ghostly stickers & haunts 2.0
hello & happy belated new year! yes, it's almost the end of february, but hey, it's the first time i'm writing to you all in 2024, so it counts. i hope your year is going well so far, dearest newsletter subscribers, and i hope 2024 treats all of us kindly.
(i also hope the adhd meds shortage ends soon, because y'all, it is rough out here.)
patreon!
i love drawing ornate old-timey frames and gallery wall layouts, so this month's reward for my ouija board & spirit box level patrons is a ghostly sticker sheet! the frames have a glitter coating, too, which i'm so excited to see in person once they arrive!
if you want some spooky sparkly stickers, you've got today and tomorrow (feburary 28th/29th) to sign up at the ouija board or spirit box tier on my patreon. ouija board patrons get haunted goodies in the mail every month, and spirit box patrons get quarterly packages with all the new prints, books, stickers, merch, zines, and anything else i've made in the past quarter!
one of my main goals for this year is to be more consistent in updating my patreon & to get it to a point where it's a reliable source of income (and maybe even to a point where patreon income will cover my rent, and leave me some space to work on more personal projects). i can only do that with your help! even if you can't sign up for any of my tiers right now, you can join at the free level to stay up to date on what rewards i'm sending out every month.
new website!
i've redone the code on my portfolio website! there's a bunch of new pages, and a guestbook you can leave a note in if you'd like. go explore it!
recent art!
hourly comics day was at the start of this month! i only got a couple of hourlies done this year, since i was busy working on non-hourly comics, but i like the ones i did. you can see all of them on my website if you want to!
a teeny tiny peek at the aforementioned non-hourly comics i've been working on. i finished up a pitch recently, so hopefully there'll be more news on that in the future!
i made some spooky valentines for february's patreon rewards based on old vintage valentines day cards!
haunts 2.0
i've officially run out of copies of haunts, which means it's time for a second printing!
i'll be running another kickstarter to fund getting more books printed. i feel like i learned a ton from the first kickstarter, and i'm excited to put that knowledge to good use!
i'm tentatively aiming to launch the kickstarter around march 15th, but i'll let you guys know when i've got more details locked down.
in the meantime, here's some of the little graphics i've been making for the different reward tiers!
recommendations
i listened to jamie loftus' ghost church miniseries this month and really enjoyed it. if you want a look into spiritualist practices from the late 1800s to the modern day, you should check it out!
a friend of mine is in a play that opens this weekend — if you're in the baltimore area, come see laughing stock at spotlighters theatre!
i've been watching jenna stoeber stream cult of the lamb a lot recently, which has been really fun
why don't we just kill the kid in the omelas hole, a short story by isabel j kim
operation olive branch — a huge spreadsheet compiling donation/mutual aid requests from people in palestine
that's it for now! i should have another newsletter out sooner than usual, once i iron out stuff for the haunts second printing kickstarter. talk to you then!
- kaylee