It seems like I only started talking about How Comics Were Made a few months ago, but I’ve been thinking about it for years. It coalesced in 2023. I almost leaped into the project then, but was committed to a client’s massive effort, Shift Happens, which needed full attention for months. Crowdfunded in March 2024, How Comics Were Made started shipping today! The huge batch of Kickstarter pledges and pre-orders since then will head out in the world over the next week. You can order a copy right now while they last!

Copies ordered starting today will ship in about a week, and after that will ship within a day or so of order.

I’ve also made available for purchase a special letterpress print that incorporates a Zippy the Pinhead comic in re-created mold (mat or flong) format. This limited-edition item, printed in a quantity of no more than 75, is unique: nobody has ever made anything like and is unlikely to again!