I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone that helped us in some way this last year. Whether it was donations, commissions, buying stuff from the store, letting us crash on your couch during a show, blogging about our work, or simply being our friends – we can’t express our appreciation enough. We truly would not have made it through the year without you! Thank you, thank you, thank you. We feel truly blessed for having you.

Hey guys,

Sorry this is about 23 hours belated! I’ve been running into some rough computer problems lately, so things are taking me a little bit longer than usual. (Not to mention, Frankie keeps trying to steal my supper!)

Only a few things to report this week. Namely that I’ve been spending a lot of time at the doctor lately, and that you lovely internet nerds bailed me out of a tough financial spot yet again! I cannot express how much I love you guys for it, and I’m trying to get as many comics up as frequently as a can, for as long as I can in order to make it up to you.

The other bit of amazing news I have for you guys is that I have artwork featured in Mike Rouse-Dean’s semi-annual webcomics calendar for the upcoming 2010 year! I’ve always wanted to put together a calendar of my comic characters, but have never had the chance; so this was a fun opportunity for me. (Not to mention, I’ve wanted in on one of Mike’s calendars since 2007, so it’s an extra special treat!)

Tastefully Done 2010 includes the likes of Danielle Corsetto, Lem Pew & Aric McKeown, Jess Fink, Guy Hodge, Huw “Lem” Davies, Rasmus Petterson, myself, Frank Page, David Wolfe, Michael Lalonde, James Norris, Jamie Smart and the cover by Krishna Sadasivam.

Each one has painstakingly drawn their webcomic creations in the nude all in aid of Cancer Research UK. Since 2007, both Tastefully Done 2007 and Tastefully Done 2008 has been raising money. Unfortunately 2009 never actually got off the ground but we’re back to celebrate 2010 in all character glory.

The calendars are only $15.99 a pop, and ALL the proceeds go to Cancer research. So that’s pretty terrific. Since I already featured Mike and I in some state of nudity in Big Sexy, I featured Aiden from Primary in my Tastefully Done page (I did July!). I’d highly recommend picking one up!

APE last month was a blast. This comic truly doesn’t encompass it; but these were the two most common questions we heard over the weekend. (The ‘Ross’ in question is Ross Campbell, the amazing artist behind one of my favourite series, Wet Moon. I recently cosplayed as one of the main characters, Trilby.) Not seen are: cupcakes, Jerm driving like a crazy man, Mexican food, the Isotope awards, Beast, and more!

Friends and colleagues shown above are:
Brandon Graham
Jason “Jfish” Fischer
Jess K.
Chris Yates
Paige Braddock

A big thanks to everyone that made the show so wonderful – friends and fans alike! Shark shirt buyers – you all made our show! I hope you’re enjoying your shirts.

Next comic is up on Tuesday, guys. Have a great rest of the week!

Hey guys,

Slightly belated Halloween comic for you guys! (And I’ll have my Super Belated APE report up on Thursday.)

For those of you paying attention to the donation bar at the right: I’m sure you noticed that the requested amount has jumped from $100 to $1,000 dollars. The reason for this is simple: I need to pay my rent, stay healthy, and make sure my cat is fed.

If I can raise $1,000 on my own each month – outside of merchandise and Mod Buttons sales – be it through donations, commissions, Etsy sales, or original art sales, I can afford to spend more time on comics. (That means more regular updates!)

ILB is obviously back (otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this!), and Me and My Jane will return on Friday. Primary will be back in three weeks. (I’m building a buffer back up.)

No obligations. (I know money is tough for everyone right now!) But if you enjoy the comic(s), it would help me out a great deal. It would also ensure that I don’t need to spend company money on things like food and doctors visits, which would provide me more money to print comics/merchandise for you to own!

Much love,
Rachel

Apologies for any and everything subpar with this week’s installment.  (I had a fever while I did this strip.) Apologies to Stephen for botching up his likeness. For you reading at home, Stephen looks more like this:

Don’t forget about shirt pre-orders and the ILB fanflow! I also have mini 5″x5″ drawings of my favourite comic book characters for sale in my Livejournal, am open for commissions, and am offering original strips for sale.

We weren’t even joking, guys. Look. (NSFW!)

A lot of the later references in this are from the totally amazing Adventure Time.
My friend Natasha worked on Adventure Time, and she is also amazing.