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THERE IS.

There is a slick new STORE to go with my slick new website, and it’s FILLED TO BURSTING with new print LOVELINESS. OBSERVE:

That’s the new HEARTBREAKERS triptych up there. You can get them individually or in one print, poster-sized or letter-sized. Custom sizing is also available; just ask! A few of the classic prints are still around, too.

AND THAT IS NOT ALL. We’ve also got NEW original art (including four Vicious Whispers cartoons):

AND… for the first time, you can buy signed books and t-shirts DIRECT FROM ME:

Yes: I have got plenty of Babydoll sizes. (Shirts, not books. Babydoll books are hard to come by.) I also found a box full of that issue of FABLES I illustrated a while back. Happy to sign those for anybody, too… But when those are gone, they are gone forever.

Hope you guys like the new store! I had a LOT of fun putting this thing together, and, needless to say, buying art is the BEST way to show your support for Serenity Rose and keep Volume 3 humming along. Although, of course, you can also DONATE or SUBSCRIBE at $1 a month. (E-mail me if you do, and I’ll send you a goblin – FOR SERIOUS.)

Thanks so much, everyone! Now it’s time for me to go Break some Stupid Hearts…

Spring is here, hot, and furiously demanding I upgrade to a slick new webstore immediately. (I HEAR YOU, SPRING.) So next Friday, May 20th, I’ll be launching a brand-new store here at Heart-Shaped-Skull, a store full of such exquisite, otherworldly wonders your HUMAN mind will scarcely be able to handle the delight. It will be a Palace of Gods, this store.

A small palace, though. I’ve got to clear some space!

For ONE WEEK ONLY I’ve reduced the price on the 13×19″ TRIPTYCH prints to $15 each, and cut the remaining Serenity Vol. 1, Kimmie66, and Blabbermouth original pages to $25. Grab them while you can, because once the new store launches, none of them will be available ever again.*

Yes, we can take credit cards. Nope, you don’t have to have a Paypal account. And yes, I will ship to basically any point on the globe (for a reasonable price now, too).

Thank you for your support, everyone! And as to the subject of Serenity Rose Volume Three… well, we will have much to discuss at the end of next week. See you then!

*Or at least until after my death, at age 71, in a freak Nyarlathotep-summoning mishap.

Two Vicious Whisper original pages are up for auction on eBay, with all proceeds going to The Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund – A GlobalGiving Project. Each original sketch comes with a high-res print of the cartoon.

Thanks to Ross Campbell for the idea. Check out his auctions HERE.

Hope you guys can help!

And if you’d like to make a direct, non-artwork-related donation to the relief efforts, you can do that RIGHT HERE. Or just text JAPAN to 50555 to give $10.

Bidding ends next Wednesday, around 5 PM, California time. Thanks so much, everyone, and good luck!

FOUR Serenity Rose Vol. 2 pages up for bidding this time, including the first appearance of Chester Merrick, a conversation with Ms. Vicious Whisper, a wee little magic trick with a spoon and a CAR-DELIVERED PUNCH TO THE JAW.

KRUNCH.

All pages are 8.5″ x 11″, mostly pencil and marker, all of them signed. Shipping is $4, no matter where you live on planet earth. (Although I will be very cross if you live in Antarctica. Very cross, and vaguely jealous.)

The bid-krunch ends one week from now, on WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16th, roundabout 1:30 PM, California time.

(And if you’re not into the whole “competitive bidding scene,” take a peep to the ORIGINAL ART STORE. Still a few nice pages left in there, including one of Kelton observing Sera’s massive stitched-beastiestack.)

Good luck, everybody! And thank you all so much for helping bring Serenity Rose a little love this spring. It’s gonna be a tough year… ONWARD TO VOLUME 3!

If I told you that’s only the second Zim-related commission I’ve done, would you call me a madman? You would? Well, that’s pretty mean! I’m only trying to tell you some hard truths about Zim commission enthusiasm levels here. Knowledge is power, folks!

By the way, I don’t know what Dib’s little rocket-cone thing is supposed to be doing there… As far as I can tell, Dib’s combat strategy is “ram Zim with a big glass ball that I myself am sitting inside.” Dunno why I drew it that way, but I STAND BY MY CHOICE.

I also stand by these two Vicious Whisper tattoo commissions (pin-up style!):

For more commissioned loveliness, including one of a very lovely Gir suckin’ on a very lovely Squishy, connect your peepers to the COMMISSIONS GALLERY.

And to get your own saucy Zim or cone-fightin’ Vicious, e-mail me at SERENITY@HEARTSHAPEDSKULL.COM. The base price for art commissions is $50, and $30 for each additional character on the same page. Shipping is all kinds of free within the U.S., and a measly $3 to parts beyond.

Now I’m gonna go look at some Iron Men. Bet THEY won’t have cones.

We did it! YOU did it! ELDRITCH! is the latest (and, wow… LAST?) Zuda competition winner, and this is all YOUR doing, folks… The amount of support Drew and I have gotten for our wee little 8-pager has been flat-out MIND-BLOWING this month. Thank you so, so much for that. (I’ll admit it – I was tearing up a bit there toward the end)

(Jesus, I feel like I just went through a WAR with you guys…. The Battle of a Thousand Tweets (6 AM, April 30, 2010) will certainly go down in SOME sort of history book.)

I am officially sick to GRIM DEATH of looking at this computer, but I just wanted to pop on to leave one last THANK YOU and invite you all to COMICS UNLIMITED for Free Comic Book Day tomorrow. Drew and I will BOTH be there signing books and meeting folks from 11AM to 1PM – Hope you can be part of the big celebration. (Bring your computer for us to sign!)

Thanks again for ALL your votes and hard work, everyone…

ELDRITCH! LIVES!

Just look at that face. Lonely. Sad. Wall-eyed. Sitting in a puddle of his own twitching black ferrofluids. All little Skyler wants… is to LIVE. Can’t you help him? Please vote ELDRITCH! and let’s see if we can’t at least clean him up a little. If you don’t vote, he’ll be like that forever.

Coming up on the final push for VOTES here, Eldritch Things… I think we’ve done just about everything we can here, and now it’s all up to YOU, your VOTES, and your WORD-SPREADING MAGIC. Did you ask your mom? Your boyfriend? That cousin you haven’t spoken to in 13 years but would really like to get back in touch? That shadowy figure hiding behind the television? ALL are eligible to vote!

(Get their permission and sign up FOR them, even. All they need to do is respond to the confirmation e-mail to make sure it’s all kosher. Easy as PIE. KOSHER PIE.)

And if you haven’t voted yet, PLEASE HELP US! We’re SO close here, but if we don’t end STRONG, the whole project will dissolve into nothing come Friday morning (2nd place = NOTHING). There are several thousand dollars at stake here… dollars that could make Serenity Rose Vol. 3 happen a whole lot sooner. Turns out if you vote, we ALL win. (Clicky here!)

We’re running our LAST CONTEST now, and this time we’re looking for 950 “favorites” by Midnight (PST). The prize is the same as before: One signed copy of SR Vol. 2, one signed copy of Sullengrey Vol. 2, a sketch by me (your choice of character) and a sketch by Drew (your choice of character). We’re 103 “favs” away with eight hours to go, so we can TOTALLY do it. (And REMEMBER: If we win this thing, Drew is going to pick 5 random commenters to draw into the final book! Your mug – ELDRITCH!ized!)
VOTE and leave a comment right now!

VOTING ENDS AT 9AM TOMORROW (Pacific Time).

Do it for Little Skyler!

Except without the smile.

Friends, we are in TROUBLE.

ELDRITCH! is officially losing this thing (well, SEMI-officially, anyway). Our chief competitor got into the contest business this morning, and we’ve fallen far, far behind. At this point, despite all your hard work, it looks likely that ELDRITCH! just isn’t going to happen. Dissolved to a sad pile of dust.

BUT WE MUST NOT GIVE UP.

If “contest” is to be the final battlefield, we can certainly bring some serious armaments. So here’s the NEW contest…

Go to the Zuda site, VOTE for us, FAVORITE us, give us a STAR RATING, then leave a comment saying you want in on the contest. Get us to 700 FAVORITES by midnight tonight (PST), and here’s what you win…

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1) One copy of SERENITY ROSE VOL. 2, signed by me.
2) One copy of SULLENGREY VOL. 2, signed by Drew Rausch.
3) One SKETCH by me of any character from ELDRITCH!
4) One SKETCH by Drew Rausch of any character from ELDRITCH!

5) If we end up WINNING this thing on Friday morning, Drew will randomly select 5 voters and DRAW THEM INTO ELDRITCH! Yes, your own face, Rauschified and covered in tentacled horror (just as you always dreamed)!

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Of course, we need to WIN for that last one to happen, and at the moment it’s looking pretty desperate. BUT WE CAN STILL DO THIS! Rally your troops, call in every favor you’re owed, rustle up some votes from Aunt Edna, whatever you can! We appreciate all the help you’ve given us this month (seriously… more than you’ll ever know), but we need to keep up the pressure!

THIS IS STILL WITHIN OUR GRASP.

700 BY MIDNIGHT (If you’ve already voted, you ARE eligible. Just make sure to leave a new comment so we can see you there!)