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And here's that surprise I mentioned! You may or may not remember, but back in 2014 Jeffrey H. Wood asked me to contribute to an anthology adventure with his vivacious heroine, SnowBuni. Well, just recently he got back in touch with me and hired me to help finish it, along with a bunch of other great cartoonists!

I'm in charge of drawing five pages altogether (not counting the four I did six years ago). As a preview of the project I thought it would be nice to post the first four here two at a time as a sort of preview! You'll have to buy the whole book if you want to see the entire story, and I'll post links as soon as they're ready.

Speaking as an artist, I gotta say I needed this. It feels good to be drawing again, even if it brings back the old aches and pains (both literally and figuratively). I'm returning to pure crosshatching here, both to differentiate these segments from the pages I did so long ago and to see if I can make it a viable style once more.

Sorry, I'm blathering. Listen, I hope you're having a great night. I'll show you all the next two pages as soon as I finish, though the fifth will have to be a secret found in the comic itself!

Happy Halloween, everyone. I'm so grateful that you're here, and I hope you're all safe and sound, even if you have to stay inside with the monsters this year. I know there's a crazy amount of stress right now. The best thing we can do is treat each other well. I think we've had our fill of tricks!

-Joe

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Here are the last two preview pages of Jeffrey H. Wood's haunted house anthology, a project over ten years in the making. I also drew a last page, but you'll have to buy the comic to see it! I'll advertise when it becomes available for sale. Other contributing artists include Jason Waltrip, Lightfoot, Mike Sagara, Kyle Miller, Teresa Challender, Don Chisholm, and John P. Morgan, a distinctive talent who unfortunately passed away some time ago. For my part, this has been a fascinating and constructive project. It's great to be able to work alongside so many talented artists, and it was a fine chance to hone my craft outside of Zebra Girl. Returning to my crosshatching method has been refreshing and very satisfying, albeit time consuming and hard on my poor, aging hands. But you just can't get that kind of texture from Prismacolor markers. And Jeffrey's writing style lends itself to a sort of visual humor I rarely indulge in anymore. Did anyone notice the Castlevania homage on the last page? And doesn't that door knocker look familiar? Yeah, this was fun. And don't we need to have fun where we can find it? We've all had troubles this year. Heck, I'm still hammering away at the Zebra Girl Omnibus, but it's been slow going since 2020 lost its mind. Heck, even without the Coronavirus things were already a little rough. My computer's still crashing unpredictably all the time, but I can't imagine being able to afford a new one right now. Not with everything else that's happening. Still, I'm profoundly thankful. I'm happy to be here, I'm happy that you're here, and I'm truly glad that I can share my work with you. I still have it much, much easier than a lot of other people do. So as this year finally draws to a close like Chernabog recoiling from the light of day, let's remember to remember each other. We might hopefully be getting a vaccine for COVID-19 in the somewhat near future, but this is going to be a hard Winter as the cold and flu season team up with the pandemic to form a supervillain league. Our superheroes are working their butts off in hospitals all over the world, so let's do our best to be their allies instead of bystanders in need of rescue. Keep wearing your masks, staying at home when possible, socially distancing, washing your hands, and keeping your fingers off of your face! It's a short list, but it could make a world of difference. Have a great holiday season and a hopeful new year. I wish all the best for you and yours. Take care.

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Remember those pages I posted for Jeffrey H. Wood's SnowBuni project? As you may recall, I said a thousand and two years ago that I would start selling the book online when it was done. Well, the time is now! You can order it here in standard comic or manga size, whichever you prefer. Oh, but let me know if you have any trouble with the order, alright? Especially with the shipping costs. PayPal has been dodgy lately.