Hey fellas!
Quick one today with two Ronin Digital Express updates.
One, I’m still busy doing some behind-the-scenes work for the eventual return of the webcomic. As part of that, I created a Twitter and an Instagram specifically for the webcomic.
The reasons for this are many, but for the most part, I plan on Ronin Digital Express being a long-term project, so decoupling it somewhat from the noise of projects, pinups, and photos of me smoking cigars and grilling over at Renton Hawkey accounts makes sense to me.
These accounts are where I’ll be primarily posting things like:
Announcements when new pages go live
Behind-the-scenes / progress stuff
Bonuses and extras
Reminder that it’ll be a while before the webcomic takes off again, but there will be a couple of new Ronin Digital Express chapters available via other means before then.
To keep up with announcements on that stuff and the eventual return of the Substack comic, hit the links above, follow, and tap the bell for notifications.
Second, I mentioned in a previous post that I had made a new Ronin Digital Express one-shot that would find its way into a printed anthology in the spring.
Unfortunately, this plan has fallen through.
I don’t want to betray any confidences so I can’t get too specific, but I will say that I have no hard feelings about this and wish nothing but the best for my almost-collaborators. Working on this project with them taught me a lot, and I’m grateful for the opportunity they gave me.
So, what happens now?
Now, I’m going to Kickstart it myself.
I was not very keen on this idea, but a chat with fellow comic creator Matt Battaglia convinced me that it was entirely doable, so what the hell.
(Matt has a great comic coming out soon that I’ve already pre-ordered, btw. Check it out here).
So right now, I’m indulging myself a few touch-ups to the pages and trying to put together a print layout so I can do cost estimates and the like.
It’ll likely be a pretty straightforward campaign, with the 20-page comic, a few extras, stickers, and probably a hand-made sketch tier or something.
Anyway, it’s going to be pretty exciting to wade into the Kickstarter waters this year. Doing some prep work for that now, and will have more to say soon. Watch this space.
That’s all for now.
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