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Check out: Sheldon guest comic!

Fun thing #1: I have a guest strip up at Sheldon today! Because Dave Kellett and his wife had a baby. Isn’t that special. Okay, I will concede that in this case it’s pretty awesome, because Dave is about the rockingest guy I know, and he has so much love and goodwill in his heart that I know he’s gonna make the arcade-game top-scores-list of Best Dads Ever. Seriously, among all the dads all throughout history (or at least since the machine was last unplugged), he will totally be up there. Congrats Dave and Gloria!

Fun thing #2: In the grand Kellettian tradition, I am offering a piece of original comic art for sale! It’s strip #395, the only Wondermark I’ve ever hand-drawn. The auction’s live now, and it’s a great chance to own a unique piece of Wondermark as well as help support me and this site.

‘Beards of our Forefathers’ press coverage

Here is some press coverage about my upcoming book, Beards of our Forefathers: an article at Publishers Weekly, another at some other site, and the official Dark Horse press release.

Also, to answer some readers’ questions about the book: I’m encouraging Amazon pre-orders now, but I will also have signed copies available for purchase directly from my store once it comes out in the summer. Anyone who buys the book via Amazon or their local bookstore will also be able to, if they like, send me their copy for signature/personalization.

While I’m posting articles, here’s another (very favorable) review of a short story I had featured in Pseudopod recently. The mention of my story, “Fever,” is near the bottom of the page.

Check out: ‘How to Make Webcomics’

The long-awaited How to Make Webcomics book from the Halfpixel guys is finally out! I got my copy yesterday and it’s a chunky brick o’ love: equally pressed, condensed wood pulp AND pressed, condensed comics brilliance. It’s available from Dave, Kris, Brad, or Scott, and since they split the profits you can just pick the dude closest to you: L.A., Texas, Philly or Cairo.