Rainy Day Atelier

We’re Lee Evans, a writer-artist duo finding excuses to put our little guys in all sorts of situations. https://rainydayatelier.com/comics/bite-your-tongue/read/?c=1&p=1

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2025 Planned Conventions & Markets

We’re taking this show on the road! Since we don’t have an online shop (yet), these events will be the best place to buy art from us, from prints and shaker keychains to physical copies of our comics. All locations are in the USA (for now!) - we can’t wait to meet y’all!

Upcoming Conventions:

Animate! Raleigh — January 9-11 || Raleigh, NC

Big Charlotte Anime — January 24-25 || Charlotte, NC

Finished Cons:

Coastal Comic Con — March 1-2 || Wilmington, NC

Fayetteville Anime Fest — March 2 || Fayetteville, NC

Matthews Comic Con — March 8 || Matthews, NC

Awesome Con — April 4-6 || Washington, DC

Charleston Anime Fest — April 27 || Charleston, SC

Norfolk Anime Fest — May 18 || Norfolk, VA

Phoenix Fan Fusion — June 6-8 || Phoenix, AZ

Animate! Columbus — June 13-15 || Columbus, OH

Heroes Con — June 20-22 || Charlotte, NC

Savannah Comic Con — July 12-13 || Savannah, GA

Matsuricon — August 29-31 || Columbus, OH

SPX (Small Press Expo) — September 13-14 || Bethesda, MD

Last Updated: October 31, 2025

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Happy Make a Terrible Comic Day! Brought to you from a hospital waiting room....

We're still kickin', even if life has other plans. More info to come in an upcoming newsletter ;v;

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Welcome to the Baku’s Feast!

Our newest pin campaign is now live! We’ve got 4 new pins to unlock, plus a 5th design in the works as well.

Each pin evokes the memory of a terrible nightmare, ones we’ve all had at least once in our restless nights…

That feeling of running forever, but never managing to get away?

Or the way you know something is watching you from your window…?

And the feeling of your teeth falling out when you’re trying to talk…

*Shudder*

Of course, that’s what our Honored Guest, the Baku, is here to help with. They are mythical creatures that feast on nightmares, helping you find a more restful slumber once they’ve finished their meal and gone on their way.

The campaign is live from April 15 to April 30!

If you back three projects, you’ll also get a free pin from each campaign. And if we are one of those projects, you’ll get this delicious… erm… “funnel cake” as your free reward.

The Baku's Feast: A Nightmarish Pin Collection

Face your fears with this nightmare-inspired enamel pin set!

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Ready to receive your fortune?

Take your chances with this original enamel pin set, designed by Lee of Rainy Day Atelier! Inspired by her Chinese-American heritage, these pins are a small homage to a childhood colored by food-based superstitions.

Less than $300 away to unlock all designs

3 out of 5 pin designs have been unlocked -- help us get the full set funded! All pins are 1.5 inches with translucent enamel and textured metal effects.

Pair your pins with a special stationery set

Inject some vaguely inspiring fortunes into your journaling with this A5 notebook, memo pad, and 3 unique washi tape designs.

Each item can be purchased separately or as a bundle for a slight discount.

Exclusive cross-collab bonus

Back all participating campaigns, get a cootie catcher pin from us!

Campaign ends January 16!

Ominous Fortune Cookies - Enamel Pin Set

Vaguely threatening fortunes wrapped in a crisp biscuit

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Our Ominous Fortunes campaign is now LIVE!

There are 5 unsettling fortune cookie pins to unlock, plus a stationery set designed just for this campaign.

We’re doing this campaign in collaboration with our dear friends, Abysmal Kaiju and Nichols & Dimes Illustration, who are each doing a pin campaign at the same time!

If you back all 3 campaigns, you’ll get a free pin from each of us, too!

This is also a chance to grab anything else from RDA’s catalogue you may have missed out on before, so come take a look!

Get ready to crack open your fortune!

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Surprise!

We're launching a new enamel pin project on Backerkit in January, inspired by vaguely "inspiring" fortune cookies.

More to come, but you can follow our pre-launch page to get notified when it launches ^_^

Get ready to crack open your fortune!

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A strange assortment of tools… and a very nervous Marko…

🦇 Page 1 of Bite Your Tongue is now live on our website 🧛

You can also read it on Webtoons or Tapas!

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It's finally here: Our long-awaited vampire webcomic is LIVE!

We'll be posting it a page at a time as we start building up our buffer~

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🎃 Happy Halloween! 🎃

We're deep in comic production as we get ready for the release of our vampire webcomic 🦇 Bite Your Tongue 🦇 in a few weeks!

Learn more about what we're up to and see sneak peeks into our process in our monthly(ish) newsletter — sign ups are available on our website~

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We did it!

That's a wrap!

“Wow… I didn’t prepare for this… at all…”

Thank you all for the support!

Next up is finishing up the comics and getting the books to you. We'll share updates here so you can follow along on our progress and know when we're getting ready to ship rewards!

See ya then~

-- Lee Evans

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Only 3 days left to pre-order My Assassination Target is my Childhood Crush?!

Campaign ends September 30!

Nate spent the last 10 years trying to move on from his childhood crush, Marissa "Izzy" Crawford. To get by and pay the bills, he did what anyone else would and got a job... as a contract killer. Little did he know that his side gig would dredge up old wounds when he coincidentally gets assigned Izzy as his next target. Will Nate follow through with his contractual obligations, or will he follow his heart and attempt to rekindle an old flame?

>> Check out the campaign here! <<

Meet Nate (he/him)

Birthday: Aug 24 (28 years old) Favorite Color: Dusty Rose Favorite Treat: Chashu Bao (pork buns) Ideal Date: Movie night at home & chillin’ on the couch together In the decade since getting his heart broken, Nate kept his mind off of things by getting a job (contract killing), redo-ing his whole wardrobe (transitioning), and picking up new hobbies (smoking). While he didn’t intend for life to end up this way, at least it’s a stable paycheck and in no way reminds him of his failed romantic exploits (until now).

Meet Izzy (she/her)

Birthday: March 3 (28 years old) Favorite Color: Blue Favorite Treat: Cookies & Cream ice cream topped with peanut butter chips Ideal Date: An amusement park — with thrill rides! She’ll never admit it, though… Izzy has spend the last ten years adjusting to becoming an international conglomerate princess overnight due to her father’s business dealings. Now back in the States, she plans to carve out her own piece of the empire, get her life back, and possible revisit old relationships she was forced to abandon.

Preview Pages

Bonus Content

Pre-ordering during the campaign also gives you a chance to grab an extra post-story bonus chapter, plus a sneak peek at how the story got made in a making of zine

Who is Lee Evans?

Lee Evans is the shared creative persona behind Rainy Day Atelier. We're passionate about crafting diverse stories that interest us, which often involves the supernatural intersecting with very human experiences.

My Assassination Target is my Childhood Crush? is our 2nd self-published comic, following hot on the heels of our debut comic, Forever Home! You guys showed us a lot of love with our first book, and we couldn’t be more grateful!

Learn more about Lee Evans and Rainy Day Atelier at their website: rainydayatelier.com

Learn more about the campaign for My Assassination Target is my Childhood Crush?!

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Only 5 days left to pre-order My Assassination Target is my Childhood Crush?!

Campaign ends September 30!

Nate spent the last 10 years trying to move on from his childhood crush, Marissa "Izzy" Crawford. To get by and pay the bills, he did what anyone else would and got a job... as a contract killer. Little did he know that his side gig would dredge up old wounds when he coincidentally gets assigned Izzy as his next target. Will Nate follow through with his contractual obligations, or will he follow his heart and attempt to rekindle an old flame?

>> Check out the campaign here! <<

Special first look at the story…

Bonus Content

Pre-ordering during the campaign also gives you a chance to grab an extra post-story bonus chapter, plus a sneak peek at how the story got made in a making of zine

Who is Lee Evans?

Lee Evans is the shared creative persona behind Rainy Day Atelier. We're passionate about crafting diverse stories that interest us, which often involves the supernatural intersecting with very human experiences.

My Assassination Target is my Childhood Crush? is our 2nd self-published comic, following hot on the heels of our debut comic, Forever Home! You guys showed us a lot of love with our first book, and we couldn’t be more grateful!

Learn more about Lee Evans and Rainy Day Atelier at their website: rainydayatelier.com

Learn more about the campaign for My Assassination Target is my Childhood Crush?!

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We're coming to SPX this weekend over at Table A8!

While we aren't able to properly debut our latest comic at the show, we will have some of the original inks with us as a preview! Check out our Backerkit page to learn more about it :D

My Assassination Target is My Childhood Crush? Print Edition

10 years (and a pronoun change) after his failed confession to Izzy, Nate is hired to take the life of the woman who broke his heart. Will h

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10 years (and a pronoun change) after his failed confession to Izzy, Nate is hired to take the life of the woman who broke his heart. Will he carry out the hit, or will he take a shot at love one more time?

My Assassination Target is My Childhood Crush? is a 50+ page romantic dramedy where unrequited love threatens to resolve itself in the most inconvenient way.

We also have an extra 20+ page Bonus Chapter & a Behind the Scenes look at the Making Of this comic available when you pledge :)

By supporting this campaign, you’ll help fund our first print run of this story, and it guarantees you a physical edition before it’s on sale anywhere else!

My Assassination Target is My Childhood Crush? Print Edition

10 years (and a pronoun change) after his failed confession to Izzy, Nate is hired to take the life of the woman who broke his heart. Will h

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Help us fund the print run for our next comic!

My Assassination Target is My Childhood Crush? is launching on Backerkit on September 9 as part of 📚 Printopia 🎉

Check out our teaser page - every follow helps!

Get Ready for “My Assassination Target is My Childhood Crush?” Print Edition

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Only a week left before launch! Any pre-launch followers get a FREE digital copy of our behind-the-scenes zine!

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Help us fund the print run for our next comic!

My Assassination Target is My Childhood Crush? is launching on Backerkit on September 9 as part of 📚 Printopia 🎉

Check out our teaser page - every follow helps!

Get Ready for “My Assassination Target is My Childhood Crush?” Print Edition

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Happy Summer Convention Season!

Check out the books and merch we'll be traveling with~

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Our summer is PAAAAAACKED!

Hope to see some of y'all there (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)