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About this journal

I have two creative projects I will be discussing in this journal.

The first is The Crimebusters, a new comic series I am writing and drawing. Picking up where Boy Comics left off, The Crimebusters #120 is set in the fall of 1956, with Chuck Chandler — aka Crimebuster — returning to Curtiss Tech for his junior year of college. As always, though, intrigue and mystery abound, as Chuck is reluctantly forced to team up with girl reporter Trixie Trouble to investigate the shocking death of a beloved professor. This is my first comic book, so it's a real learning process trying to make it; I will be detailing that process here. I hope to have the issue complete by the end of March, with the goal of heading to Kickstarter in April for a May publication date. We'll see how it goes though!

The second project I have is the Classic Comics Forum Podcast, where I discuss classic comic book runs. I'm aiming for an episode a month at this point, and will provide updates whenever new episodes become available. 

Thanks for reading!

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Going, going... gone! 👻

There are just 28 hours left in the campaign for the first trade collection of my comic The Crimebusters, and we're still $286 short of our funding goal. So if you're a fan of supernatural mystery adventure in the classic Scooby-Doo style, this may be the last chance to get The Crimebusters Volume 1! Your pledge could be the one that gets us over the line! Here's the link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thecrimebusters/crimebusters-vol-1 Thank you all for your support over t

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The Crimebusters vol. 1 TPB is now live on Kickstarter!

It's here! Almost 5 years after I started working on the first issue of my first comic, The Crimebusters #1, I'm super excited to announce that the first trade collection, collecting The Crimebusters issues #1-5, is now live on Kickstarter! Besides having over 175 pages of action, I've also has the first three issues -- which were originally in black and white -- colored for the first time.  Thank you all for your support throughout this adventure! I really appreciate it very much!

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The Crimebusters volume 1 is coming on September 13! It's all led to this!

It's been nearly five years now since I began working on my first comic, The Crimebusters #1, and 4 1/2 years since it came out on Kickstarter. So it's not overstating it when I say it's all led up to this: The Crimebusters volume 1, which collects The Crimebusters #1-5 in one volume for the first time, is coming to Kickstarter on September 13! Additionally, I am currently in the process of having both issues #2 and #3 colored, meaning that the trade will present all five issues in col

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Another new Kickstarter from me. Whew!

Well, I sent The Crimebusters #5 to the printer on Monday, so I'm launching my next Kickstarter next Monday! I'm tired!!  This one is a little different form the others, though, so hopefully it won't be as much work. I'm just doing a short, simple Kickstarter to print a new blank variant edition of Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam #1 so I can do sketch covers on it for fans of the series, or so they can draw their own covers, or commission someone else to do it.  Since the art is all done and

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One week left in the Kickstarter for my new comic - stretch goals being unlocked!

Man, doing these Kickstarters is such a massive amount of soul crushing work!  But, there's just one week left in the campaign for The Crimebusters #5, and making this comic a reality more than makes up for all the work! I'm really excited to say that we've hit our funding goal! And now we're close to unlocking the first stretch goal! My hope is that we can unlock a couple more after this as well, because I want to be able to give my backers as much stuff as possible to make it the

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My new comic is now LIVE on Kickstarter! The Crimebusters #5!

So weird, I know I absolutely posted this back on Monday, but there's no sign of it. Apparently the boards just ate it.  Anyway, I'm excited to let you all know that my newest comic The Crimebusters #5 is now live on Kickstarter! This is sort of the culmination of everything that's happened so fr, bringig together subplots and loose ends and tying up characters arcs while also setting the groundwork for the next batch of stories. Plus, it's the first issue that I haven't drawn myself,

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The Crimebusters #5 is coming on January 30! Nervous for this one...

I'm nervous and excited to announce that my new comic The Crimebusters #5 is coming to Kickstarter on January 30! Excited because this one is the culmination of all the subplots I've been dropping hints for through the first four issue. This is where the bigger, over-arching mystery starts coming together. Nervous because this is the first issue of The Crimebusters that I haven't drawn myself. New artist Mac Radwanski did the art, and I think he's a lot better than I am!  But that mean

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Last 6 hours of my Kickstarter campaign. Whew!!

We're down to the final 6 hours of the Kickstarter campaign for Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam #2, and boy, has this been a roller coaster! Right now we're just $261 away from unlocking the final stretch goal for bonus rewards, so I'm hoping we can hit that. And then I can rest my weary head! Here's the link one final time. Thanks for the support everyone!

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Final week for my new comic on Kickstarter 😮

Well, there are just 6 days left in the Kickstarter campaign for my new comic Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam #2. And man, it's been a roller coaster ride. Nothing has gone as expected, and it's been much more difficult than the first issue. Everything's topsy turvy! Having said that, we did hit the funding goal a couple days ago, so thank you all for your support! Now I'm hoping we can get to the stretch goals in the next few days so people can get bonus rewards, particularly the set of five new tra

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My first crossover!

I'm really excited to share that I'm doing my first crossover with another comic! The short versions is that I've had artist Ryan Mendoza do variant covers for both issues of my series Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam, which is currently live on Kickstarter. Ryan is the regular artist on a series called Miskatonic High. For those who aren't familiar with Miskatonic High, it's one of the most successful series on Kickstarter. They actually have a pretty regular distribution schedule, not monthly,

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Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam #2 Kickstarter Update - First Week in the books!

Coming to the end of the first week, and we just passed 50% funded. So things are going pretty well! But it's been a lot more work this time than with most of my previous campaigns. For whatever reason, we're actually several hundred dollars behind where the first issue campaign was at the same point. So I am really grinding this one out, prooting it everywhere possible in a never ending losing battle against social media algorithms. It can definitely be a tough row to hoe, so I really apprec

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My new comic Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam #2 is coming to Kickstarter next week

Man, I have been so busy I haven't had a time to post any updates here. Sorry about that! But I wanted to let everyone know that my newest comic, Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam #2, is coming to Kickstarter next week, October 27, just in time for Halloween. When cultists summon Cthulhu to attack New York City at the height of World War II, Uncle Sam has to call on the aid of Lady Liberty in order to save America! Here's the link to the pre-launch page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thecri

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My new comic is now LIVE on Kickstarter!

I'm excited to announce that my new comic, The Crimebusters #4, is now live on Kickstarter!   This one has been a lot of work for a long time. I've had a lot of health issues, and I drew this entire 36 page issue while lying down. But it's done, and I'm really excited, as this is my first issue that in color instead of black and white.    Thanks for all the support with this project!    

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The Crimebusters #4 is coming to Kickstarter on May 15!

Well, I have been remiss in posting stuff here, just have had so much personal life stuff over the past year that I haven't been around as much. However, I'm back, and so is my self-published comic The Crimebusters, which is a continuation of the Golden Age Crimebuster series from Boy Comics.  The Crimebusters #4 will be coming to Kickstarter on May 15! But you don't need to mark it in your calendars. The pre-launch page is live, so if you go there and click the "Notify me on laun

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It's the Final Countdown! 🎵 duh duh doo doo, duh dut dut dut dut doo doo!! 🎵

Hello, friends! Just a quick note that the Kickstarter campaign for my new comic Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam is ending on Monday, so we're in the final couple of days now. Just wanted to let you know in case you were interested but hadn't backed yet. If you want to, now's the time! And if not, that's totally cool, I appreciate the support everyone has given me! Here's the link one more time!  

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time is running out on Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam!

Hello, friends! There's just 9 days left in the Kickstarter campaign for my new comic Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam, so I thought I'd give another update for those interested. Right now, we're fully funded! Hurray! So thank you all for the support, I really appreciate it! The official goal was $2800. As I'm typing this, we're just short of the first stretch goal, so I haven't announced any of the future stretch goals yet. But the scoop is this: in order to break even, I actually need to g

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Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam update!

Well, we're almost halfway through the Kickstarter campaign for my new comic Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam, so I thought I'd provide an update. Right now we're at 87% funded, so it's going pretty well. The campaign is in the dead zone at the moment, so I'm grinding out cross promotion posts and stuff like that to try and get some more eyeballs on things. I also recently added 11x17 prints to the add-ons, and that helped, as several people adjusted their pledges upwards. It was a request from a backer, s

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My new comic Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam is now LIVE on Kickstarter!

Hello, good friends! I'm excited to announce that my newest comic, Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam, is now officially LIVE on Kickstarter! This one is written by me, but with art by Jay Piscopo. The story: at the height of World War II, a secret cult tries to summon the dread Cthulhu, and only one person can save the world -- Uncle Sam! I've shared some of the covers and art before, but here's a look at all 6 covers:

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The Crimebusters #1-3 - second chance

Hello, friends! So, I'm excited that the Kickstarter for the latest issue of my comics The Crimebusters successfully funded. I now have all the books in hand and have sent out all the rewards to my backers.  I also know there were a lot of people who wanted to get it, but due to the circumstances of the past year, weren't in position to do so. So I'm trying something new this time, which is Indiegogo InDemand. Basically, it's an open-ended continuation of the Kickstarter campaign,

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