August 2022: Summer Sunsets and Friendly Foxes
New projects on the horizon from "The Fox in My Bed" to "Reluctant Hero"
I know summer is coming to an end when I can finally pay a visit to my local Spirit Halloween. Hopefully, everyone enjoyed their summer rays—or if you’re like me, enjoyed blasting a fan in your room while you over your computer keyboard.
But while the summer sunsets are waning, new projects are on the horizon! Enjoy some sneak peeks at the projects I’ve been working on as well as some releases that are available now at your local comic shop (or online!).
What I’ve Been Editing
Tapas Media
The Fox in My Bed: I’ve joined this webcomic’s creative team in their third season, starting with episode 56...the first five episodes are free! This Boys' Love webcomic is a Tapas Original that has it all: drama, comedy, and fantasy! Kyouji has been dating the fox spirit Nagisa for three years now, but their relationship is still complicated! See how their love develops when a new episode uploads every Tuesday.
Comedown Machine: The other webcomic I’m editing that’s currently six episodes deep into its second season. There’s plenty of drama and romance to enjoy every week between Tommy and her celebrity boyfriend, Keith, every Friday when a new episode goes live!
Band of Bards
I’m currently editing a handful of interesting projects for Band of Bards, meaning I’ll hopefully have even more announcements related to this publisher to share with you soon! But there are two projects that I can talk about now.
The first project, Sentience, is an American light novel by Elyse Russell that was successfully funded on Zoop. Mixing prose with comic art, I recommend checking the novel out when it becomes available for pre-order, especially if you’re a fan of Ex Machina, The Dark Tower series, Monstress, and Claymore. In the August 2022 Band of Bards Newsletter, they unveiled a preview page from the novel, which I’ve just finished proofreading (and it was such a fun, fast-paced read):
The other project that’s been announced is Alexandra McCarthy’s Reluctant Hero. Having already edited the first volume’s script and after seeing some of the early pages, this slice-of-life psychological thriller offers readers a unique manga experience. This will mark the beginning of a three-volume manga series and is planned as a chapter-by-chapter digital release with physical distribution after all chapters have been digitally released:
Scout Comics
Because I combined announcements in my previous update, I missed out on the premiere of another title that I edited and really wanted to share: it’s the hottest new vampire comic, She Bites! Elsie Baker, a 134-year-old vampire stuck forever as a 9-year-old girl, gets a babysitter. Hijinks ensue for mature readers only! The first issue is now available in your local comic shops, and the second and third issues are already available to pre-order.
For August, Scout Comics released the next issue of the geektastic magazine Sartorial Geek #2, which takes a look at fandom fashion this time around. Learn more about fictional fashion icon Furiosa, how to bake David Rose-inspired cookies with The Geeky Hostess, and enjoy much more nerdy numminess!
J-Novel
One other important piece of news from July is that the sixth volume of the light novel series Culinary Chronicles of a Court Flower is now available digitally for purchase. This culinary court drama continues to offer up delicious dishes and political intrigue with our poor protagonist Rimi left in the middle! It’s the first light novel series I’ve ever edited, and the journey has been rewarding so far. I’m excited to see where Rimi goes from here.
Kickstart the Week
Kickstart the Week with Puppet Theater: The Fool #1
In my conversation with the creator/writer of Puppet Theater: The Fool Thomas Cowling, we talk about him marketing the comic as Saga meets Game Of Thrones, how it combines a medieval period with sci-fi elements, and many other elements within the series, such as the importance of the concept of time. The series features everything from swords, court politics, love, and magic. It was successfully funded thanks to the efforts of 51 backers pledging a total of AU$ 2,349.
Kickstart the Week with Ichabod Jones: The complete Lovecraftian dark-fantasy comic
All four volumes of USA Today bestselling author Russell Nohelty’s Ichabod Jones: Monster Hunter became available in his latest Kickstarter. Taking inspiration from H.P. Lovecraft, Nohelty talked in-depth about the importance of his dark fantasy horror-comedy, and how a “broken man” can become a hero in a society that cast him aside. This Kickstarter has already reached its goal (currently it’s raised over $18,000), but it will be live for a couple more weeks. So there’s still time to check it out and consider backing if you haven’t already here!
Road Tripping into Fall!
As the fall months are fast approaching, we're nearing the debut of Road Trip to Hell #1 in stores on Wednesday, October 19th (barring any paper shortage issues pushing the date back)! Don't forget to pre-order your copy from your local shop with the order codes below. We've got some spine-chilling variant covers just in time for the spooky season!!!
A sweet main cover by interior art team Monika Maccagni and Joaquin Pereyra (Diamond Order Code: AUG221807)
A sick variant cover by Marco Fontanili, which is available as both a 1:10 Tarot Card Variant (Diamond Item Code: AUG221808).
And a 1:50 Foil Spot Variant of the Marco Fontanili cover
(Diamond Item Code: AUG221809).All the covers are also available through Lunar!
If you’re interested in learning more about the series, which is an adventure story with horror elements and dark humor that I like to call the “ultimate nature vs. nurture story,” check out my recent interview with the wonderful Jen King.
Fantastic updates! I am so excited for ROAD TRIP TO HELL #1!