SPRING SEASONAL UPDATE!

Happy Spring! I'll be honest the equinox really snuck up on me this year, but that means it's time for another seasonal update!

Right off the bat – Patreon's billing change will happen any day now, hopefully? We've posted various updates about patreon's switch from per-video billing to per-month. It was supposed to click over weeks ago, but didn't, and even communicating with Patreon directly hasn't helped us get a sense of when. They promised it'll happen before April arrives, but ehhhhhhhh, I don't quite believe that. Bottom line: We'll be quick on the draw to sort everything out when the billing switch happens, but until then, it'll be business as usual with per-video billing. Sorry gang.

Better news: BOOKS!!! Aurora Volume 1 will release July 29th, and you can pre-order it here: https://comicaurora.com/books/ You can get it from Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Bookshop dot org, books a million, or your local independent bookstore. Pre-ordering helps sellers know people are interested in Aurora, and helps them get enough stock for the shelves, so if you know you'll want a copy, pre-ordering is your best bet. I speak for Red in saying that she cannot freaking wait for you all to get your hands on it.

Meanwhile, The Veneziad is still on track for a late-summer release, but not set date yet. Wraithmarked gave an update on a disruption with their printer, but it's looking to be minimal at the moment. If you backed the project, you'll get updates from them as soon as they have anything. I can say from my end that I've signed and sent back all of the map prints and character portrait sheets, so the next thing for me will be signing the several thousand book tip-ins that go in the front of each copy. Luckily, I've gotten a pretty good technique for signing my name A Bunch without annihilating my wrist – brace up the wrist, move from the shoulder, and take frequent breaks.
As for how this will intersect with the channel, I'll be posting two Veneziad related videos. First will be a "How I Wrote The Veneziad" dev-log recounting how it happened from concept to completion (posted around when the book ships). Second, a couple months after, I'll post the Audiobook of the Veneziad (narrated by me!) on the channel, that way everyone can enjoy it, but the people who backed and bought the book still get their hands on the story first.

As for what we've been up to and what's coming next, this winter was rather hectic IRL between travel and getting sick – we had a great time at CapriCon in February, albeit at the cost of me getting fiercely sick with Flu and laid out for an entire week after. Red was also out and about for a bit (catch the New York short she posted) – so as much fun as we had streaming Skyrim at the beginning of the year, we haven't followed up on it yet. But we're hoping to get back to that in the not too distant future!

As for upcoming videos, Red's got a mythological Deep Dive on the Muses coming up in early April, I've got a Hijinks video where Liutprand of Cremona from two Pope Fights ago Gets What He Deserves, Red's cooking up a DD on Castlevania Nocturne, and if I organize my workflow correctly, I'll have a big History Re-Summarized combining all my videos about the British Isles and Ireland. I'm aiming to do that as a "Director's Commentary" like how Red structured the Heroes of Greece megavideo.

This week specifically, we're still selling our zodiac batch of Capricorn, Sagittarius, and Aquarius. You can get them here and get 10% off if you get all 3. Next month we're aiming to finish out the set with Pisces and Aries, and then (per the results of the last seasonal update poll) we're going to look at other pantheons for pin designs, maybe try for the Journey to the West gang...

We've still got some IRL stuff and travel on the docket for spring, but we're looking forward to having more time to put towards videos (and, gasp, rest???).

But speaking of videos, instead of a poll this time for you all, we'll ask you to drop some ideas for Trope Talk episodes. Red's in between batches of TT scripts, so hit us with some suggestions!

Happy Spring!
-Blue