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Well, here we are, the final strip!
I’ve written a big long letter about my decision to end DAR and what you can expect to see from me next over here:
DAR! Volume Two should hopefully be released in early 2010.
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My various books are available through my store.
Thank you again for reading, I’m gunna go pass the fuck out now.
Hey dudes, good news! I’ve decided to end DAR!
Maybe you already know about it, as it’s been no secret since I’ve talked about it in a lot of the interviews I’ve done in the last few months. But here is my Official, F’reals Announcement. The final strip will air on December 29th, 2009.
My very first DAR! strip was drawn in October 2003 and then made it online sometime not too long after that. That means I’ve been working on this project for about six years now.
It started my sophomore year of college as a 20 year old student and has seen me through my first love, finding my queer identity, my first heartbreak, my first rebounds, traveling to another country, depression and medication, having stupid adventures, meeting the man I’d eventually marry, re-structuring “my identity”, graduation, working in the real world while struggling to keep making art which brings us to today where I’m a 26 year old self-employed happily married woman.
Oh, and I guess there were some dick ‘n’ fart jokes in there too.
Having a weekly deadline has taught me to draw more efficiently and the limited space of six panels has forced me to communicate my ideas as concisely as possible. It’s helped me find my voice and opened up a helluva lot of doors to me professionally. I am extremely fortunate to have gathered a big enough readership that I can mostly live off of this goofy little journal. Most importantly, this comic has been directly responsible for me meeting my heroes, some of my very dearest friends and especially my husband.
I’m extremely grateful for the wonderful opportunities and experiences and connections that have come into my life because of this ridiculous comic.
After six years, I feel emotionally and mentally ready to move on.
But don’t worry!
I have so many more projects I’m turning my attentions towards! DAR! was not my first comic and it is so far away from being my last. Making comics has been my passion for over a decade now (Hell, I even graduated from college with a self-made degree in comics) and I can’t see a time when I’ll ever stop. I’ve still got a whole second volume of DAR! to put out! (It’ll be in my store in early 2010)
If you would like to be updated when my new projects launch, please sign up for my newsletter (I raaaaarely actually use it, you won’t be getting blasted with weekly emails, I promise):
My books and original art will continue to be available for purchase, of course!
And you can see more of my work on:
In closing, thank you.
Thank you to everyone who has read my work over the years.
I truly appreciate every ounce of support I have ever received from my readers and cannot even come close to expressing how much it has meant to me.
Thanks for sticking around and I hope I see you guys in the future,
Erika
I’ve put together a super duper mega awesome combo pack of my most popular books and minis.
Direct Link to the Auction Page My piece is on 11″ x 14″ Bristol Board.
Money raised by the auction will be donated to the Point Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides financial support, mentoring, leadership training, and hope to meritorious students who are marginalized due to sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
New Products:
-Drawn to You, the collaborative comic that Lucy Knisley and I drew together.
-Sexy Times Poster (Big and Small), the enormous orgy poster that Lucy Knisley and I drew together.
-So many prints!
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So with that in mind, I’m incredibly excited that these two have teamed up to produce the five issue miniseries Underground, launching this September from Image Comics!! Check out the website to read the entire first issue!
If you wanna get in on this sweet action, ask your comic store to order a copy of it for you using this the Diamond Order Code: JUL090341
It’s gunna be so incredibly bitching (and I’m not just sayin’ that cos Matt and I posed for a buncha reference photos for Steve to draw from, including the second cover ;)
Hey iPhone users! Ion Charge was just released! My husband, Matt Nolan, made all the assets and some of the animation and oh MAN doesn’t it look totally bitchin’?? Lookit this great review! Don’t you guys just totally want to hire him for your own game projects??? Man, you totally do.
I just wanted to let all you Portland people know that tomorrow night Dylan Meconis and I are having a JOINT BOOK RELEASE PARTY tomorrow night!
April 25th (Tomorrow!), 5 – 8pm
Sequential Art Gallery
328 NW Broadway #113
Portland, OR
More Information (and a RSVP/Guest List) on the Facebook Thingy
If you haven’t had a chance to see our joint gallery show, Lady Parts, this would be the perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone! Unfortch, you must be 18+ because I put a bunch of boobs on the wall.
Like so:
Ooooor, you can get a copy from me in person at:
Stumptown Comics Fest
April 18 – 19
Portland, OR
Lucy Knisley and I will be speaking on a panel together on April 19 from 3 – 3:45 at the Fest, I am sure it will be full of inappropriate innuendo and swears :) We also have several collaborative projects that we will be debuting at our adjacent tables!
Oooor a week later, Dylan Meconis and I are having a JOINT BOOK RELEASE PARTY to celebrate the joint launch of both DAR and Bite Me!
Book Release Party
April 25, 5 – 8pm
Sequential Art Gallery
328 NW Broadway #113
Portland, OR