Tag: blues

Song of the Week

Devon Gilfillian, “Troublemaker”

Good morning!

I have another event for this year’s calendar: Slay the Lake’s Pride Market! Saturday, June 27, at Soundgrowler Brewing Co. in Tinley Park, IL. I’m also on the waitlist for their Kenosha event this spring, but in any case, I’m looking forward to it.

The newsletter will be going out on Saturday, so if that’s something you’re interested in and you haven’t signed up yet, here’s the signup link again. Be sure to check your inbox for a confirmation when you’re done.

Other than that, I’ll have new pages of Last Watch Before Dawn for you tomorrow and Friday. This chapter is long and depressing, but we’re moving through it, and then things will start looking up! Sometimes you have to make your characters miserable.

A couple of petitions for today:

Via the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights: Block the bombs, again

Via Demand Progress: Block ICE’s warehouse prison expansion

Via The Workers Circle: Protect Haitian Temporary Protected Status

That’s what I’ve got for you. Thanks for being here.

Song of the Week

Albert King, “Born Under a Bad Sign”

Good morning!

It looks like the first event on my calendar is the Kenosha Book Festival on April 26. I’ll have more information as we get closer!

Other than that, nothing much to report. I’ll have new pages of Last Watch Before Dawn tomorrow and Friday.

I also have a couple of petitions for today:

Via the Native Organizers Alliance: Protect gender-affirming care

Via the National Campaign for Justice: Keep ICE out of schools

Via Just Foreign Policy: End the fuel blockade on Cuba

As always, I appreciate you being here. Take care this week, and stop by again soon.

Song of the Week

Miles Caton, “I Lied to You” (from Sinners)

It’s Monday again. Hi.

Not much to report for this week; I’ll have new pages of Last Watch Before Dawn on Tuesday and Friday, so be sure to stop by again.

Also, if it’s something you might find useful, I typed up my notes from the ACLU’s ICE observer training and put them over here.

A couple of petitions:

Via Public School Strong: Keep ICE out of public schools

Via MPower Action: Free Leqaa Kordia

Via the Institute for Middle East Understanding: Stop delivering more weapons to Israel

I hope you’re staying safe and warm this week.

Song of the Week

Buffalo Nichols, “The Fatalist Blues”

Hello again!

So, I attended an ICE observer training call with the ACLU the other day. I typed up my notes and put them in the newsletter, and I’ll put them up here later this week when I have time, in case that’s something that might be useful to you. They’re having another call on February 5 as well.

In other news, I’ve got new pages of Last Watch Before Dawn for you, and they’ll be up on Tuesday and Friday. I’m enjoying this break from markets and things, especially now that it’s winter, but I’ll be getting back on the road soon! I’ll let you know.

Some petitions for today:

Via Watchdog.net: Restore UNRWA funding

Via National Campaign for Justice: Prohibit ICE raids on public schools

Via the Center for Human Needs: Not another dollar for ICE’s lawless attacks on our communities

Thanks for being here. Take care and stop by again soon!

Song of the Week

Rag ‘n’ Bone Man, “St. James” (traditional)

Hello!

There was a minor formatting issue with The Book of the New Moon Door‘s audio, which prevented it from appearing on Audible. Thanks to the lovely people at Author’s Republic, that issue should be fixed now. I’ll let you know as soon as I find it on Audible.

The holiday sale is still going, and will be active through the end of the year! Paperbacks make great gifts and are easy to wrap, or you can just order for yourself.

I’ll be working on Last Watch Before Dawn this week. Stop by again for more pages.

Some petitions:

Via Win Without War: Prevent war with Venezuela

Via the ACLU: Stop illegal boat strikes

Via Our Revolution: Stop ICE’s campaign of terror

That’s all for now. I appreciate you. Take care and stay warm!

Song of the Week

Hozier, “Empire Now”

Good morning!

In case you missed it, The Book of the New Moon Door is now available on more audiobook platforms. It may also be available from your library’s digital catalogue! If it’s not, you can always request to be notified if and when it’s available. If enough people do that, the library will buy a copy.

I’m working on another page of Last Watch Before Dawn, and I should have it ready by Wednesday. I’m hoping to get to a pace of two or more pages per week, so as to finish the first volume before the heat death of the universe.

On Saturday, I’ll be at Story Keepers Books in West Allis, WI for a Meet the Author event! The address is 7035 W Greenfield Ave, and the event runs from noon until 3. Bring books for me to sign! The shop has a few, also. More information can be found here.

A couple of petitions:

Via Women’s March: Abolish ICE

Via IfNotNow: Stop home demolitions in Umm al-Khair

Via CHN Action: Governors must demand SNAP funding

Via Civic Shout: Call for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan

That’s all I have for today! I’ll be back later with more comic, and I hope to see you at the bookshop on Saturday.

Song of the Week

Kira Mac, “Hellfire and Holy Water”

Good morning! I have new content for you!

The latest episode of The Well Below the Valley is up on Patreon now, and on Wednesday it will be up here for free reading. I am putting the finishing touches on the next page of Last Watch Before Dawn, and it will be up later today. The next page is a single panel, so I’m hoping to get it out this week as well.

I’ll also be writing the newsletter today, and that will go out tomorrow. If you’re not signed up and would like to be (it has cat pictures), here’s a link. Be sure to check your inbox for a confirmation afterward.

Some petitions:

Via National Campaign for Justice: Birthright citizenship must be protected

Via Win Without War: Stop Trump’s march to war in Latin America

Via Drop Site: Grant safe passage to the Global Sumud Flotilla

Okay, I think that’s everything for right now. I love and appreciate you. Stop by again soon.

Song of the Week

Buffalo Nichols, “Belly of the Beast”

Good morning!

I am writing to you from inside the smoke cloud moving off the Canada wildfires. I hope you’re safe today.

I’m working on Episode 11 of The Well Below the Valley and the first proper page of Last Watch Before Dawn. I should be able to finish the latter in the next day or two, so that should be up soon! I’m planning on putting the comic pages both here and on Patreon for free, image size allowing, and bonus art will be available for Patreon subscribers. Here’s the link if you’d like to become a free or paid member ($3/month).

This month, I’ll be heading to What the Hex: Arbor and Alchemy on Sunday, August 17! I’m excited to be back at What the Hex and to rejoin Brooke for our first table-sharing event since…February? I’ll have more details for you as we get closer to the event.

A couple of petitions from the depths of my inbox:

Via CARE Action: No one should die from hunger

Via Win Without War: Defund the GHF and restore a UN-led humanitarian response in Gaza

Via No Business with Genocide: Pass the Uyghur Policy Act

That’s all for today. I should have new content for you soon! Thanks for stopping by.

Song of the Week

Tinariwen, “Nànnuflày”

This week, I bring you this song from a Touareg blues group.

I’m bringing you some other things too! The newsletter will be going out today at noon. On Wednesday, the latest episode of The Well Below the Valley will be up here for free reading. I’ll be working on the next episode and some preliminary drawings of the comic, as well as a new title for said comic, throughout the week.

That’s basically it for today. As always, thanks for stopping by, and I hope you come again soon.

Song of the Week

Quaker City Night Hawks, “Some of Adam’s Blues”

Good morning!

I didn’t have any comic updates last week–so sorry! Friday got away from me. I’ll have something for you this Friday. The script is coming along, but it’s already way longer than I had planned. I was hoping everything I wanted to get to in the first issue would fit in the standard 22-24 pages, but I’ve hit that number in my script already, and I have several more scenes to get through.

I just have to remember that I’m doing this by myself, for the first time, armed only with a drawing tablet, Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics (plus a lot of online resources and some of my favorite comics), and a dream, so it’s a learning process.

On Wednesday, I’ll have the latest episode of The Well Below the Valley up here for free reading. I’m an episode ahead of you right now, and I think we’ll have one or two more to finish this first arc (corresponding to Part One of the Call of Cthulhu module).

This month, I’m going on a Tiny Book Tour! I’ll be stopping at Story Keepers Books in West Allis, WI on Thursday, March 13 (5:30-7), and at Studio Moonfall in Kenosha, WI on Friday, March 28 (4-7). I hope you can come to either or both! At Story Keepers, I’ll be doing a reading and a Q&A session, while the Studio Moonfall event is more casual. In either case, I will be signing books (and you can pick up some copies if you need them) and hanging out to talk about whatever readers want to talk about.

I think that’s all for today. I’ll have more petitions next week. Thanks for reading, and stop by again!