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Today's my birthday and I'd like to share a new comic with you, it's called Marginalia. It's a love letter to all the weirdness of medieval manuscripts, and you can read it by unfolding a single sheet of paper!

Risograph print editions are also available in my shop.

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cmyk test pages r like angels to me

halftoning-deactivated20240224

do you understand

mortimermcmirestinks

I made you something OP

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rullikka

Everyone say hi to my newest puppet Julius! He can be found in a library, although do not mistake them for a librarian. Library dragons and librarian dragons are not the same!! He has a book hoarding problem and unfortunately not a book reading problem. 🐉📚

(They're made out of mostly recycled materials except the green body fur fabric that was bought new! it was sponsored for this project by my friend who is this lovely dragon's fairy godfather!)

#holy shit #I loveeeeee #julius I would die for you

larchcoin

When your body starts growing a cage

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heywriters

Is it okay to use the same word twice in the same paragraph? Because I literally can't think of another way to say 'mouth.'

Yes. Please use nouns and pronouns as often as you need to.

The best way to use a word less is not to replace it with another word, but to just find reasons not to use it again. If you introduce the subject noun at the right time, readers can assume you're still talking about the same thing within the same paragraph.

Fear of using normal words too often is how we end up with eyes being renamed "orbs."

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rigbeesknees

Urusla K. Le Guin specifically wrote about this in Steering the Craft. She said,

But to make a rule never to use the same word twice in one paragraph, or to state flatly that repetition is to be avoided, is to go right against the nature of narrative prose. Repetition of words, of phrases, of images; repetition of things said; near-repetition of events; echoes, reflections, variations: from the grandmother telling a folktale to the most sophisticated novelist, all narrators use these devices, and the skillful use of them is a great part of the power of prose.

I strongly recommend Steering the Craft for questions like this, because it offers purposeful, intentional exercises. The year that I spent on a group workshop as it worked through the book made my writing better. It helped me use tools more deliberately by pushing me beyond shortcuts (don't repeat a word twice on the same page) and into thinking how I wanted to use specific effects.

deaddolin

they thought my pronouns was a credit card.

toasst753

Vent art

medievaljournalist

it's easy for me to tell who is possessed by dark spirits and who isnt

The Something

ive been waiting for this moment all my life, but its not quite right

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cosmonautroger

Aleksandra Czudzak, Rats

garygoldenbignaturals

What matters in life is tagging posts as your ocs

guooey

does anybody want to match my sneep

pidj

At this point, I’ve crowdfunded a lot of zines! After funding each year they’re available for digital purchase from my itch, and occasionally as print addons in subsequent campaigns. All of my games are stand alone and complete, using original systems to play with some mechanic or conceit I find interesting.

Zines - Collection by pidj

I wouldn’t be able to print without crowdfunding, because of upfront costs & geography. The Australian post lets me send zines cheaply as letters. I also love the chance to make something small but complete & play with form (risograph, gatefold).

I’ll always happily answer questions about zines! I’ll keep funding at least one print zine a year as long as it’s worthwhile. I have a lot of ambitions for my game making, but I’m fortunate to have a full time job outside of games, so financially all I need is for them to continue paying their own way.