Long John, Volume 2 – Now For Sale

Sep12
by on 12 September 2016

I am proud to announce––a day before the comic begins to start updating again––that Long John, Volume 2 is now available for purchase through the Etsy store (or click Store at the top of the website). This new book is 36 pages long with updated text (from what is on the website) and a few new pieces of art (mainly the cover and the closing page of the chapter). No Hellrider Jackie side story is in this volume, but we will definitely come back to her. I also reprint the Sketch Friday drawing/essay of my Long John sketch in the style of Darwyn Cooke since I am really proud of that piece and also want to spread the word of Cooke’s work as much as possible. The book is $7 plus $3 shipping in the continental US; I will also include an original Long John sketch and a bookmark with purchase. It’s a gorgeous book that I’m really quite proud of––an introspective character study––and if you want to read the rest of the chapter before it updates on the website, buy it now.

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And, again, Long John will start updating again tomorrow, September 13, and will update twice a week until the chapter ends. Where we left off (last August…ugh) is about right smack-dab in the middle of Chapter 2, so there’s still quite a bit of comic to go. Until tomorrow, catch up on Chapter 2; reread Chapter 1; browse through the press the comic has received (in the Links section of the website) and––most importantly––share the comic with people you think may enjoy it, which I hope is a lot.

Thank you all again for your patience and support, its effect has meant more than you will ever know.

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Art Mix | Crocker-Con 2016 is TODAY

Sep08
by on 8 September 2016

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A gentle reminder that Sacramento’s Crocker-Con is happening today from 5 to 9 pm at the Crocker Art Museum. Come be the first to buy Long John, Volume 2 (on sale online starting tomorrow). Meet Josh Tobey, artist for the Hellrider Jackie short story, “Save the Bones,” as featured in Long John, Volume 1. Buy some prints of his paintings (as well as a print of his cover for “Save the Bones”).

Plus, a whole bunch of other talented local artists and comickers will be there.

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Art Mix | Crocker-Con 2016

Aug30
by on 30 August 2016

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For the third year in a row, D. Bethel and Long John will be a featured artist at Crocker-Con, the annual local arts celebration held at the Crocker Art Museum. It will be held on Thursday, September 8th, from 5-9pm. Admission is $10 or free if you’re a member of the museum.

This show will be the premier of Long John, Volume 2, after which it will be available for purchase online. The Tuesday after Crocker Con––September 13th––the remaining pages will start updating on the website.

The big announcement for the show (aside from the book) is that I will be sharing table space with “Save the Bones” artist, Josh Tobey, who will be selling prints of a few of his paintings (not Long John-related). So, for the first time ever, the entirety of the  Long John creative team will be in the same place for a show.

At the show I will have the following for sale:

  • Long John, volume 1
  • Long John, volume 2
  • Long John print 11″x 17″
  • “Beam Me Up” Spock/Leonard Nimoy tribute print 8.5″x 11″
  • “Doctor Cthulwho” print  8.5″x 11″
  • Long John “Snake’s Eye” print (volume 2 cover) 11″x 17″
  • “Save the Bones” cover print (from volume 1 by Josh Tobey) 11″x 17″.

Overall, it looks like it’s going to be a good time and I hope, if you’re in the area, you’ll come by and say hi! There’s also a lot of other great local artists that will be at the show and I’m quite excited to chat with them again. For the first time, I will have a Long John banner, which looks fantastic; I took some goofy pictures, too.

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The banner

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A selfie.

Two of the prints for sale at FCBD

Two of the prints for sale at Art Mix | Crocker-Con 2016

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