A Smoking Hot Extended Episode, 1000 Sketches, 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.
June 6 to July 8, 2026
This Monthly Roundup is coming a little later because we had an unusually big beginning of the month with LOTS of stuff! We also have a fun little contest that I wanted to include in the roundup, since it’ll end before our next. So let’s start there!
The 1000th Sketch Contest
The last round of quarterly Patreon sketches marked a big milestone: I hit my 1000th original sketch! As part of the celebration, I decided to launch a fun little “contest.” Can you name everyone in the sketch?
The contest is open to everyone! There will be one grand prize winner (the first person to submit the highest score), and everyone else who gets a perfect score will also get a prize. Full rules and information can be found here!
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 28 at intothesmokecomic.com
- Read the EXTENDED R-RATED VERSION of Chapter 2, Episode 28 on Patreon
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. Into the Smoke chapter 2 episodes 17-20 are now available as a free download on itch.io!
2. For June’s Secret Gallery post, I put up sprite facial expresions for three additional characters in Notorious Ghost! (Patreon)
3. For July’s Bonus Tier post, I did a classical nude digital painting of Smoky Alastor! (Patreon)
4. It was a Sketch month on Patreon! As mentioned earlier, this batch included the 1000th sketch! You can find all the Into the Smoke sketches across all 3 posts:
- Sketches 1-6 (Patreon)
- Sketches 7-12 (Patreon)
- Sketches 13-18 (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 28. 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.
My schedule didn’t allow for newly released pages last month, but I’m planning for more in July!
Extras:
The quarterly sketches I posted in the ITS section also include DOTU art!
- Sketches 1-6 (Patreon)
- Sketches 7-12 (Patreon)
- Sketches 13-18 (Patreon)
Minicomics
Odds and Ends
I wrote an article for Cartoonists United about how to safely use the work of artists online, how to approach artists for permission to use their work, and how to credit them. You can read the article here! You can also share the link on Bluesky and Tumblr.
