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But I’m A Cat Person at Flaming River Con 2019

Sep01
by Erin Ptah on September 1, 2019 at 9:42 PM
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Your artist will be a vendor at this year’s Flaming River Con, a one-day convention for LGBTQ geek culture!

It’s September 21, 2019, from 10 AM to 6 PM, hosted at the Cleveland Public Library.

I’ll be doing on-the-spot sketch commissions, and selling Volumes 1 of both BICP and Leif & Thorn, along with mini-prints, pins, and a whole heap of fanart.

Here’s a quick preview of the panel schedule:

Follow Flaming River Con on Facebook or on Instagram for vendor details, volunteer opportunities, and anything else you want to know.

See you there!

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Thanks to all the Kickstarter supporters, we have pins!

Jul15
by Erin Ptah on July 15, 2019 at 12:27 PM
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The mini pin Kickstarter was funded — in the last six hours before deadline — thanks to all these backers!

Fancy bundles

Simone Spinozzi
Clara Danao
JasZ
Beth Domholdt

Pin packages

DialMforMara
Judith Owens
dani, the geek
Alienea
Tom Allman
Inahc
Amanda
Lielac
Angie
Jennifer Priester
anna

Digital bonuses

Svirdilu
Eva S

Because of them, the Tiernan pins are in production — and the Patrick pins are already here!

(The part of Monster Cybele is played by a bunny planter I got in a post-Easter sale. Cheapest BICP-themed accessory I’ve ever gotten.)

The colors in the photos are a little washed-out by the flash — in real life, he looks like he popped right out of a BICP page and into your hands.

Unlike with the books, the pins aren’t going up online for general sale. If you missed getting a preorder, they’ll be available on Patreon eventually, and will be used as extra rewards in future Kickstarters. Stick around!

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The mini pin Kickstarter is here!

Jun24
by Erin Ptah on June 24, 2019 at 9:20 AM
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Follow this link to get your cute enamel versions of Patrick, Tiernan, or both.

(Shipping for 2 pins is the same as for 1, so you might as well get both!)

They come with free ebooks to sweeten the deal, and there may be other digital treats posted for backers along the way.

This is a Quickstarter, which means the fundraising goal is low ($650) and the deadline is near (July 11, at 11:59 PM, US Eastern). Good news is, there’s no limit on backers, and no rule against overfunding.

Go check it out!



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Finding out what people like in Patreon rewards

May19
by Erin Ptah on May 19, 2019 at 1:38 PM
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I have this same poll running on the Leif & Thorn site, but if you read both comics, feel free to vote in both! I’d love to know if the answers are different between the two audiences.

(Also, if you can’t afford to support the comic right now, feel free to answer “if I could, here are the rewards I would like to get.”)

What kind of Patreon rewards do you find most appealing? (Pick as many as you want, and/or add your own!)
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The proof copy of Volume 6 is on its way

Mar18
by Erin Ptah on March 18, 2019 at 9:01 PM
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This is the first book where I’ve had to print any really high-stakes two-page spreads. (The Patrick flashback in chapter 19, and the new cover art for chapter 20.)

In the print-ready file, I arranged it so part of each 2-page image is duplicated on either side of the fold. Hopefully the duplicate art is what gets swallowed up by the center margins, and we’re left with a passable image where all the text is readable. Cross your fingers!

Chapter 20 cover
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Happy 8th anniversary to But I’m A Cat Person!

Feb21
by Erin Ptah on February 21, 2019 at 1:46 PM
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The annual birthday-special art will go up at the end of the current chapter. In the meantime, me and Plush Cybele are having some celebratory pie. 

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Settling for Gutenberg

Dec28
by Erin Ptah on December 28, 2018 at 1:22 AM
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Updated to WordPress 5, and so far the new Gutenberg editor is more annoying than useful.

There isn’t just one main window in which you edit the content of your post. Instead you fill that window with drag-n-drop blocks. They’re all supposed to be optimized for different content, but in practice they’re…really not. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Draft: the big But I’m A Cat Person spoiler-knowledge chart!

Oct05
by Erin Ptah on October 5, 2018 at 6:06 PM
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I’m working on a big chart of Which Characters Know What Spoilers. Any readers want to help fill in some blank spaces?

Current as of this latest chapter…so if you haven’t read that far yet, don’t click the image! ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Official crossover announcement of Leif & Thorn Volume 1!

Sep17
by Erin Ptah on September 17, 2018 at 4:01 AM
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That’s right, I’m getting that sweet cross-platform linking action by pointing you to the campaign for Leif & Thorn Volume 1!

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Poll closed and progress made!

Aug27
by Erin Ptah on August 27, 2018 at 12:00 AM
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Closed the Volume 5 cover poll from the previous post, because the winner, by a landslide, is…Blake!

Now I just have to figure out how to draw them for the cover art. Their buff/manly/spiky-haired form is the default one they take when it’s just them and Walker, but it doesn’t actually show up in the book, so I’ve gotta work out a pose that captures the vibe of their femme/Desi form. (Featured image: some draft possibilities.)

Reseda pretty much keeps her standard form no matter what, but putting her and Timothy/Camellia on volume 6 does mean I get to draw Camellia with the softer, less-clean-cut aesthetic she settles into once she’s no longer closeted on the job. Which is nice!

…anyway, all this doubles as penance art because today’s page will be late. Check back in a few hours – it’s on the way.

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