Frieren rules. I love how they visually separate the different eras; Serie's era akin to LotR elves, then Flamme's era being Greco-roman, and now Fern's era as a sprawling medieval civilization. It really sells the passage of time.

Also, some kind of weasel dude? They were being harassed by a troop of monkeys.

This evening: Animal friends! Hippos both baby and grumpy.

Monkey with a missing arm, clutching papers in it's mouth?

This morning a flock of warthogs wandered past the pool. Good animal sightings given we still haven't left the hotel yet...

Thanks for stopping by! I'm always happy to chat comics!

It was good seeing you again! Sorry we didn't have more of a chance to catch up!

His schedule may be a bit jammed from here to eternity, but @meakoopa.bsky.social has some really thoughtful takes on truly mindless pop-culture trash. His Dumpster Raccoon events at the Revue Cinema have always been a lot of fun.

I haven't used Shippsy myself but it seems pretty neat! I have family in the States I bully into shipping me stuff. :P

You can also use Amazon services to do the fulfillment for you; they got a plant out in Brampton, I believe. You can tell the printer to ship directly to their warehouse, and upload your backer list to them. They take a hefty cut, but if you have thousands of orders it'll save you weeks of work.

You can buy padded envelopes in bulk from Chit Chats or Stallion. Or uLine for cardboard mailers, though they have deeply unfortunate politics.

Printing costs scale with volume, while shipping remains a flat cost. If you plan to do fulfillment yourself, I recommend renting a storage unit that has access to a loading dock. Many printers won't ship to a residential address, or will charge extra to unload the books for you.

I find Chit Chats prices have spiked lately, but there's a new local competitor called Stallion that's worth checking out!

I got them printed on little drink coasters so that we can literally dunk on our OCs.

Scott's right, it's a link to an insecure image from a secure site. Browsers generally disable those for privacy reasons to prevent link tracking.

It's not quite a reliable day job, but I'm also assembling a list of arts grants available to Ontario creators! If you ever want help writing up a grant proposal, please drop me an email at steven [at] tocomix [dot] com. I'm always happy to help if I can.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Hit up Uken, Big Blue Bubble or Zynga and look for asset generation work. Casual or mobile games are less of a religion than triple-A studios, and often offer a better work-life balance.

Comic anthologies or artbooks may be a good source of artists. Search for "$myGenre comic anthology" and hunt stories that conjure the right vibe.