Smoky Ghosts and Teenage Geese
In this newsletter, you’ll find out about everything I released over the past 30-31 days.
Anything not labeled “Patreon” or “paid” is free and publicly available.
May 6 to June 5, 2026
May is one of my favorite months, because it’s when all the baby geese are born! June is my other favorite month because it’s when all the baby geese turn into teenage geese. My favorite moment is when they are maximum big but still have their baby feathers. A+ weird scraggly creatures.
Please know that I sacrifice for you, by sitting inside and drawing when I could be out staring at teenage geese. (Okay I’ll be honest; I manage to do both! But the goose parents only let you stare at the children for so long…)
Find My Mini Zines at TCAF!
Toronto Comic Arts Festival is TODAY! Find my zines on June 6 and 7 at Screen Tones Podcast table 244! You can also buy the print version of our How I Create My Webcomic zine. I won’t be there in person, but be sure to say hi to the rest of the cast and check out their work. They have BOOKS! So many books!
Not planning to be there? If I end up with any stock sent back to me, my patrons get first dibs. So if you want a chance to grab a zine, and help me make more comics at the same time, pledge to my Patreon!
Into the Smoke
Into the Smoke is my new free vertical-scroll webcomic. It updates every other Wednesday. “When gay medium Blaze binds himself to an evil spirit, he hopes solving the ghost’s murder will help bring him peace. But Alastor the Angel Killer has other plans…”
New Episodes This Month:
- Read Chapter 2, Episode 27 at intothesmokecomic.com (oh boy is stuff starting to happen…)
While I’m working on my graphic novel, I’m trying to maintain the equivalent of 1 ITS page per week. Most episodes are an average of 4-ish pages, so that means there might be a longer wait between some episodes, instead of our previous consistent “every other week” schedule.
If you got this Monthly Roundup by email, either through the ITS Newsletter or via Patreon, you’re already set to get ITS episode alerts by email too! If not, you can sign up for ITS email updates or follow my Patreon for free, and then you’ll always know when the next episode posts.
Extras:
1. For May’s Secret Gallery post, I put up Judd’s 22 sprite facial expresions for Notorious Ghost! (Patreon)
2. For June’s Bonus Tier post, I put up Alastor’s Notorious Ghost sprite, as well as the smoky variants of the five playable ghosts! (Patreon)
3. The next Into the Smoke episode will have a free version and an extended patrons-only version with 7 extra panels and 9 extended/uncropped panels, making it an absolutely massive 31 total panels. (Once you read episode 27, you’ll probably be able to guess why there’s a patrons-only version, haha.) If you want to catch it as soon as it releases on (est.) July 1, be sure to sign up for the Bonus Tier on Patreon!
5. It’s a new month on Top Webcomics! Vote for Into the Smoke and see the new incentive: some thumbnail sketches from chapter 2, episode 27. Voting helps more readers discover Into the Smoke, and I appreciate all of you for the support!
Vote for Into the Smoke on TopWebcomics!
Demon of the Underground
Demon of the Underground is my longest-running webcomic. It’s about Pogo, a half-demon with telekinetic powers who falls into a treacherous underground world beneath Chicago. The first 300+ pages can be read for free at demonoftheunderground.com. Current pages are being released on Patreon, with plans for new free pages in the future.
FREE PUBLIC DEMON OF THE UNDERGROUND PAGES ARE BACK! They will continue at least to the end of chapter 4, minus the most nsfw pages. You can find them in their original single-page format at demonoftheunderground.com, or converted to vertical scroll format on Tapas. They will release at roughly the same rate, though the releases at the main site may come in batches.
Newly Released Free Pages This Month:
Demon of the Underground is also updating on Tapas! We’re up to chapter 4, page 103! There will be a slightly longer wait before the next page, while I convert a new batch to vertical scroll format.
Minicomics
1. Robin at the Morton Arboretum
2. You can now read my (HONK) How I Make My Webcomic zine on tumblr!
Odds and Ends
I made a new DOTU custom card portrait for the Custom Card Tier on Patreon! You can see Tseia’s DOTU card here! A Custom Card Tier slot is currently open if you want a card too!
And that’s everything from this past month! See ya next time!
