Hard to Swallow plugged on Joe Gage's blog

Joe Gage, famous classic porn director, plugs us on his blog...

Wacom and Dogspunk #1 second printing

I some months ago took the plunge and got a wacom tablet. I've been using a mouse for most of my life, so I suppose there will be some sort of learning curve, but so far I like it. It is weird, cuz I had developed a style that makes use of the weaknesses of the mouse, and now it is a moot point. Using the stylus with the tablet is a lot like painting, or pastels. So as a practice piece, I colored a new back cover to Dogspunk#1 using the tablet. Dogspunk #1 is getting orders from shops that require a bar code, so I had to get more printed anyhow, and decided to do some things like give it a better back cover, make some changes to the contents, editorial, and letters areas, and ditch the ka-blam ad in favor of some marginalized publications ads. Maybe the new back could sell as a poster too (minus the bar code, of course!)?

Scarab Tattoo

Recent tattoo work I like. The symbols and the black armband were already there, but I think this incorporates them well. Scott (pictured) loves it too. Now we are on to a "portrait" of Ra on his thigh.

HTS #1 on sale again

The interesting thing about selling comics through a magazine/book distributor is that after a while you get some back. This was a welcome surprise, because now we have a pile of HARD to Swallow #1 to sell... our stock had sold out some months ago. The bad thing about it is that some of these are damaged from all the shipping to and fro. These will be available at a discount, I suppose!
Happy New Year, Droogies!

Rubicon excerpt 3

This is the third page I did for the Prism Guide 2008. We'll have to see if it makes it in... the deadline was missed by this page, but the first 2 work without it. Except for some dialog changes, this page is pretty much the same as the one I did 15 years ago, in layout anyways. I like to think I draw better these days :)

the RUBICON preview for PRISM guide 2008

I am working on a sci-fi story that I began developing in art school. My boyfriend at the time named it "The RUBICON". I've always had the intention of finishing it, and have had it percolating on the back burner for years now... working out the plot points, removing contrivances... and now it is ready to go. Issue #1 is scripted and blocked out, and the first finished couple of pages I chose to be the best scene to represent it as a preview in the PRISM Comics Guide 2008. The end product will be in color, but the guide is in black and white, so these are just line-work. At this point I haven't decided whether to present it serially in DOGSPUNK COMIX and collect it as a graphic novel when complete, or just start off as it's own series.

Hard to Swallow #3 is finally here!

SO this baby took a lot longer than expected. We really had printer hell with it. Brenner Printing, which printed the first 2 issue, decided that they are not printing adult material anymore. We started working with Morgan Printing, but they accidentally quoted us half of what they meant to, so at the last minute we went with Lebonfon, with which we really had some ridiculous communication problems. But, unless we want to pay a LOT more, or print overseas, they are the only game in town (or north america). This being said...
It looks great! Deadline problems allowed me to redo the cover art, which I love, especially compared to the one it would have had otherwise. The issue, like the one before it, is 8 pages longer, and a dollar more. So #1 was 48 pages and 6.99$, #2 was 56 and 7.99$, and this one is 64 pages and 8.99$. As you might guess, #4 will be 72 pages and 9.99$. So each issue is a little thinker and a bit more work. My Feral story in this issue is 22 pages, the longest story I've done so far! It has worked out that I've been writing slightly longer stories each issue.... my half of #4 may very well be one long Feral story!
So check it out, the book is available on the Marginalized Publications website, as well as the Last Gasp site and various book and comic-book stores about this naughty world.

Hard to Swallow Comics #3!

64 engorged pages. Color covers.
Includes 4 stories by Justin Hall...
Tales of the Hard Roger,
Part Three: Mutiny...
I Can Take It...Fluid...
and Rollin' Down the River
2 stories by (myself)
Dave Davenport...
Feral: Touch Me I'm Sick...
and House of F
also with special feature
Dem Bones by Drub.