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Cropped cover art for the webcomic Into the Smoke. An androgynous young man with shoulder-length red hair and tattooed hands appears below a dark, smoky ghost, who caresses the man while inhaling his breath. Swirls and patterns surround them. Text reads: Into the Smoke. Chapter 1: The Medium. Bob Appavu. A circular badge reads, "Extended edition."

Monthly Roundup: June 5, 2025

What DIDN’T happen this month? For real, May was BIG. 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 5 to June 5, 2025 A print shop, an ebook release, a panel appearance and video, a big anniversary, a subscriber milestone, AND the usual new episodes and bonus art! Big Announcements Into the Smoke is now 1 year old! Join the celebration by adding something to the

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A graphic announcing "Making of a Webcomic" for the Nib and Ink Fest 2025 on May 17th, 2025 at 4:00 PM EST on Zoom featuring panelists Kody Okamoto, Lacey Brannen, Bob, and Nero Villagallos O'Reilly. The panel description reads, "Join 4 webcomic artists as they chat about the different ways they approach crafting their webcomics. Each artist will share snippets from their process at varying stages: from script and thumbnails to pencils and inks and finally to the finished product that is shared online. This casual panel is perfect for anyone interested in starting their own webcomic or for any creative who wants to see the what the process other cartoonists are working with!" An anthropomorphic inkwell and an anthropomorphic both holding comic pages decorate the graphic.

Monthly Roundup: May 5, 2025

Comics, Minicomics, and Events! 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. April 5 to May 5, 2025 Lots of exciting stuff went up last month, and some exciting stuff is coming up in May! Big Announcements I’m a part of the Cartoonist Cooperative, and we’re having an awesome new event this month! Nib & Ink Fest is a new online comics fair with tons to check

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A three-tone sketched minicomic panel related to the webcomic Into the Smoke. Blaze wears a smock and works at a potter's wheel while Alastor, a smoky ghost, caresses him from behind and kisses his neck.

Monthly Roundup: April 5, 2025

A Month of Big News! 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. March 5 to April 5, 2025 It’s the 1-year anniversary of the Monthly Roundup!! I started this newsletter as a way of helping readers keep track of all the many different projects I’m posting all over the place all the time, and I’m really happy that it’s helped people find things they might have

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Monthly Roundup: March 5, 2025

A New Character Appears! Plus an Exciting Milestone! 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. February 5 to March 5, 2025 Exciting news on top of exciting news right now! I’m still waiting for the okay to share one of them, but we’ll start off with the other! Big Announcements We hit 500 paid+free members on Patreon!! This is a really encouraging milestone, with a ton

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Monthly Roundup: February 5, 2025

A HUGE Month! ITS Chapter 2 and More! 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. January 5 to February 7, 2025 Since we had an ITS episode on February 5, the Monthly Roundup got bumped a bit. Same thing will happen in March. But this was a huge month for Into the Smoke, and I still managed to fit in some other fun stuff too! Into

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A template with text reads Cover vs Panels: Show your comic cover on the middle and put your favorite panels around it. Template by @webcomicsparty on bluesky! The comic URL is intothesmokecomic.com. Nine square thumbnails show Blaze's tattooed hand holding a lighter, Blaze sitting beside a smoky ghost as they both eat ice cream, Blaze with copious tears running down his face while he says "I'm not crying," Blaze pulling Alastor, a very smoky ghost, close as if about to kiss him, the cover panel of Blaze and Alastor sharing breath, Blaze drawing a sigil with firelight, Blaze holding cilantro and squirting a lime in Alastor's face, a smoky ghost pulling a wire around Blaze's neck to choke him, and Blaze beckoning confidently with his finger.

Monthly Roundup: January 5, 2025

No Gallbladder, No Problem! 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. December 5 to January 5, 2025 And we’re back on track! This month was lighter than usual, both with the holidays and my gallbladder surgery. I had it about 3 weeks ago, and I’m very happy to report that the surgery seems to have fixed literally 100% of my weird food-related problems! I recovered fast

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A cropped preview image from Bob's submission to the Nib and Ink Fest's Oops All Comics zine, which shows a goose honking at a multicolored, goose-shaped object. Hearts appear in the background.

Monthly Roundup: December 5, 2024

Who needs gallbladders anyway? 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. November 5 to December 5, 2024 A quiet month for releases, but a lot behind the scenes! First, a personal update: You might have already heard, but I have to get my gallbladder removed. I’ve been sick on and off for the past 13 months due to undiagnosed gallstones, which were exacerbated by a food

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An illustration. Greenish moonlight is cast on a cracked and weathered wood panel wall. A "Live Laugh Love" wall sign hangs, covered in cobwebs. A dripping streak of blood is splashed across the word "Live," as if crossing it out. Below the sign, two hands are pinned to the wall by a pair of inky black, clawed hands.

Monthly Roundup: November 5, 2024

Technically November 7, because it was a HUGE month! 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. October 5 to November 7, 2024 A big finish, a big early access launch, and lots of extras in between. It’s been a rough week for a lot of us. I’m continuing on with work as usual because I want my art and writing to be something my readers can

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Blaze throws back his head and grabs his hair elatedly. “Whew!” he cries. “Holy crap. That was amazing.”

Chapter 1 Hiatus Schedule!

Into the Smoke Chapter 1 is COMPLETE! As with most webcomics, I’m taking a break between chapters to rebuild my buffer. That way, I can continue to put out long, fulfilling episodes through chapter 2. Want to know when Into the Smoke will return? Here’s my full schedule! Get notified when chapter 2 launches Full Hiatus Schedule •October 30: I have several new Into the Smoke character portraits! It’ll post here on the ITS website in Episode Extras, Patreon, and social media (see the sidebar/footer

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Monthly Roundup: October 5, 2024

Lots of pages, sketches, and extras this month! Spooky Season is the best time to catch up on my ghost comic, Into the Smoke! Episodes 10 and 11 went up this month, which means there’s only ONE episode left of chapter 1. And these two episodes just happen to be my favorites of the chapter! September’s Patreon Secret Gallery post was…

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