch’s new Instagram page, @rollasketch.

I’ve started posting some of my favorites from the past decade to IG!

There’s also a Roll-a-Sketch Facebook page, which will shortly start mirroring the new posts — but which already has a huge backlog, from the last time I tried doing this.

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This weekend: I’m in Juneau!

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After a very long time with no appearances, I’m pleased to say I’ll be in Juneau, Alaska this weekend with books, trinkets and sketches!

The 2024 Alaska Robotics Minicon takes place on Saturday, April 27 at the APK Libraries, Archives, and Museum building.

I’ll also be doing a presentation the night before, Friday 4/26, at the kickoff variety show at the Mendenhall Valley Library. The full events schedule is here!

Final few days for #Pintopia!

I’m excited to remind folks that we are in the LAST FEW DAYS of the Pintopia campaign!

Most of the pledge tiers are for various numbers of pins, as you might expect.

But I’ve ALSO just added a new tier called PLEDGE MANAGER ONLY:

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The best deals on groups of pins can be found in the regular pledge tiers (where every additional pin is cheaper than the last, as volume pricing does its magic).

But, if you’d prefer to peruse everything later and/or make à la carte selections, you can now opt in to the Pledge Manager tier for just $2.

This will give you access to the pledge manager after the campaign (with $2 credit already on board, natch), where you can then build your own reward of individual items, including:

  • Pins – of course!
  • Stickers – individually OR in sets
  • Wondermark greeting cards

But also, a few extra things will show up in the pledge manager as well:

  • Wondermark books and prints
  • Stickers of each of the NEW pin designs
  • T-shirts! I’ll be using this post-campaign order period to determine the long-term interest in making shirts of the new designs… So an initial, limited number will be made available.

If you haven’t joined the campaign yet, you have until APRIL 18, 1PM to pledge at any level, and gain access to these items! Here is a colorful button to click:

[ Pintopia! Through APRIL 18 ]

When you’re bright, be loud.

Today’s comic revisits another of the heroes from my #Pintopia campaign! This time, it’s that famous satellite of the planet on which most of us live – Luna, the Moon.

We first heard from this celestial character in the classic comic #302.

I have also gone back through the archives and added the new tag #astronomy to past comics involving our various friends in the heavens.

In doing so, I realized there are also quite a few comics featuring the moon in a supporting role, in the context of werewolfery — but that is another topic altogether.

I will let you know when I have completed the assignment of a #lycanthropy tag.

Meanwhile, the loud round one is also the subject of a brand new pin design, once again part of…

#Pintopia!

Once again I am including this picture of my brand-new pin designs!

You can read more about all different my pin designs over on the campaign page.

Time Enough at Last

In honor of my #Pintopia campaign, I thought it was time to visit these dodo friends again, since they are the subject of one of the pins!

They originated in comic #729 (with a brief cameo in #730 as well).

For each of my book collections, I have colored a handful of strips to make them special for the book. Occasionally I have then run the colorful versions later on the site, but I never reposted this one, until now!

I’ve shared it online a bunch this week – such as on Reddit – and I’m pleased to say that, despite being 13 years old, it still hits.

I rounded up some of my favorite comments and reactions here.

Our dodo friend is also the subject of a brand new pin design, which is available now as part of…

#Pintopia!

As I mentioned last week, I am launching ten brand-new pin designs!

It’s a crowdfunding campaign that is live RIGHT NOW through APRIL 18. You can get:

  • Any (or all!) of the nine new pins above;
  • Any (or all!) of my existing pin designs:

(which are also already available individually in my store)

Peter’s offering 25 (!!!) different tabletop-RPG-themed pins, celebrating his 25 years playing D&D.

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You can read more about all different my pin designs over on the campaign page.

AND…if you’ve backed any of my Kickstarter campaigns before (and you use the same BackerKit account for this project), you will automatically get a free sticker set added to your order. A computer will figure this out!!

Launch Livestream

Peter hosted a livestream on our launch day, and I joined him for the first hour or so. We discussed my work, his work, the travails of both, and all kinds of interesting topics.

You can watch us here! Should you want to!!

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