Elephant Town Chapter 11 (pages 3+4) (Patreon)

I stressed so much about drawing that third panel, but it wasn't that bad! Given, I probably pared down the actual contents of the Lost Dog by about 99%.

The opossum was fun. >:) 

Thanks to everyone in the $3+ tier who voted TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO for our cafe visitor (geez how long have I been working on this book with y'all?!):

I decided to make it a little cameo of A 100% Shepherdstown Person, my old photo professor Benita Keller. She's the only one I knew personally who was fatally affected by covid; she died last fall. It's impossible to think about events going on in town without her vivacious spirit, dressed in the loudest costume clothing she can find. 

I think she'd have approved of being credited Opossum Lady in this book. 

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Unrelated to all this, I decided to close my Etsy shop (currently it's just "on vacation mode"). If you haven't heard the controversy, this synopsis written by a long-time seller on Etsy covers it the best. 

For me, personally... I don't really benefit from their best feature, which is discoverability - people who buy my work most likely know me better than they know Etsy. So I'll look for another way to sell the remaining FIVE PALLETS OF BOOKS in my garage. (I started with nine, it's a dent!!) It's not a huge source of my income, so I'll sleep on it for a bit... when I find a better option, I'll let you know here. :)

(Of course, if you need one NOW, let me know, we'll work something out!)