Alrighty, my post will be short because Cory’s is ungodly long. We have a new layout! We got a few complaints about the old one being harder to read on certain monitors because it was rather low contrast, so hopefully that’s fixed for you!

I also updated the store to exclude all the originals we sold at the con and include things we brought back. Currently we have a limited number of all three poster designs up there, and I’m not sure when I’ll be able to order more, so get them while you can!

As for OCC, my sentiments mirror Croy’s down below–it was amazing to see how many of you came out to see us, and I can’t stress enough how much your support means to us! We have the best readers ever.

Comiccon was great! I must have handed out hundreds of business cards. Despite how insanely crowded the place was, everyone was really friendly and we met tons of cool and interesting people. For example, a cheerful ex-military beekeeper who told us that our comic was half the reason he came to the con. Can you believe that? The Most Interesting Person basically came rolling up out of nowhere and told us our comic owned. So that was a rad feeling.

We were at our table for the entire con – neither Randi nor I attended a single panel or walked around for more than a couple of minutes at a time – but we still had a fantastic time (my face was sore from smiling so much by the time we packed up). It was kind of amazing to see how incredibly cool our fans are – you guys are the best.

Especially you, Astrid Fryzek; thanks so much for bringing like ten million people to our table and helping me hand out a ridiculous number of cards. I feel like you must be buds with a quarter of Ottawa or something because you just never ran out of friends to introduce to us. You were a big help in our effort to drum up more readership and are just a totally boss person in general.

And you, Dominic Barrieau, are also rad for bringing a bunch of dudes to see us and buying stuff from us, then coming back the next day and doing it again. It was great chatting with you about the comic and we are super grateful for the support. Thank you so much for taking an interest in our comic, and I hope those posters look great on your wall.

Because I am in a shouty mood, I am going to give a couple more shoutouts! These two go out to our immediate neighbours at the con, who were both totally cool and talented ladies that patiently put up with my eccentric bumbling and chatted with us whenever things slowed down a little. They were a lot of fun to be seated between and I hope the impressions I made on them can match the impressions they made on me.

S. M. Carrière is an author and has studied anthropology and archaeology with a focus on Celtic studies. When she told us that, I was all “oh my god that’s a thing?? That is the coolest thing” and then I bought her book, which is also the coolest thing because it contains ten short stories rooted in Celtic lore. Also she lives in Canada, has an Australian accent, and is a geek (One of us! One of us!), so yeah she is really just an exceptionally cool person and you should go read her blog and buy her books and/or pictures if they draw your interest. If they don’t draw your interest then you might be a Fomori or something but that’s okay because we are happy to accept fans of all species.

Maureen Hiebert is a freelance illustrator who wears really cool shirts. She was at the con to sell art and buttons, the latter of which she was just straight up making from scratch with a button press right there at the table whenever she wasn’t talking to someone, which I thought was a really cool punk-meets-practicality business model. In addition to being a good artist and a very hard worker she is apparently a freaking amazing photographer, because she posted some photos on her blog that are just so good god damn. Go look at her site, and also buy one of her adorable octobread stickers, because I am still kicking myself for forgetting to get one but I might be able to derive vicarious enjoyment from the knowledge that other people are enjoying them.

Okay, well, this author comment is already exceedingly long. I mostly just wanted to talk about how cool the con and the people attending it were, so I just have one more thing to say. To our fans, thank you guys so much for being cool as hell. Thank you to everyone who came up during the con to say, “I love your comic,” and thank you to everyone who didn’t but is still reading our comic. This wouldn’t be anywhere near as satisfying or rewarding without all the support you guys give us, and I can’t find the words to tell you how great it feels to know that you appreciate the work we’re putting into The End. We’re going to keep pouring our time and love into this comic and I can only hope that it’ll continue to be deserving of fans as awesome as you.