Queer and Trans Comics by Dylan Edwards
Surprise Tuesday update! Because reasons. Valley of the Silk Sky page 38 is here, but be forewarned – it does contain scenes of graphic violence against glasses. Witness the carnage here:
With any luck I will have fun and interesting announcements for tomorrow, so check back then!
Cheers,
Dylan
VoSS page 37 is up! BEHOLD, THE MIGHTY HUNT– er …
What next for our beleaguered protags? Tune in next week and so on and so forth.
[This is me trying not to dish out spoilers for my own comic, doncha know.]
I foresee other exciting comix announcements imminently, but for the time being this here is what I got.
And so,
Dylan
Page 36 of Valley of the Silk Sky is up, and it is not messing around, I tell you what. Read it here:
I guess I can’t really say anything else about it without spoilerizing, so let us move on to the next thing:
A wee bit of Steven Universe fan art! Like all queer nerds, it seems, I am digging this show, and Peridot is easily my favorite of the gems. (It is not lost on me that she shares some particular personality traits with my own Archer Hewitt of Politically InQueerect fame.)
I guess I just have a thing for cantankerous curmudgeons. As character archetypes go, anyway.
The drawing up for your viewing pleasure on Studio NDR and Tumblr.
Meanwhile, I gotta get back to work on Secret Project X, which I will hopefully be able to reveal to you in short order. Stay chooned.
Cheers,
Dylan
Things are officially at Confounding Predicament Level with this update. Observe:
Tune in next week, I guess, to find out if this is the end!
MEANWHILE, I got my Beyond comps this week and they are both boofoo and delicious.
If you backed the Kickstarter, your copy should be in the mail if it’s not in your eager mitts already. If you missed the Kickstarter, you can now preorder the hardcopy of the book, or you can buy the PDF right this very now.
How can you accomplish these tasks, you ask? Why, simply hit up the shiny new Beyond Press website and do the thing.
EXCITE. THRILL.
(Also, my story in Beyond will pretty quickly tell you whether or not page 36 of the Long Run is The Actual End [hint: probably not].)
Cheers,
Dylan
Page 34 of Valley of the Silk Sky is here, and it is filled with sharp, pointy teeth:
On the Beyond Anthology front, there’s a shiny new website from which you can now get digital copies of the book, or pre-order the softcover if you missed out on the Kickstarter.
Reviews are starting to trickle in: here’s one from Women Write About Comics, and another from Autostraddle.
Ya know, juuuuust in case you were on the fence about picking up the book. ;)
My own contributor copies are en route to me. Once they’re here, expect goofy-faced selfies. Yuss indeed.
Cheers,
Dylan
As the thumbnail image might suggest, there are some CURIOUS GOINGS ON with this week’s Valley of the Silk Sky page. Find out the deets here:
And yes, I will indeed be at the Alternative Press Expo this weekend, Oct. 3-4, in San Jose, CA. You can find me at the Northwest Press booth, 408/309.
I have TWO new comics out since last I appeared at APE, so definitely come check ’em out.
Speaking of new comics, word on the street is that hard copies of the Beyond Anthology are shipping out this week, so if you backed the Kickstarter you should be seeing your copy shortly. If you missed out on the Kickstarter, this means sales will open to the general public very, very soon!
Cheers,
Dylan
VoSS is back, and Chapter 4 opens with a dose of What Do? Read it here:
And then tune in next week to find out What Did.
Speaking of VoSS, it looks like Beyond printed books have landed with the editors, and will be winging their way out to Kickstarter backers very shortly. Once all Kickstarter orders have been filled, the book will be made available for sale to the general public. So if you missed the Kickstarter, don’t fret! You’ll be able to snag a copy soon.
Big thanks to everyone who came to SPX and bought books, and who attended the panel! It went really well, I had a great time, and sincerely hope I can be back next year.
Next up on the con schedule is the Alternative Press Expo in San Jose, CA. I’ll be tabling with Northwest Press once again, so if you’re going to be at APE look for me there. We’ll have a double endcap at 408/309.
Cheers,
Dylan
Page 31 is done, and it’s a wrap for chapter 3. Observe:
So, what of Chapter 4? I’ve got 13 pages penciled, a couple inked, but nothing painted. Things have been enormously busy this summer with travel and conventions and whatnot, and I have a short-turnaround comics project I need to crank out in the next couple of weeks.
I don’t want to start posting pages of Chapter 4 until I have enough done to ensure an unbroken run, so I’m going to take a short break to build up the buffer again.
My goal is to start posting Chapter 4 right around the time the Beyond Anthology has its official release at the end of September. (I have a 16-page VoSS story in there, exclusive to the anthology, so keep an eye out for it.)
In the meantime, I’ll be doing another series of between-chapters world-building posts on the VoSS tumblr, which you can find indexed here.
Folks who pledge $1 or more on my Patreon will get a bunch of concept art and character design posts over the next few weeks. If that’s your bag, you can find said Patreon here.
See you in September!
Cheers,
Dylan
Valley of the Silk Sky: The Long Run page 30 is up! This is the penultimate page of chapter 3, so really, things can’t get any worse, right? Read it here:
Tune in next week to find out if, in fact, things CAN get any worse.
Meanwhile, if you’re in or around Providence, RI, I’ll be vending at NecronomiCon Providence August 20-23.
I’ll mostly be selling Feeping Creatures stuff, but I will have a few comics on hand if that’s your desire. The vendor stuff is happening at the Convention Center, and you don’t need a convention badge to get in (though I understand there’s a small door fee if you don’t have a badge).
So! Come get some monster-themed stuff, won’t ya.
Cheers,
Dylan
Things are turning a bit upside down (possibly literally) in this week’s installment of VoSS. Discover the deets here:
I can only imagine what next week will bring. (Well, okay, not ONLY imagine. Also write, draw, ink, color, and publish.)
What else? SPX is a little over a month away, and they’ve just published the exhibitor list. You may notice a certain name on there, hem hem. What, no, I meant MY name, dammit. Sigh.
ANYWAY. Yes. Gonna be at SPX. And, while the official date hasn’t been announced just yet, a certain Beyond Anthology is also about to drop. More on that as it is revealed!
Still penciling VoSS chapter 4 (in the midst of page 44 even now), still working on Comic For a Certain Website, about which more later. And next week I’ll be in Providence for NecronomiCon. Mostly that’s going to be about Feeping Creatures stuff, but I’ll bring a handful of comics as well.
In other words, BUSY BUSY.
Cheers,
Dylan