⚔️ BROADS AND BROADSWORDS VOLUME 3 PREORDERS ARE NOW OPEN! ⚔️
Broads and Broadswords is a charity zine and a celebration of varied women, varied genders, and the swords and blades that love them. This zine collects 80 pages of original color illustrations and comics made entirely by 60+ independent artists-- and no AI at all--in a perfect bound book, available in both digital and print format. All proceeds from the Broads and Broadswords zine will be split between the Transgender Law Center and Point of Pride.
By reblogging this post you are also a part of our GIVEAWAY! Two winners will be drawn at the end of the pre-order period and one winner will receive a free copy of the Volume 3 digital zine, the other will receive a free copy of the Volume 3 physical zine. (If you win the giveaway but already purchased the zine, you will be refunded in full.) You can only reblog once a day, but the more reblogs, the better your odds, so keep at it!
Pricing details and shipping costs below the cut ⚔️
Pricing:
Digital copy of Volume 3: $9 USD
Physical copy of Volume 3 (includes digital): $25 USD plus shipping and handling
Physical copy of Volume 3 (includes digital) + cover art postcards: $27 USD plus shipping and handling
Physical Copy of Volume 3 (includes digital) + damaged* copy of Volume 1 + cover art postcards : $29 USD plus shipping and holding
Physical Copy of Volume 3 (includes digital) + copy of Volume 2 + cover art postcards: $35 USD plus shipping and handling
Physical Copy of Volume 3 (includes digital) + damaged* copy of Volume 1 + copy of Volume 2 + cover art postcards: $37 USD plus shipping and handling
*Damaged Volume 1 copies are available due to an issue with the bindings during the Volume 1 printing.
**You will NOT receive a digital copy of Volumes 1 or 2.
Shipping:
United States:
$5 USD for the first individual physical copy plus $2 for each additional physical copy purchased
$7 USD for a bundle of 2 books (V3+V1 or V3+V2) plus $7 for each additional bundle of 2 books
$9 USD for a bundle of 3 books (V3+V2+V1) plus $9 for each additional bundle of 3 books
International:
$20 USD for the first physical copy plus $5 for each additional physical copy purchased
$25 USD for a bundle of 2 books (V3+V1 or V3+V2) plus $25 for each additional bundle of 2 books
$30 USD for a bundle of 3 books (V3+V2+V1) plus $30 for each additional bundle of 3 books
!! ADOPTABLES !! Mermay Sketches
If interested, message me here on Tumblr with your email for a PayPal invoice & once payment is received I’ll send you the adopt !
Any boosts appreciated before my surgery - slow weird times, hoping to recover better :,D
A: OPEN
B: OPEN
C: SOLD
( TOS below the cut )
- Same as commissions : Personal-use ONLY
- Trading is OK & Reselling cannot go above the original price
( unless you’ve accumulated more art of them by then )
- Expanding upon the design (like alternate outfits / styling) is OK, but please keep physical features relatively consistent (feel free to take or leave the tits tho) & do not edit the original art
- Feel free to post any new art you might make/commission of them, but do not repost the original art
( I’ll likely post the watermarked versions myself here later )
- Credit me for the original design
( somewhere y'know! wherever it makes sense like a Toyhou.se / refsheet / sidenote etc. )
Discounting the remaining Adopts A & B to $70 !
You can choose between the original or the alternate palette when adopting, discount applies to either: )
If interested, message me here on Tumblr with your email for a PayPal invoice & once payment is received I’ll send you the adopt !
Any boosts appreciated before my surgery - slow weird times, hoping to recover better :,D
A: OPEN
B: OPEN
C: SOLD
( TOS below the cut )
- Same as commissions : Personal-use ONLY
- Trading is OK & Reselling cannot go above the original price
( unless you’ve accumulated more art of them by then )
- Expanding upon the design (like alternate outfits / styling) is OK, but please keep physical features relatively consistent (feel free to take or leave the tits tho) & do not edit the original art
- Feel free to post any new art you might make/commission of them, but do not repost the original art
( I’ll likely post the watermarked versions myself here later )
- Credit me for the original design
( somewhere y'know! wherever it makes sense like a Toyhou.se / refsheet / sidenote etc. )
I've become the foster for a feral cat who had kittens under our house as local shelters won't/can't take them. It is kitten season and mom being a feral really limits our options, unfortunately. The good news is she is just a scared feral and not too spicy. I don't know if we can gentle her but if I can get the kittens to the point of weaning I can get her in a feral cat program and the babies into an adoption program.
If you'd like to help me take care of momma and her three jelly beans until I can get them fixed and adopted out consider throwing a donation or two at my kofi. If you cannot donate, please signal boost. I want to give these four the best care I can.
DONATE
I hate to go through this all over again. Last night, Itch.io, one of the most popular platforms for hosting queer and adult independent media, went through a large-scale crackdown on adult content.
This was primarily aimed at games, but novels and comics were hit in the process. Most adult content has been de-listed from the site's search, and some creators were banned without warning. Any funds banned creators have not been paid are currently being withheld by Itch.io.
This crackdown was done, as it always is, because of payment processors like Mastercard and Visa threatening to pull their services.
The payment processors caved to an influence campaign by Australian extremist anti-pornography group Collective Shout, who have been inundating Visa and Mastercard with calls to force video game platforms to stop hosting adult content - which, of course, includes anything queer.
Collective Shout claim to have sent in 1000 emails to get this result, but there are a WAY more than a thousand of us. We need as many people as possible to make as much noise as we can!
Below the cut are numbers and scripts, all you need to do is follow the step by step guide.
Graphic, contact info, alt text, and script by voiddebris on Bluesky, also available collected in a handy document:
⊘Anti-Censorship Campaign ⊘ ⟡ Complaint Letter Template Customer Complaint Dept, This message is to lodge an official complaint about
Paypal:
Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161
Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050
Hours: 6am - 6pm PT
Online (for non-users or logged out - UK bc US site ONLY allows logged in users)
Mastercard:
Phone (US): 1-800-627-8372
Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111
Online form
Visa:
Phone (US): 1-800-847-2911
Non-US numbers
Online form
Script:
Customer Complaint Dept,
This message is to lodge an official complaint about the ongoing rampant restrictions your company has placed on legal sales made by legitimate businesses.
These restrictions are not only counter to the concept of freedom of speech and expression, but they harm consumers, businesses, and they harm your company’s bottom line.
The following actions are absolutely necessary to protect the freedoms of your client base and the sustainability of legitimate business practices:
1. Remove from your Terms of Service any mention barring the use of your service for sale and purchase of legal products.
2. Contact Steam (Valve), Itch.io, and any other company you have previously put pressure on to retract your content restrictions.
Put in place protections to prevent such restrictions from being put in place in the future without ample warning and time to contest them.
If these changes aren't made then I, along with many others will be forced to seek other options for processing payments.
Sincerely,
A Concerned Customer
***
OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO
Sign this petition from the ACLU:
Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It mu
Americans - contact your representatives about payment processors acting as censors! You can find your reps’ contact information on 5calls.org.
Script, from here:
Hello Representative/Senator [LAST NAME],
-or-
Hello office of Representative/Senator [LAST NAME],
My name is [YOUR FIRST NAME/SCREEN NAME] and I am one of your constituents.
I am calling today to express my concerns with technological censorship. Legal and legitimate adult entertainment is being banned in this country. These bans are not by legislators, but by payment processors like Mastercard and Visa.
Mastercard and Visa are improperly creating legislation online through their user and merchant policies. They are banning creator and user access to content that is legal and legitimate. They are inciting fear and panic to encourage censorship.
Please take a stand against this impermissible censorship. This is a direct attack on an adult's right to legal content. No one but the legislative branch should be allowed to create legislation.
Please support the Federal Trade Commission in their stand against technological censorship to protect the first amendment.
Thank you for taking the time to listen today.
Coming off a very rough patch of things but I think I'm feeling a little better, able to line up a couple more commissions as I reorient: )
If interested, go ahead here with the form linked below!
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Commissions may take ~4 months for completion (depending on complexity / my schedule) with payment in full via PayPal invoice once the sketch has been laid down. The form will close tomorrow June 18th 11:00AM (PST) with folks selected messaged over Tumblr.
Messages sent ~ TYSM!
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