The Slightly Damned Plushification Project on Kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects.....cation-project) was a runaway success! Wow! Thanks to everyone's generosity, no fewer than 6 Slightly Damned plushies have been completely funded. I can't wait to get my mitts on all those Buwaro, Rhea, Kieri, Sakido, Iratu, and Crunky dolls! It will take a few more months for all of them to be completed, of course, but you can expect to see them all on sale by early 2014.

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Don't forget to vote to help Slightly Damned win Ursa Major Awards!

http://www.sdamned.com/2013/03/ursa.....lets-win-this/
http://www.sdamned.com/2013/03/ursa.....lets-win-this/
http://www.sdamned.com/2013/03/ursa.....lets-win-this/

Voting continues through until THIS WEDNESDAY (the 15th). I'm warning you now that on Wednesday the Slightly Damned website will update with the Ursa Major comic I already uploaded here.

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Even though I'm done with the second Slightly Damned book, I'm too busy for twice-a-week updates. The Kickstarter is an ongoing project, since I need to oversee the plushie designs, prepare the bonus rewards and shipping materials, and make sure all the money gets used wisely. I also have to prepare for Phoenix Comic Con. I'm leaving for comics school in September. And partially because of the convention, our house will be full of partying guests until the end of the month!

...Okay, so maybe that last one doesn't sound very responsible, but let's say it's necessary for my mental health. :P

The thing is, I think I'm going to have to officially give up on updating Slightly Damned twice a week. I need the extra time this summer to make a buffer for the main comic, Soprano of Time, and my currently-on-hiatus art challenge Tumblr (http://chunochousen.tumblr.com/). When I go to school I expect I'll be too busy to keep up with all that stuff consistently on a weekly basis. But even if it isn't exactly a comic page, you guys will still have something to look at! Because of the success of the Kickstarter, there will be some sort of Slightly Damned-related art update on the site every Wednesday.

I fully intend to keep updating Slightly Damned on Saturdays even though I'll be busy at school. I mean, how can I give up after everyone was so supportive of the Kickstarter?

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I'm going to Phoenix Comic Con!
http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/
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http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/

I'll be there for all four days with my friends from Monster Hive (http://www.monsterhive.net/) at our tables in the Artist's Alley. Most of the most frequent contributors to the Hivecast will be there, such as Arby (creator of Grayling: http://graylingcomic.net/), Rurik, Pyro, and Acri. I'll also be selling charms, stickers, signed books, commissions, possibly signed prints, and buttons (both Slightly Damned-related and fanart-related, like Pokemon and MLP). Hope to see you there!

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Did you know that I've started hosting a podcast with my friends at MONSTER HIVE (http://www.monsterhive.net/)? It's called Hivecast, and there's a new episode out every other week. We talk about all sorts of storytelling themes, gripes, cliches, and we kind of get drunk and cuss a lot. It's a grand old time! You can listen to the show right on the MONSTER HIVE website (http://www.monsterhive.net/category/hivecast/) or catch it on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast.....ve/id599191402) if that's what you prefer.

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Commissions are closed indefinitely!
Commission info: http://raizap.com/commissions

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For upcoming convention appearances, please check the main Slightly Damned website: http://sdamned.com

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I also have an account on deviantArt with identical content: http://raizy.deviantart.com/

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