Volume 5 on Sale Now! New Merch!

Jan03
by on 3 January 2023

With a new book out and a new year begun, we’ve also got some new items in the store!

For $8, you can now purchase the fifth Long John book from the shop! It officially begins the second part of the Long John storyline (with Volume 4 being an interlude of sorts)which means it begins the road to the conclusion! I’m really proud of this book and I’m especially proud of the extra content at the end which are a few pages about the Mono Basin––the region where this story is set. If you buy it from the store, the book will be signed and you’ll get a free coaster, too! Additionally, all book purchases have an add-on called “Artist Edition” which allows you to get an original Long John drawing on a comic book backing board for only an additional $10.

We also have our very first piece of non-book/non-print merchandise with the LJ “branding iron logo” pin. This is based on the logo seen at the end of every chapter (and on the back of every book; and all over the website) and it came out really well! It’s a 1.5″ metal pin with two fasteners on the back and serves as a great memento for the series.

Inevitably, we have the 5-book bundle that *kind of* replaces the long-running 3-book bundle that we had in the shop. While the 3-book bundle is still in the shop ), but the most cost-effective way to get all five of the physical books is through this 5-book bundle (a savings of about $5)! This also has the “Artist Edition” add-on option!

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Volume 5 PREORDER

Dec05
by on 5 December 2022

We’ve finally arrived at the point where preorders are open for Long John, Volume 5: Parting Gift. This is all internally managed and handled through the Official Long John store and I’m really excited for what is planned for this book. Unlike the Volume 4 preorder where we had progressively priced tiers, this time around there’s a single package, but it comes fully packed with Long John goodies! And it all starts at LongJohnBook.com!

From Monday, December 5, to Friday, December 16, we will be accepting orders for the $20 preorder bundle of Volume 5 which will include the following:

  • Print edition of Long John, Volume 5: “Parting Gift” (signed).
  • Download code for the e-book edition of Long John, Volume 5 on Gumroad.
  • 1.5″ steel Long John “branding iron” logo pin.
  • Two 6″x9″ mini-prints of Long John art.
  • A long Long John coaster.

Once there, you can find a few add-on options to suit other important needs:

  • For $50 gets you all of the $20 bonuses plus ALL FIVE BOOKS in print (and signed).
  • You can add on an Artist’s Edition to ANY order for an additional $10. That option gets you a custom Long John sketch on a comic book backing board.

Again, you can find ALL of these options at the Volume 5 Preorder at the online store. Get yours today at LongJohnBook.com!

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Chapter 5 Videos, Part 1

Oct28
by on 28 October 2022

As with Chapter 4, with the debut of Chapter 5 on the website we also have the return of video versions of each page.

I really enjoy audio and video editing, even if I never breach the amateur ceiling. Like with laying out a page to draw, there’s a puzzle element to putting a video together. I’m restricted (to an extent) by time and by content (I won’t draw anything new for these videos), but those restrictions make the puzzle even more solvable, even if the pieces become more complicated.

What’s different from last time is that I’m not necessarily going to make a video per page. Instead, if it works better for two or three pages to be strung together for a video, I’ll just do that to present a more cohesive experience.

As with last time, I’m also writing music for each installment, which is always fun as well.

If you want to keep up to date with the videos, be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel in order to receive notifications as soon as videos get published!

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