What would be a cooler gift to give the discerning and off-the-beaten-path reader in your life than a year's-long membership to a self-published Monthly 'Zine Club produced by an indie comics darling? I...
2024-12-04 17:25:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy December everyone! I wanted to post to let everyone know that the next 'zine, "mammal facts", has been sent to the printer. I should receive copies back on Friday 12/13 which means I can begin mailing comics out to everyone starting that weekend. Print 'Zine Club subscribers will also receive an exclusive additional comic tucked into their envelopes.
This 12-page full color issue c...
2024-12-03 15:43:14 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm putting together a new 'zine for December, and as promised, it's about as far away from dealing with "current events" as possible. It'll be a complete cartoon essay more focused on "big questions" about our role on the planet, and maybe how humanity is not quite the universe's main character as much as we'd like to think. This is the sort of thing that brings me comfort in times of high anx...
2024-11-12 13:58:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello friends,
Just wanted to post a photo of the November 'Zine, which I received back from the printer earlier this week. I'll start sending out copies to all Monthly 'Zine Club members starting next Monday. I'll also be dropping a bonus little diary comic into the envelope for all physical 'Zine Club supporters.
The theme of this issue is, as you might have guessed, anxie...
2024-10-30 17:47:02 +0000 UTC View PostCopies of my newest 'zine went into the mail for everybody earlier this week. Some folks should be seeing them arriving in their mailboxes already. Here's an action-shot of me dropping copies off at the Post Office!
I mentioned in an earlier update that I screwed up a little including more...
2024-10-24 18:42:52 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm going to be dropping copies of the October 'Zine Club Issue into the mail over the next few days. Keep an eye out on your mailbox!
I had a lot of fun putting this issue together, and I hope you all enjoy reading it. When I say "leaning in to my 'Zine era" on the cover, what I mean is ha...
2024-10-19 16:41:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello friends, just wanted to let you know that I have sent the files for my next 'zine out to the printer's. I am expecting to receive them back around 10/15 and will begin mailing physical copies out to members as soon as I get them, and will also distribute the link to digital members to download their PDF copy.
I want to thank you all for sticking with me here in this 'Zine Club. My i...
2024-10-04 13:29:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends. I wanted to let everybody know that I've almost finished dropping physical copies of The Man in the Mirror cartoon essay into the mail. You should all keep an eye on your mailboxes over the next few weeks.
I also wanted to share the cover to my next public...
2024-09-28 16:28:59 +0000 UTC View PostMy newest 'zines are here, fresh from the printer, and will be going out to all 'Zine Club members over the coming days. Keep an eye on your mailbox!
Theerrrre's no fun way to present this. I've been putting off making a post like this for a while now, I like the $5 price-point on my 'Zine Club, I felt like I was in no-way shortchanging members, or failing to deliver on what this Patreon promises, but I've kind of got no choice. I need to raise the price of the 'Zine Club to $9 a month.
Mainly the cost of printing has gone up. I feel ...
2024-09-19 17:13:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello supporters, just wanted to send out a quick update to let you all know I've finished assembling my new 'zine, "The Man in the Mirror, a cautionary tale" and sent it out to the printer's. I should be receiving the freshly printed copies back during the third week of September, and will immediately begin mailing out copies. A print comic will be sent to all members of the 'Zine Club and the...
2024-09-12 14:17:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Announcing the next comic going out to all members of the Almost Monthly 'Zine Club: "The Man in the Mirror: A Cautionary Tale by Mike Dawson"
This is a humorous cartoon essay, 12 pages long, black and white. I'm going to be sticking with the 4.75x4.75 dimensions for this comic book...
2024-09-02 15:24:37 +0000 UTC View Post
After a short delay, I finally received copies of my newest 'zine, I Don't Give A Damn About My Dad Reputation back from the printer's today. This is a funny little cartoon essay about the experience of watching the cult television classic, Freaks and Geeks, with my Gen Z tween, and realizing how much things have changed in terms of which characters I find the most relatab...
2024-08-15 17:35:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Just wanted to post a post to let all 'Zine Club members know I'm in the midst of assembling my next 'zine. I was pretty thrilled to have another cartoon essay published in The New York Times last weekend, a funny little piece about the TV show Freaks & Geeks. If you missed out on picking up a print copy, have no fear, as I'm putting together a nice little 'zine version to send to ...
2024-07-12 20:07:38 +0000 UTC View Post 
I continually strive to develop and improve my school assemblies, so recently acquired myself a...
2024-06-13 13:00:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Announcing next month's 'zine, a fun little 8-pager entitled "If I Knew Then..." We all dream of time-traveling back and getting to do it all over again. What happens when our dreams come true?
A physical copy of this will go into the mail for all $5 members during the month of June and all $3 backers will receive a digital PDF.
Today is March 30th, if you didn't get a copy of the ...
2024-05-30 16:25:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Print copies of GABAGOOL! #1 21st Anniversary Edition are now in the mail and on their way to all members of the $5 Almost Monthly 'Zine Club as well as the $3 FUN TIME Enthusiasts.
Any subscribers currently at the $1 or free level, you might want to check out the FUN TIME tier, for just a small additional amount every month, you'll receive digital copies of every 'zine I produce, as well...
2024-05-13 14:35:32 +0000 UTC View Post
I sent this issue off to the printer's this morning. 24 pages, black and white, digest sized. It was a lot of fun revisiting a kind of comics that I don't really make so much anymore, and I'm excited to start mailing copies out to everybody once I receive them back. Physical copies of this will ...
2024-04-23 18:48:03 +0000 UTC View PostI'm really excited about this one. Way, way back in 2003 I self-published the first issue of a comic book series called GABAGOOL!, created in collaboration with a co-worker and friend named Chris Radtke. This was an important book for me, not my very first 'zine/minicomic, but defin...
Copies of my newest 'zine just arrived at my house!
I really like how this one came out. The colors look great, and I think thi...
I thought Patrons here might be interested to see this announcement that ran in Publisher's Weekly last week, my new middle-grade graphic novel, The Hidden Dominion of Geordie James will be published by Union Square Kids in Spring of 2026. I've been sitting on this news for some time now, long enough that I've already written multiple drafts of this book. I know I'm biased, but I really do thin...
2024-03-11 18:30:27 +0000 UTC View Post
I've put together the newest 'zine, going out to members of my Almost Monthly 'Zine Club towards the end of March, a lovely 16 page expanded edition of my cartoon essay, The Years of Magical Thinking. This is a piece I'm very proud of, and I think this version of it is the absolute best and nicest one...
2024-03-05 14:52:42 +0000 UTC View Post
I've started dropping physical copies of my new "Bad Batch" cartoon 'zine into the mail for all $5 'Zine Club members. I will be emailing out the link to the PDF for all $3 members later this week. Be on the look out!
Reminder to anybody considering joining my club, the best deal is the $54 a ye...
2024-02-11 15:29:47 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm excited to share the cover to my next cartoon 'zine, "Bad Batch", a fully original cartoon essay, going out to 'Zine Club members in February.
$5 a month members will receive a print copy of this early next month. $3 members will receive a digital PDF. If you'd l...
2024-01-05 16:47:56 +0000 UTC View Post
I just sent my next 'zine out to the printer's. I am really proud of this one, I think it's going to be very special. For the first time I'm putting my cartoon adaptation of "The Good War On Terror" by Chri...
2023-12-20 18:44:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Keep an eye on your mailbox!
2023-12-01 14:21:09 +0000 UTC View PostIn an effort to grow the number of members, I've recorded and edited a new intro video explaining how the 'Zine Club works. I've also added a new membership tier, the $3 monthly FUN TIME subscription. At this level you will get every print issue of FUN TIME in your mailbox (at least three annually) and will receive all of the in-between 'zines and mini-comics in digital PDF form.
Speaking...
2023-11-19 19:03:31 +0000 UTC View Post
SOME FOOTBALL COMICS went into the mail for all members of the 'Zine Club last week. Please let me know if you don't receive your copy within the next week or so (international members always allow a couple extra days)
If you are enjoying receiving my 'zines, please do me a huge...
2023-11-11 16:05:48 +0000 UTC View Post
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