Cryptrip is a road trip webcomic about three kids searching the U.S.A. for cryptids, aliens, and the supernatural. Written and Illustrated by Sarah Batchelder with love to editors Nell and Stephanie
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Hey! I wanted to just post an update here, Sorry I've been moving this week and couldn't update, It was definitely not cool of me to just not say anything sooner, but life catches up to you sometimes.We will be back to normal schedule as soon as possible. I am amazed and absolutely adore everyone who’s followed, reblogged, and supported Cryptrip so far! <3
As a thanks I wanted to share some podcasts that I think anyone who is as interested in folklore, cryptids, and conspiracy subcultures as Audrey and myself might like! Podcasts are great man, they have great content and help me get through long hours of work with my sanity as relatively intact as it is!
Lore by Aaron Mahnke, a well researched and wonderfully creepy podcast about specific incidents and happenings in history that border on the supernatural. Aaron’s wonderful experience as a horror writer and the haunting music elements leave this one of my favorite podcasts. Its getting a tv show soon too!
Stuff they Don’t Want You to Know, produced by How Stuff Works, is all about breaking down the facts, fables, and theories behind any number of conspiracy and any related topics! It’s been going so long that there’s a tremendous backlog of episodes to work through when you need it! They have such a ridiculously wide range of topics honestly.
TANIS, Rabbits, and The Black Tapes, three narrative fiction podcasts by Minnow Beats Whale, with a unique edit style and a wonderful mix of folklore feel and slowburn horror. Main topics for each are: mystery spots and ancient gods, World bending AR games, and Demonology and spirits respectively.
Oh No Ross and Carrie, from the Maximum Fun, investigative journalists not only talk about weird fringe groups and cultures, but dive into them! Scientology, UFO conventions, Anti Vaccine protests, and more! I’m of Mixed opinion on some of their investigations but others are really good.
Cryptid Keepers, cryptid themed comedy podcast with a particular slant for folklore and pop culture. Also just really fun cause these ladies talk about the important facts like: Does Mothman have a girlfriend? The world needs to know.
This is by no means a complete list, It’s barely even a small portion of all the podcasts I listen to, not to mention cryptid conspiracy related podcasts you can find. There’s just so so many journalistic, comedy, and narrative ones out there. Rec me some if you think of any! Here’s a few other favs worth mentioning: Alice isn’t Dead, Ars Paradoxica, Limetown, Sawbones: Marital tour of Misguided Medicine, AND MORE!
Fun Editors note, we really debated whether or not the Goatman would know the term “Uncanny Valley“ since it only started emerging in the 1970s. we decided he wouldn’t.
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Hello again everyone! We’re back to normal Monday updates with chapter one part two! Sorry to have taken a hiatus so early in the story but hey I’m a college grad now so wooo!
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HI! hope everyone is surviving this stressful time of year, Still on Hiatus and I’m not quite done with finals and graduation yet but I thought I’d post a preview of the next print for the store, I hope to have it available for sale within the next few weeks. Beltsville Goatman! See you again soon <3
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Hiatus time, if you’re hankering for more while I’m gone, check out the store for prints and all these pages posted so far plus bonus content in the zine! Pray that I survive my Final Finals and thank you everyone.
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Hey hey! We are nearing( as in one more page) the end of chapter 1 pt 1, and then I will sadly be taking a 4 or so week break to focus on my FINAL FINALS and graduation and the gallery show that comes with it! I wanted to let everyone know a head of time and thank you all for your continued support <3
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Hey! just a little heads up that my college graduation is coming up REAL soon and I’m gonna do my best to post something every week but it sometimes might just be art. Apologies for any delays but as soon as I’m done with the senior show and all that this comic will be pretty much a main focus for a while! <3
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The store should be opening sometime this week! There will be zines and prints at first and stickers and buttons coming soon after! Also I won’t be at the MOCCA fest in New York this weekend but this comic will! For sure go check out all the wonderful artists and the MICA table that will be featuring some of my work among the many wonderful MICA student works thanks to the @dandelionwinecollective!!!
We return with a chase through the woods! and also some really fun news:
I will be selling the complete first 20 pages of chapter 1 as a zine at the Museum of comic and cartoon arts festival (MOCCA fest!) in New York on the weekend of April first! I’ll be at the MICA artists table with tons of other great classmates and run by the AMAZING Dandelion Wine Collective and their great volunteers! If your interested in picking up a copy with an awesome limited edition risograph printed cover I’ll either see you there or keep an eye out for the store I’m working really hard to open as soon as possible where I will post whatever stock i have left after the con! I’m so excited to be able to offer my comic in print for the first time ever!!!!! (SO many exclamation points!)
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Side Note! I’m looking for quest art to post during a scheduled update break during My Graduation and Finals weeks in early May! if anyone is interested please contact me at [email protected] or here on tumblr! <3
DUN dun DUUUUNNNNN! Technically a two page update!!! its a spread and i didn’t know how tumblr might resize the page so here’s both a full and split versions.
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