Hi,

Welcome to the mid-week update - I hope you’re well.

In this issue:

This weekend, Marielle & I will be at the Lakes International Comics Art Festival in Bowness-on-Windermere in the Lake District.

It’s a lovely spot to sell comics, and they also have an International Rights Market, where we chat with European agents and publishers about selling our titles abroad.

If you’re attending the con, please stop by Table 3 and say hi. Chatting with you is always one of the highlights! Map of hall is shown below:

The Clodagh - Vengeance of the Witch Kickstarter finishes tomorrow, and collects all 5 issues in the story into one beautiful book. With art by Willi Roberts, letters by Rob Jones and story by me.

PLUS, Kickstarter have just designated Clodagh - Vengeance of the Witch as a Project We Love! Guess we’re doing something right!

This is also the first title in the Blue Fox Fall 2025 season! All the books can be seen in the image below, and are available (in physical format only) as a special reward with a 10% discount to help with those pesky tariffs!

It’s another short campaign, with only 8 days left on the clock, and early-bird rewards finishing on Friday!

Click or tap on the button below to visit the Kickstarter Campaign!

The Systemic Anthology Kickstarter enters its last week. It’s fully funded, so the book is going ahead - my story is called CO-N-DO, and it’s great.

But it’s not all about me (so I’m told) - there are seven other fantastic creative teams bringing a wealth of experience and skill to this book!

To back the campaign click or tap on the button below.

Please find the status of Kickstarter projects in fulfilment below - please note, the percentages are rewards that have been sent, and does not mean you should have your reward already.

You can still vote for Blue Fox under the Best Crowdfunder / Indie Comic - we have three nominations!

Plus, under the Comic Creator of 2025 (Script, Art, Lettering or Colouring) category, our very own Rob Jones is going toe-to-toe with some comic-book titans (not that he isn’t one)!

If we do win an award, it’ll give Blue Fox (and Marielle & I) a massive boost!

Obviously, there are a bunch more fantastic creators, comics and shops to vote for, so head on over and pick your winners!

Thank you for reading until the end!

Speak soon and stay safe,

Simon

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