Yep, we’re winding down 2022. I hope everyone gets a chance to recharge and hope you all have a great time in the holidays. My body is pretty broken, to go along with how my mind has been with all the work & conventions I did recently... but I might even take a couple days off myself.
But with all the work delays, the plans for collections got pushed back, & now 2022 is when I’m finally, hopefully, get the show on the road. Lots of plans. Lots of projects. ( Since I’ve kind of been slumbering since 2015 with only Squid Army members seeing most of my output as I’ve run a mini crowdfunding thing there since then! )
So I set a date. January 25th. To start bringing ORIGINAL HATE into the world. & yup, if I got the tech right, www.originalhate.com should be the useful link for the whole thing.
Since being ripped off with crowdfunding in the past by a former “business partner” who took us all on a ride, & then having a printer dick me over on top of that, I’ve been quietly plotting and planning. I mean, a mistake is only a mistake if you don’t learn from it.
No more business partners. No more printers in Asia who’re hard to work with & force you to wait for 6 months just to print and put the books on a boat a continent away. ( Or who charge you an extra $3000 just to split a shipment of 100 books, ahem ) Nope, found myself an amazing US domestic-based printer, ( Paper shortage notwithstanding ) who should be able to get me books in a matter of weeks, not months. Got the packaging & the rewards all set. I might eeeeeven have a sample copy…
It’s going to be a grand experiment, on what I hope is an interesting book. A Neanderthal revenge horror thing. ( Of course, Patreon folks can already read it, or even have physical copies of the issues ) But my first love is making fancier proper hardcovers of full stories. Things that stick around for years, not months.
If I sell 100 copies I’ll be happy. If more people want it, even better, as it’ll help finally to square the ledger on the previous stuff. & uh.. maybe even help me eat? I hear eating things other than ramen & cereal can be fun.
You might get bored of me yapping about the *actual book* next month, so apologies in advance. But I’ll bring you all along for the ride through the whole process.
And then… if you’re not totally bored/annoyed at this point… here’s a little sneak peek at what’s to come for ( mostly ) SQUID ARMY members.
I’m starting to like making these little videos. So many things. All thanks to the folks who watch me make it, and get the first editions of everything. ( Even the lowest members get access to the private store when new things are made, shameless plug, I know. )
So anyway, here’s to surviving 2021. 2022 better be at least slightly better or I’ll be writing a very annoyed letter to the Squid Gods.
Hail Squid!
-B
Thank you for the update, and ORIGINAL HATE looks like it's going to be a great book.
Hey Ben, any update on the outstanding Dagon pledges?