New Beginnings! 🎉
The landscape of social media is calling me to take a swing at something new!
Why Substack?
Over the last few years, one thing that has become abundantly clear is that social media is failing the comic creator. Twitter is a dumpster fire. Instagram doesn’t show your work to your own followers. Facebook hasn’t been for us in ages. And the replacements popping up like Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads are just trying to chase the ghost of Twitter past.
So what is my plan? Well Substack is step one. It’s obvious now that we need to own and control our audience. I was over at Mailchimp for a while, but growth there was stagnant. Not to mention it didn’t provide a way of monetization or collaboration.
I want to know that when I share something, you, my strongest supporters, will actually see what I share. So here we are!
People Who Love a Good Story
I’m not just starting a newsletter, I am building a community. A community of people who love stories. People who not only love my storytelling, but that of books, movies, comics, and more. I can’t wait to share what worlds I’m engulfed in as well as the stories I am telling…and I can’t wait to learn about your stories!
What to Expect
This is all brand new to me, so I don’t want to make any grand promises. I’m adding this newsletter on top of a full-time job and working on my comic on the side, plus trying to build another business on the side (more on that in a future newsletter).
Every other Friday, I’ll send out an email! If I really have something I want to share, there may just be a week between emails. You’ll see stuff I’m working on. You’ll get my opinions on the comic industry. You’ll get my reviews of movies and books and comics! And just random thoughts.
Right now, I won’t have much separated out for paid subscribers, so it will act as more of a way for you to simply say you want to help me keep creating! But eventually I’ll start sprinkling in exclusive stuff!
Other Ways to Support Me
That’s it for today! Again, I appreciate you being here and am excited for this new phase in sharing my work!