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Trade Waiters

by on August 13, 2018 at 8:34 am

Welcome to The Utopian Foundation! While we’re here on hiatus between volumes, I figured it would be good not to “spoil” the ending of the first volume by just having the last strip sitting out here as the first thing people see, so here’s a friendly reminder that if you’d like to read all 176 Utopian Foundation strips in a lovely, square-bound edition that you can take on airplanes, to coffee shops, or in the bathroom, you can buy it here.

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Los Angeles, I’m coming for you this Sunday

by on August 9, 2018 at 5:55 pm
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Hey folks! Sorry I haven’t checked in recently. It’s been a crazy few months since I posted the last comic here, and in particular, even crazier since second volume of The Utopian hit the streets/internet in trade paperback. As I believe I’ve mentioned previously, I have been taking time away from The Utopian universe to work on some other projects, particularly in the filmmaking world–including projects that may or may not be related to your favorite webcomic soap opera.

I will be appearing all day inside the dealer’s room (I think?) at the Los Angeles Comic Book & Science Fiction Convention this Sunday, Aug. 12. I’ve never attended or exhibited at this event before, but figured I’d try something new, and it’s only about an hour commute from where I live, so why not? The big attraction is that Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum, a.k.a. Clark Kent and Lex Luthor from Smallville, will be there taking photos and signing autographs. So, if that’s your thing, you could come to The Reef (1933 S. Broadway, Los Angeles) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., pay (?!) for a Kryptonian autograph, and then stop by my table for high fives. Or to pick up one of the myriad Pop! Goes the Icon comics and trades I’ll have available for sale–including both volumes of The Utopian, duh.

Speaking of which, if you have purchased/read/enjoyed the latest volume of The Utopian (a.k.a. Foundation), please consider leaving a review at Amazon.com. It, like, helps or something.

Thanks and maybe I’ll see your faces on Sunday?

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The Utopian Volume 2 available as a trade paperback July 17

by on June 12, 2018 at 10:43 pm
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Hey friends, fans and followers! July 17 has been announced as the official release date for the second volume of The Utopian, which collects the 176 Utopian Foundation strips that ran from April 15, 2012 to April 16, 2018 on this here website.

The Utopian V2 Trade Cover

“But, Pj,” you might be asking, “Why would I buy a collection of the same comics I could read here for free?” Well, I have some reasons:

  1. Maybe you’d like to share what you’ve read here with someone who’s less likely to read a webcomic, and more likely to read a graphic novel.
  2. Maybe you just can’t wait to read the five bonus pages of annotations that reveal the secrets behind each page.
  3. Maybe you have a hole on your bookshelf that can only be filled by the neon pink cover crafted by yours truly with colorist Jason Lewis.
  4. Or, maybe, just maybe, you’d like to help support this free webcomic by, um, paying for it? It’s like listening to NPR: It’s always free to listen, but becoming a member makes the listening guilt free.

Anyway, so yeah, you can preorder The Utopian, Vol. 2: Foundation from the Pop! Goes the Icon website right now and it’ll be shipped to you on or around July 17. (It’s also available at Amazon.com if you’re one of those kind of people. I am. Sigh.)

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Return from Emerald City

by on March 5, 2018 at 10:44 pm
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So, I totally forgot to schedule a new comic for today, and now it’s already Tuesday in many parts of the world, so I’ve decided to just call this a Skip Week, and we’ll check in on our post-gala cast next Monday instead.

I needed a minute to catch my breath, not literally, of course, but because I spent the last six or so days in Seattle prepping for, exhibiting at, and decompressing from, Emerald City Comic Con. It was four days that felt really long while they were happening, but in retrospect, went by incredibly quickly. I’ll get more into the specifics in a future post (either here or at my personal blog), but one of the great things that seems to always come out of doing a comic book convention is getting inspired to create more stuff. I concocted and refined a lot of ideas over the last week, and now all I have to do is bring them to life! Easy, right?

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Christmas break

by on December 26, 2017 at 10:58 am
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So, um, I meant to schedule a post for Christmas Day letting y’all know there wouldn’t be a new strip this week, but my holiday travels took longer than expected and in the midst of merriment with family and friends, I didn’t have time, so … here it is! Don’t worry, new strips are ready, I just wanted a week to breathe before digging back into, er, Michelle’s head, I guess.

Hope you’re having a not-terrible holiday season. See you next Monday!

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The Utopian Foundation returns December 4

by on November 27, 2017 at 9:07 pm
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Microns in action

Hello from the other side of the screen!

Yes, I know, the somewhat-planned hiatus for The Utopian Foundation lasted quite a bit longer than anyone (including me) expected. The last four months have sped by insanely quickly. Did you know it’s going to be December by the end of this week? DECEMBER! It seems like just the other day I was running the A/C…

Well, before we start wrapping (unwrapping?) Christmas presents, let me first say: WE’RE BACK IN ACTION BEGINNING MONDAY, DEC. 4! I went away to Michigan for a week, during which time I didn’t work on this comic at all. BUT. I had a 5-hour plane ride with no internet connection, so I did a lot of script revisions, thumbnailing, etc. And then this weekend I knuckled down and forced myself to MAKE SOME COMICS. (I also realized if I’m going to meet goals for Emerald City Comicon in March, I have to HUSTLE.) Visual evidence above!

I’ll be posting weekly on Mondays, but MIGHT increase the cadence to twice-weekly again in the near future if I continue to stay ahead of pace. But we’ll cross that bridge if and when it appears. Until then … SEE YOU MONDAY(S).

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