The book three preorder is LIVE!

It's been a long time coming, and it's something super-special! Book three, Party Crashers, is ready for you to make it a thing!  Grab the new book, which is in BEAUTIFUL COLOR to match the comic's transition into color updates, and build your Precocious collection with lots of neat stuff!

The books cover the range of comics from #618 to #1015. Since I strive to make the book and online experiences unique, book three contains special print-only goodies - just like the other two books! (Books one and two have been revised and are being reprinted, so make sure to complete the set!) Keeping with the birthday theme, this year's bonus story covers the saga of Jacob's birthday party. You will also find a cast page and background information - yes, the book gets a cast page update while the website doesn't - and lots of tidbits about the stories with commentary introducing each story.

Artist editions are back as the Precocious highlight, and they're beautiful as ever! This year's bonuses include a new Jacob magnet (I'm hoping for bad-shirt Jacob!) and window clings! (Thank Darc of Code Name: Hunter for giving me that idea!) I shared early sketches in this comment thread, and you have a chance to guide me to the final designs as the campaign goes on.

(On that note, make sure you tie your Kickstarter account to an email you check regularly! You don't want to miss out on updates and offering as the campaign evolves. Use those accounts, friends! If you message me there, I have them right on your order profile and I can easily check to see exactly what you want!)

In addition to offering the book, I am having a big sale on Precocious comic originals! You can now hold your favorite gags, and some of Precocious' defining moments, in your hand, and display it on your wall! Here's the master list of originals available. I can add to it at your request! This is the time to grab your piece of Precocious history, as prices go back up once the campaign ends.

Printing in color is expensive. Shipping went up across the board over the past year. It takes a lot to do the bare minimum needed to make this book happen - but if we can hit that goal early, that means there's time for STRETCH GOALS! Cupcakes of Bliss are waiting for a chance to return, with new doll designs! There will be chances to unlock new goodies, or extra Copper Road comics! At the end of this funding rainbow? A SECRET PRECOCIOUS BOOK!  Can you enable its creation?

I've put it all out there for you! Let's make this campaign a success! GET YOUR COPY NOW!

The Precocious Originals Up For Sale!

UPDATE:  New Copper Road and Precocious originals have been added! You will find them at the bottom of this post!  (After losing a chunk of my Kickstarter update today due to a browser crash, I'm saving this as I edit it - so I apologize if you stumble upon this post before the correct links for the new additions are in place.)

As part of the book three Kickstarter campaign, I am offering original comic pages for sale at a HUGE discount when paired with a book order. (Get then now, because prices go back up after this is done!) These pictures give you a better look of the originals for offer. They will come to you in protective plastic, with backing board. After each photo, you will find the titles and links to the web version of the comic. More originals can be added to this list by request!

Going in order ascending order:

Comic #28: "Poor Timing
Comic #38: "How Else Can One Land a Husband?"
Comic #44: "See?"
Comic #51: "Chess: Not Just an Analogy for War"

Comic #58: "Everybody Dance Now"
Comic #77:  "Those Bridges, and that House, are Burned"
Comic #110: "My First Chance to Traumatize You"  
Comic #115: "It's a Branding Issue"

Comic #117: "Exceedingly Cute"
Comic #127: "Max's Birthday Party"
Comic #128: "This Party is a Blast!"
Comic #156: "Insane Theatrics"

Comic #163: "Doctor Oven is a not a Kind Instructor"
Comic #167: "Holy Cognitive Dissonance"
Comic #177: "Sapphire Bowling"
Comic #180: "This is not Dodgeball"  

Comic #210: "NERDS!"
Comic #235: "Disorganize Some Sports"
Comic #236: "Hu's on First"
Comic #245: "Center Field"  

Comic #277: "Inferior Opponents"
Comic #289: "Target Man"
Comic #293: "An Adorable Concussion"  
Comic #299: "Muffins of Doom"

Comic #305: "Moms with Free Time"
Comic #306: "Aimless Ivy"  
Comic #363: "The Center of Attention"  
Comic #385: "Grounded" 
Comic #416: "Powers of Distraction"

Comic #426: "A Loving Family"  
Comic #427: "Let it Snow"
Comic #479: "We are not Amused"  
Comic #480: "A Matriarchy"
Comic #482: "Not the Queen"

Comic #488: "Progress Report: Group D"
Comic #495: "Together!"
Comic #524: "Paranoia Flakes"  
Comic #553: "Both Sides Together"
Comic #563: "Metabolism"

Comic #566: "Terror Therapy"  
Comic #567: "On the Water"
Comic #580: "Flying a Kite"
Comic #581: "Practice Makes Perfect"  
Comic #583: "Rule #1"

Comic #585: "Connect the Dots"
Comic #593: "Autumn, We're Bored"
Comic #605: "Can't Even Move"  
Comic #606: "There's a Bug on my Nose"
Comic #609: "A Delicious Death"

Comic #613: "Uh Oh Week 4"
Comic #618: "Uh Oh Week 8" 

Comic #631: "Hello Strange Kids"
Comic #637: "Unearthly Delights"
Comic #645: "Tap Tap Tap"
Comic #646: "Broken"
Comic #655: "The Aftermath"

Comic #657: "Someone's at the Door"
Comic #674: "Button Masher"  
Comic #688: "Meanwhile..."
Comic #695: "More Sage Advice"  
Comic #706: "Silhouetted"

Comic #708: "Welcome Back"
Comic #709: "Punishment"
Comic #715: "Making a Mess"
Comic #729: "Kid Shield"
Comic #766: "A Responsible Adult"

Comic #769: "Dreaming of the City"  
Comic #776: "The Things They'll Learn"
Comic #790: "A Hands-On Exhibit"
Comic #792: "Envy"  
Comic #818: "The Protest Begins"

Comic #821: "The Counter-Protest Begins"  
Comic #863: "We're Actors Now"  
Comic #867: "Acting Experience"  
Comic #877: "Rule #2"
Comic #881: "Rule #7"

Comic #882: "Rule #25"  
Comic #893: "The Kids as Teenagers"  
Comic #907: "To the Counselor's Office!"  
Comic #911: "Challenge Accepted!"  
Comic #926: "Mandatory"

Comic #936: "Autumn's Bedroom"  
Comic #962: "Great Party"
Comic #972: "Goodnight, Pingos"
Comic #976: "On Sapphire Lake"  
Comic #977: "Hugs!"

Comic #979: "Another Invention"  
Comic #981: "Rise!"  
Comic #996: "For Sale"  
Comic #1001: "What a Party!"

NEW PRECOCIOUS ORIGINALS AVAILABLE:

Comic #338: "Who has the power now?"  
Comic #564: "Digging a Hole"  
Comic #199: "This is why I stay away"  
Comic #200: "Paddlebaddleboats"
Comic #660: "The Creature That Ate Everything"
Comic #676: "Guidance by Ball"
Comic #945: "Pingoball"  
Comic #978: "The Usual Suspects"

Comic #49: "Fearsomely Cute" 
Comic #157: "THE BAKE SALE IS SCIENCE"
Comic #184: "Jacob's Life Story in Four Panels"  
Comic #107: "Assigned Seats"

COPPER ROAD ORIGINALS NOW AVAILABLE TOO!

Copper Road #98: "Keeping up Appearances"  
Copper Road #85: "Birthday Gift" 
Copper Road #109: "Earworm"
Copper Road #87: "Crazy Outfits"

Copper Road #103: "Transforming"  
Copper Road #73: "Avengers" 
Copper Road #74: "Fanfic"
Copper Road #128: "Geek Signals"

Copper Road #130: "Are You Ready For Some Football?"
Copper Road #120: "Tales of No-See-Um"
Copper Road #117: "Smuggled Goods"
Copper Road #76: "A Final Request"

Copper Road #97: "Channel Surfing" 
Copper Road #102: "Division Champs"
Copper Road #65: "Mini Mes"
Copper Road #148: "Turn Left"

Copper Road #43: "On-Cue Corruption"
Copper Road #3: "Popcorn Flicks" 
Copper Road #68: "What to Draw"
Copper Road #25: "One Track Mind"
Copper Road #32: "It's Great to be a Kid"
Copper Road #63: "Down With the Sickness" 

Copper Road #107: "Fast Food Experience"
Copper Road #56: "Guilty Pleasure"
Copper Road #61: "Buzzer Beater"
Copper Road #145: "Orange Buddies"

New Copper Road! 5/19/14

Hey, look! I made one! Please enjoy this as a peace offering, while I go be sick in bed a little longer. (That would be why the preorder isn't up yet. Everything's ready to go BUT ME. Coming very soon, though!) Ahh, I want to make more of these. You should totally back the upcoming pre-order enough to force me to draw more of them!

Vote here to see the latest comic! Once this one rotates out, whenever that may be, I'll put it, and the last group of Copper Roads, onto the archive page with the rest.

Bonus deleted scene!

I had this scripted, and a bout of mental illness made me draw it instead of working on next week's comics! And now I have to draw another Copper Road in a week to cycle this out when it stops being timely. WHAT HAVE I DONE!?!?!

Anyway, vote here to see the bonus comic for the Green Thumb/Black Thumb story!

New Copper Road! 5/1/14

Whenever I draw a comic at night and say, "I'll post it in the morning," I'm lucky if I can remember before dinner time the next day. So 3pm isn't bad! That's only moderate failure! Please enjoy this comic. I felt like an 80's stand up comedian while writing it.

Vote here to see the new Copper Road! They haven't be coming that fast, but it's all going to be worth it.  I've been devoting myself to travels, book prep - THE FILES ARE READY! PREORDERING HAPPENS SOON! - and, well, not dying.

I'm super tired right now, because I've been pushing myself really hard - but, again, it's all to ready the great stuff that's coming up! Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to nap until Sunday evening - when I really have to figure out what I'm putting on the site for Monday.

It's almost time...

UPDATE: The store's email system is broken, but orders are still processing. If you don't get a confirmation email immediately, I will write you with an update. Tech guy has been notified about the problem, so it should be fixed soon!

Now that I have a break from my three-cons-in-six-weeks marathon, it's time to take book 3 into the final stages! Aside from placing one last piece of art, and the final proofing, the book is done. It just needs your support to get it printed, and the Kickstarter campaign will be put together and launch over the next couple weeks (plus review and approval time). I suggest you start setting aside your money, because I am printing in color this time, and that means a higher goal than last year - but also the possibility of more tempting stretch goals should we hit it! I'm going to fold a sale of original comic art into this campaign, so if you've ever wanted to get your hands on one of those, this will be your best chance!

If you DON'T want to save your money for later, and you DON'T want to wait until September-ish for your fresh book-ish delivery, I've re-opened the Precocious store! You can get the final stragglers of last year's printing through the store - and they all will have an extra bonus sketch in them! The art cards and charm sets are available for online ordering too! Book orders in the store will close down once the Kickstarter campaign is ready for launch.

Well, I have more art cards available. Pictured are new additions to the art card family, as well as those I forgot to scan and put in the store before. Since I'm working on all the book stuff, I'll need you all to nudge me about them, as I will likely continue to forget to put everything online.

Come see me at Awesome Con DC!

It's time for Awesome Con! Sure there are lots of cool celebs and promotions at the con this weekend, but I know you all really want to go just to see me!  I'll be set up at table L10 in the artist alley - see the full Awesome Con exhibitor map here - and I will be selling books and art commissions!

Here are the artist alley hours:
Friday, April 18, 2014 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturday, April 19, 2014 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Sunday, April 20, 2014 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Goodness, those are long hours. I have no assistant for this one, so someone needs to come bring me food and drink!

Hope to see lots of you there!

New Copper Road! 4/1/14

I wasn't planning on having a comic for the first of the month, but a joke over on Twitter ended up leading to this one. Vote here to see it!

Since I didn't begin drawing until after midnight, I decided to got for a loose and sketchy speed run in making this. Otherwise I wouldn't be done before bedtime.  Sorry if it's wobbly, but I've been working with the loose inking style of late and the more I play with it, the more the chaos becomes controlled. The most dangerous part of this game: If I keep it up, Precocious is going back to hand-lettering. That would be a tough transition - though stylish if I ever get control. I'm five years into this and no control yet, but one day?

Thanks to everyone who came out for Fur The More and Furry Weekend Atlanta!  DC-area people, I will be at Awesome Con DC on April 18-20, so I hope to see you there!

Copper Road will remain sparse until I'm done with all my traveling and book 3 Kickstarter prep stuff. I'm still trying to find a good balance with my health woes. (I made it through the two cons, but spent most of the week after in bed.) Everything's still moving along nicely, though!

Fur The 'More and Furry Weekend Atlanta

I will be on the road for the next two weeks, so let's make this post a twofer: Find me at Fur The 'More this weekend, and Furry Weekend Atlanta (tabling with Becca Hillburn of Nattosoup) next weekend! I have no FTM map, but it's a smaller room. If you can't find me, that's on you! The FWA map is below. I hope lots of you stop by! I will be selling books, art cards, buttons/charms and badge commissions. Becca will be selling watercolor commissions, along with her adorable charms, minicomics and whatever else she wants to bring!

Expect my communication to be somewhat slow while I'm traveling, as I might not have time, much less a computer. I will still probably be Twittering like a madman via phone, though!

A reminder: Due to three cons in six weeks, plus the book 3 preorder likely starting in between, the Precocious store will be closed during that period. Can't mail things while I'm on the road, and my book stock is running out, so I'll have to wait for a preorder-fueled re-order. You can still email me about books and art if you can't wait, but the earliest I can ship anything is the last week of March.

FWA map:

And when you get there, look for the Precocious towel/improvised signage - and bring me suitable bribes!

New Copper Road + News stuff!

Hey, I made one! Hooray! Vote here to see the latest Copper Road.

No, I didn't intentionally take Copper Roads away to force you to earn them back in the book three preorder. It's an unfortunate consequence of book work, convention prepping and me being very ill. (I'm still doing the doctor circuit, hoping for some good news.)

On the book, the preoder has been delayed again, though the release date hasn't. Basically, I'm not taking your money until the book is already complete and ready to go. There will be no iffyness on this thing. I have a basic plan for the tiers I will be offering, though I might sneak in a quickie reader survey in the next week or so to gauge interest before investing in bonus goodies.  The big delay right now is not about the book being completed, but when I can put up the campaign page. If things go as planned, I'll be on the road for a large chunk of March, visiting friends and tabling at Fur The More and Furry Weekend Atlanta, so I just won't have computer time to sit down and type stuff out. It may take until early April before the campaign is proofed and approved for launch.

Also of note: Due to my two-cons-in-two-weeks journey, I will be shutting down the Precocious store during that time. I can't ship books on the road, and I'll have all remaining art cards with me at the cons for sale. This means if you want to grab some art or the books, do it now. My stock is running low, so I may keep the store closed until after Awesome Con DC.