Wow, that’s a lot of pages this 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.
July 5 to August 5, 2024
Between Into the Smoke and Demon of the Underground, we had lots of comic pages this month! Not as many minicomics and social media posts since I was under the weather for a chunk of the month, but there’s still plenty to dig into!
Into the Smoke
Into the Smoke is my new free vertical-scroll webcomic, launched in May 2024. 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:
We’re now at 6 of 12 episodes posted for chapter 1! Between episodes 5 and 6, July brought us the equivalent of 11 comic pages.
- Read Episode 5 at intothesmokecomic.com
- Read Episode 6 at intothesmokecomic.com
- MIRROR SITES: Subscribe and Read on Webtoon and Tapas (censored to PG-13)
- Download episodes 1-6 as a vertical-scroll PDF on itch.io! New download this month!
Extras:
We have a new voting incentive on Top Webcomics! Vote for Into the Smoke and see a fun little preview of some chapter 2 panels. Voting helps ITS rise higher up the list, which gets it discovered by more readers. You can vote for as many comics as you want, once per day per comic.
We got into the top 100 for the first time this month! Let’s see if we can stay there!
I also shared several penciled chapter 2 panels showing an upcoming Blaze/Judd scene, along with an extended post about them on Patreon. The free posts include some mild chapter 2 spoilers, and the Patreon post includes some medium-level spoilers and more insight into Blaze and Judd’s relationship.
- Blaze/Judd Panels on Tumblr
- Different Blaze/Judd Panels on Bluesky
- Extended Blaze/Judd Panels post (Patreon)
Evie’s extended character profile went up on Patreon!
- Extended Character Profile: Evie (Patreon)
Also, episode 6 came with a Patreon-exclusive deleted scene! Here’s what was originally set to happen after the bar scene.
- Chapter 1, Episode 6 Deleted Scene (Patreon)
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 tentative plans for new free pages in the future.
DOTU: Chapter 5 Pages (Patreon)
We had THREE new DOTU pages this month for patrons! (Page 39 went up today!)
- Chapter 5, Page 37 (Patreon)
- Chapter 5, Page 38 (Patreon)
- Chapter 5, Page 39 (Patreon)
And since it’s the end of a scene, we have a new scene compilation!
Patreon Extras:
- In July’s Character Interview video, everyone talked about their hair product of choice.
Devoted: Merritt’s Story
Devoted: Merritt’s Story is a prose novel series that takes place a few years before Demon of the Underground. It tells the story of Merritt’s life as a soldier in the North Sphere before being captured and made an East Sphere citizen. Of all my projects, Merritt’s Story is the farthest along, with the most content available to readers. Book 1 is complete with 162K words, and Book 2 is complete with 179K words. All 341K words can be read with a single $2 Patreon pledge. Book 3 is in progress.
Patreon Extras:
For July’s Secret Gallery post, I did an illustration of one of my favorite Book 2 moments – the Merritt/Torrence scene from chapter 23.
Odds and Ends
Terrorizing Tumblr:
- Canada Griffin Honklings
- Puddle of Bob (this barely qualifies as art, but I said I’d give you everything! And the ask was very nice.)
