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Table of Contents

00:00 Welcome Back

01:57 From Parrts Unknown #4 is in prelaunch!

02:30 Big Smoke Pulp Vol. 1 on KU Right Now!

02:58 Big Smoke Pulp Vol. 2 - Call for Entry

03:38 Hear Me on Two Geeks Talking This Saturday

04:01 No Longer Going Elsewhere

04:46 A Lot at Once

05:44 Rethinking the Book Strategy for Volume 2

06:40 Comics and Reworks

07:34 Tariff Trouble

09:05 Lesson Learned: Slowing Down

10:20 Leave a Comment

10:26 Coming Up on the Substack

10:57 Upcoming Appearances

11:35 Pesto Comics Release Calendar

12:11 Instant Ink Comic Book Podcast

12:52 Super Secret Epilogue

Welcome Back

I've been extremely busy lately and because of that I've started to feel burnout creep in. I've been warning for weeks that it was coming. Although I thought I was on top of it, it’s becoming clear that I’m not. I have a few plates spinning at once and I need to start choosing which ones to focus on rather than trying to do it all at the same time.

If you read the paid post on the weekend, you know that I'll be cutting back on the amount of socials I participate in.

It's not just socials though. It's everything.

In 2025, I wanted to maximize the amount of Kickstarter campaigns I could get out in a year, and in doing that, I found myself crammed with constantly launching and fulfilling without a break.

I’ve fast-tracked my Kickstarter experience in doing this and learned more than I ever would have going half speed - but I didn't get much time for the creative side.

Big Smoke Pulp has made it into backers hands, but Naked Kaiju Woman came shortly after along with From Parts Unknown 2 around the same time. I’ve been trying to keep backers updated while keeping this newsletter going, editing and hosting the Instant Ink Comic Book Podcast, planning for upcoming conventions and trying not to lose track of my full-time job.

I’ve been surrounded by boxes for a few weeks now and that’s the least of my worries. I haven’t had much time to write, so I’m making a change to prevent deadlines from slipping away entirely. Learning to draw has become more of a burden than a fun exercise given the axe swinging over my head.

To be clear, I'm not complaining about any of this.

I'm very happy with how this all went and it's beyond my wildest dreams that I'd be sending packages all over the world for people who want to read the work of myself and the amazing artists and authors that I work with.

If anything, this has been a good time to really reflect and start to pick and choose what is important in this business. There are still a whole bunch of projects that I want to get off the ground and if I'm ever really going to do that, I have to start making some big choices.

None of that matters until I get the comics we’ve created into readers’ hands.

Before we get into it, I have a few updates to share with you…

Project Updates

From Parts Unknown #4 is in Prelaunch!

I’m likely going to push the launch for From Parts Unknown #4 back by a week or so to make sure we can give it the gigantic launch it deserves.

This double-size finale has combined issues #4 and #5 into one mega issue making for 40-pages of nonstop action.

I’d also like to get From Parts Unknown #2 and #3 into backers hands before asking these backers to join in for the finale, but I will ask that you follow!

If you haven’t read it at all yet, this is the best time to jump in as you can get the whole story at once.

If you’re feeling a bit more literary…

Big Smoke Pulp Vol. 1 on KU Right Now!

Do you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited?

I’ve done a quiet launch on KU in the past week and we’ve already had some readers