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Livestreams and a new LOTD2 Schedule!  BWHComics Newsletter - 1/25/2019

1/25/2019

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Greetings and salutations!

Some exciting news this week!  An impending livestream, some new cons on the horizon, and a major announcement regarding 
The Letters of the Devil II.  Without any further ado, let’s begin!

Released this Week


CosPain #80: Misplaced Modifier

(Hi-Res Patron Version) 
CosPain #81: Out-of-Con Text

Upcoming Events


SPACE 2019
: April 28-29, 2019, Columbus, OH
3 Rivers Comicon 2019
: May 18-19, 2019, Pittsburgh, PA

I have a couple more conventions that are confirmed but not yet finalized.  Expect to see them announced in the next newsletter.

If you know of any events that are accepting artists, let me know!


Twitch Livestream


That livestream I teased in my last newsletter?  Well 
it’s happening this Sunday, 1/27!  Tune in to twitch.tv/bwhcomics at 7:00 EDT to check it out!

For those unfamiliar with art livestreams, here’s what to expect: I will be working on an upcoming 
CosPain strip and streaming it online for all of you to see.  I’ll also be talking a bit about the process of making a strip, upcoming projects, conventions I’ve been to, pretty much anything I can do to fill some time.  There’s also a chat feature viewers can use to participate, so if enough people join the stream, I may even be able to answer a few questions.

On future streams, I hope to have guests that can help me keep the conversation going.  As it is, I’ll be drawing solo for this one, so we’ll see how well I can juggle talking and drawing.  I’m not currently planning to finish the strip during the stream, as each strip takes me several hours, but we’ll see how far I can get!

If you’re not able to make the stream, worry not!  I’ll make sure a version is available afterwards. This is also really a test run, to make sure everything is set and ready to go for future streams.  In a perfect world, I’d do at least one of these a month.


The Letters of the Devil II

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As promised, I have a new production schedule to post!  For now, it’s still rough, but I wanted to give you all an idea of what progress was going to look like.

​A bit of explanation is in order.  I have determined that 31 pages need to be thumbnailed anew, so a New Thumbnails tab has been added.  I have also determined that 9 of the pages I penciled will require some alteration, so I have decreased the completed pencils count from 75 to 66.  The big change, however, is that
the story is now at 234 pages, and this number may change as I thumbnail the new pages and determine what else is needed.


The good news?  
This project is still on track to be completed before the end of 2019.  I’ll be cutting it finer, and if delaying the release until 2020 means that I put out a better product then I’ll do it, but an on-time release is still in sight under the current timetable.


Wrap-Up


And with that, this newsletter is at an end!  Wish me luck for Sunday.


If you want to support my work further, please visit my
online store.  I also have Patreon and Ko-Fi accounts if those are more your speed.


Rock on, guys, and never stop drawing.

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BWHComics Newsletter - 1/15/2019 (Happy New Year!)

1/16/2019

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Greetings and salutations!

Happy New Year, and welcome to the new friends I met at Ohayocon!  It’s been quite a while since I released one of these, but you can expect them to come out more regularly now that the holidays are over.  Without any further ado, let’s begin!

Released this Week

CosPain #79: BUY BUY BUY
(Hi-Res Patron Version) CosPain #80: Misplaced Modifier

Upcoming Events

SPACE 2019: April 28-29, 2019, Columbus, OH
3 Rivers Comicon 2019: May 18-19, 2019, Pittsburgh, PA

If you know of any events that are accepting artists, let me know!

New Year’s Resolutions
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With 2019 upon us, I feel like discussing some of my plans for the year, at least in relation to BWHComics.  It’s a little difficult with The Letters of the Devil II in the air, but I do want to set some goals beyond that project.  With that in mind, here’s what I want to do before the start of 2020:

1. Reach $100/month through Patreon.

As of this posting, I am making $47/month through Patreon.  I am immeasurably honored by this level of support. I do, however, feel that I can improve my Patreon and expand my base.  I will therefore be doing everything in my power to reach out and bring in more Patrons. That means offering new Patron-exclusive services, increasing my output, and catering to your wants and desires.

2. Start drawing two CosPain strips per week.

The idea of increasing my CosPain output scares me.  Writing comedy is difficult, not simply because it’s hard to be funny, but because it’s hard to be consistently funny.  I have been hesitant to draw more than one strip a week for fear of running out of ideas and sabotaging myself. Well it’s time to conquer that fear.  I have several pages of CosPain ideas just waiting to become strips, and so it is time for me to increase my production rate.

To be clear, this does not mean that I will be posting two strips a week.  For now, I want to be drawing the strips so that I can develop a substantial backlog.  This is the first step, however, towards eventually changing my posting schedule.

3. Complete one comic project in addition to CosPain and The Letters of the Devil II.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how much I miss making smaller comic projects.  When I was a student at the Center for Cartoon Studies, my output was substantial, with minicomic after minicomic getting cranked out during my two years as a student.  Unfortunately, my longer projects have distracted me so much that I haven’t made a proper minicomic (outside of the CosPain minicollections) since The Man in Green in 2017.  This is no longer acceptable to me.  So by the end of this year, I intend to release a new minicomic.

CosPain
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As I mentioned in my Ohayocon update, I have released the third CosPain minicollection, Never Skip Neck Day.  I have taken the opportunity to also revamp the minicollection page on my online store.  The new setup lets me offer the same deal online that I use at conventions: you can buy 1 for $10, 2 for $15, or 3 for $20.  If you’re interested in taking advantage of this deal, please go here.

Twitch Livestream

I talked about wanting to do this before, but the time has finally come.  Before the end of January, I will host a stream on Twitch wherein I will work on a CosPain strip and talk about stuff.  I’m still finalizing the details, including the date, time, and whether or not I’ll have a guest helping me out, but I will let you all know once the details are finalized.  If you want to follow my channel in advance, you can find it at twitch.tv/bwhcomics.

The Letters of the Devil II
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The holidays have not been idle for me.  I went back to the script, as I said I would, and it quickly became clear that I made the right call by taking a hiatus.  I have done a great deal of writing, and I believe the story is back on track. All that’s left is to write a bit more and thumbnail the new pages.  I’m hoping to have a new deadline schedule posted by the next newsletter.

Wrap-Up

And with that, this newsletter is at an end!  It’s good to be back.

If you want to support my work further, please visit my online store.  I also have Patreon and Ko-Fi accounts if those are more your speed.

Rock on, guys, and never stop drawing.
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    Ben Wright-Heuman hails from Richmond, VA. He received his MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies in 2016.  He currently lives in New Albany, OH.

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