This was a fun live stream! It was full of updates, recapping my experience at SPACE, some exclusive news(???) plus some rad unboxings from recently received kickstarter rewards! Watch the replay below, and why not sub while you're there? open.substack.com/pub/longboxp...

Here’s a look at the super rad add ons that @longboxpunk.substack.com and I as CHK Comics had the amazing artists working on AHA! contribute! www.kickstarter.com/projects/imc... #comic #comicbook #horror #punk #indiecomics #diy

35 Hours to Go! One of the secrets to discover within the Worlds is that when you journey there... it can change you... alter you into a different version of yourself. Sometimes for better and sometimes for worse. www.kickstarter.com/projects/iod... #kickstarter #indiecomics #comics

13th Age 2nd Edition – Gaming at Gen Con with Rob Heinsoo Last year I was listening to the Reading D&D Aloud podcast with Rob Heinsoo, co-designer on the 13th Age RPG, as that week’s guest. They’d just finished up a Kickstarter for the 2nd edition of the game, and he was discussing some of the…

It's the last week for You Must Be This Tall To Ride #1! Check out my YA Comic about a family who inherits an amusement park that contains portals to other worlds. www.kickstarter.com/projects/iod... #kickstarter #comicbooks #indiecomics

FLUKE 2026 – Convention Review Last weekend I journeyed to Athens, Georgia for a return to FLUKE. It is a smaller convention focused more on "Zines, Small Press, Comix", and you have to enter a lottery to actually get a table since space is so limited. It had been a couple of years since I'd…

What makes a hero truly relatable? 🐉 @alexgdeluca.bsky.social breaks down how Dragon Whisperer blends steampunk fantasy with a grounded, “everywoman” lead that flips the genre on its head. Watch the full interview 👇 www.youtube.com/@USDN_Podcast

You Must Be This Tall To Ride is live on Kickstarter! "You Must Be This Tall To Ride" is a Young Adult comic of a family who inherits a run down amusement park where each of the various lands are actually portals to another place, another universe! www.kickstarter.com/projects/iod...

Check out my YA comic book You Must Be This Tall To Ride, now on Kickstarter! What if the various worlds of the amusement park are portals/doorways to other realms? www.kickstarter.com/projects/iod... #kickstarter #promotecomics #supportcomics #indiecomic #youngadultcomic

Out in the Wild – I’m at FLUKE in Athens, Georgia This Weekend! As the title says, I will be in Athens this weekend behind a table at FLUKE from 10am to 5pm (so basically all day). For those of you unfamilar with FLUKE (from wikipedia): "FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival is an annual comic…

Atlanta Science Fiction and Fantasy Expo 2026 – A Review This past weekend I had the pleasure of tabling at the Atlanta Science Fiction and Fantasy Expo. This convention is something very special within the Atlanta comic/gaming/nerd stuff scene. For me it has really signifiied the beginning of the…

Check out my YA comic book You Must Be This Tall To Ride, now on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/iod... #kickstarter #promotecomics #supportcomics #indiecomic #youngadultcomic

I had the chance to sit down with @johnmcguire.bsky.social and chat about You Must Be This Tall To Ride + much more 🎡 keeping-it-geekly.ghost.io/john-mcguire...

Check out You Must Be This Tall To Ride #1 - A Young Adult Comic Book by John McGuire on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/iod...

Day 2 at the Atlanta Sci Fi & Fantasy Expo. Free to the public. Come down to Northlake Mall and say hello.

Knights. Space. Creator-owned storytelling. Russell Berger explains the world behind A Knight’s Title and the journey of building a saga over 15 years. 🎙️ Full interview on the USDN Podcast. #scififantasy #indiecomics #worldbuilding #indiecreators #authorinterview #podcastclips

I think my cats know the phrase "Kick its ass" more than they know "Get it" when playing with their toys. I'm not sure what that says about me or them.

Check out my YA Comic You Must Be This Tall To Ride #1 on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/iod... #kickstarter #promotecomics #supportcomics #indiecomic #youngadultcomic

I will be at the Atlanta Sci-Fi and Fantasy Expo this weekend at Northlake Mall in Atlanta, GA. The really cool thing about this is that it is FREE to the public! Come and say hello! You can check out who is going to be there and the planned events over at the website: atlantascifiexpo.com

At EN World, there are reviews of TTRPG crowdfundings featuring kaiju, action figures, Napoleonic dragons, RPG art installations, third-party Legend in the Mist, Mothership, and short D&D adventures. www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-...

You Must Be This Tall To Ride is live on Kickstarter! "You Must Be This Tall To Ride" is a Young Adult comic of a family who inherits a run down amusement park where each of the various lands are actually portals to another place, another universe! www.kickstarter.com/projects/iod...

Dice + Diversions Convention Recap *** Last weekend was the Dice + Diversions Convention held in northwest Atlanta. Last year we gave it a shot and had a great time. Considering all the conventions I end up going to for Roleplaying purposes are these huge places with crazy attendance numbers,…

My new YA comic "You Must Be This Tall To Ride" is the story of a family who inherits a run down amusement park. When the youngest getting lost, they are going to need to find a way to traverse universes to get him back... before Mom and Dad get home! www.kickstarter.com/projects/iod...

You Must Be This Tall To Ride #1 Kickstarter Prelaunch Page is Now Live! The Kickstarter Prelaunch Page can be found here! When your family inherits an amusement park from a long-missing Uncle, it turns a potentially boring summer vacation into what could be the greatest summer of all time!…

50 Things You Didn’t Know About Me – Part 1 Image by Anemone123 from Pixabay This week I approach another one of those birthday milestones: 50 Years Old. It's not middle age... no, I'm now considered a Senior in some camps. I'm not sure how I feel about that. However... Ten years ago, I wrote a…

Turn the Page on 2025 Image by AcatXIo from Pixabay Looking Back at 2025 With the beginning of a new year, I like to not only take a look back at the previous year from a writing POV, but I also like to try and lay out what my upcoming year might look like. I set goals, hit some of them, miss…

Less than a week to go!

Kickstarter Lessons Learned After a long month of endless promoting and shouting out into what felt like the void during most of that time, In Our Dreams Awake #3's Kickstarter finally came to a close. While we funded (yea!), and I definitely wanted to take a moment to soak all of that in (only 1…

Last chance on In Our Dreams Awake #3. The Kickstarter ends at midnight tonight! www.kickstarter.com/projects/iod...

🚨 NEW VIDEO 🚨 HOW AGE OF APOCALYPSE CHANGED X-MEN FOREVER (ft.  ‪@BlerdWithoutFear‬ ​) In this video, Owen explains the history of Age of Apocalypse, and how this ambitious crossover changed the X-Men and Marvel Comics forever. WATCH NOW ▶️ youtu.be/34UAHytk_aU?...

In the latest update, John Robert McGuire thanks the backers and talks about a Fack Raines' comic book project, Wishful Thinking #1-4. The Kickstarter for In Our Dreams Awake #1 to #3 ends on Friday at 11:59PM ET. #dreampunk #comicbook www.kickstarter.com/projects/iod...

The last 24 Hours of the Kickstarter for In Our Dreams Awake #3! www.kickstarter.com/projects/iod... #dreampunk #indycomics #comics #cyberpunk #steampunk #kickstarter

In Our Dreams Awake – The Untold/Forgotten Bits This is a reminder that we are in the last week of the Kickstarter Campaign for Issue #3 of In Our Dreams Awake. At 11:59 PM on Friday night, we'll reach the end of the road for this one. We've hit our initial goal of $500 and are moving toward…

In Our Dreams Awake issues 1 to 3 (of 4)! John Robert McGuire talks on another podcast about this #dreampunk #comicbook Kickstarter ends on Friday! www.kickstarter.com/projects/iod...

Saturday Morning Comic Talk had me on to talk about "Best Cinematic Villains", "Which Reality Show Could You Win", and "What Music Do You Listen To While Creating". It was awesome being on with these creative folks, @mcholly1.bsky.social, @jess-silvetti.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXJJ...

Behind the Comic – Anatomy of a Panel – In Our Dreams Awake #2 In Our Dreams Awake #3 is currently Live on Kickstarter! *** As a comic book writer, we are doing the best we can to take the thoughts and images in our head and describe it in a way where the artist can have some idea of what we…

The restless nights... The dreams call to him... Or is this the dream... And the other reality? www.kickstarter.com/projects/iod... #dreampunk #indycomics #comics #cyberpunk #steampunk

John Robert McGuire talks about the cats of In Our Dreams Awake #2 and #3. How did #cyberpunk cats land in this #comicbook? Rolands Kalniņš drew these pets into this #dreampunk comic, and they rock! Check out the story including links to the Kickstarter campaign. johnrmcguire.com/in-our-dream...

In Our Dreams Awake – A Cat’s Tale We're still in the midst of the Kickstarter for Issue #3 of In Our Dreams Awake. If you haven't had the chance to venture over to the page, be sure to do so. With this being the penultimate issue, things are beginning to spiral out of control for our Jason Byron.…

Under the Shadow of the Noon-Day Witch is an OSR adventure with greed, political intrigue, and magic by John "Hambone" McGuire. In his update, he discusses the Sickest Witch RPG, Brian Colin's Vast Grimm Kickstarter, and the #comicbook, In Our Dreams Awake. www.kickstarter.com/projects/joh...

Here's what a few lovely people have been saying about In Our Dreams Awake! Check out our comic over at Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/iod... #steampunk #cyberpunk #kickstarter #indiecomics #comics #indycomics

In the Fantasy World, the Magi have need of a painter to help record the strange craft which has crashed in their lands... But this knowledge comes with a price. In Our Dreams Awake #3 Now Live on Kickstarter

Richard Vasseur over at First Comics News did an interview with me about In Our Dreams Awake and how Egg Embry and I wrote the comic... with a little bit of The Gilded Age and The Crossing thrown in for good measure! www.firstcomicsnews.com/rich-intervi... #indiecomics #comics

Behind the Comic – Anatomy of a Panel – In Our Dreams Awake #1 Be sure to check out the current Kickstarter for In Our Dreams Awake #3, LIVE on Kickstarter! Taken as a whole, a comic book represents the input of multiple people, multiple perspectives, and multiple skill sets before the final…

Drowned London is a dangerous place, even for Jason Byron. The balance of peace hangs in the balance, and a Parliament of the various Gang Leaders has been called. Things have not gone well... #dreampunk #indycomics #comics #cyberpunk #steampunk

At EN World, I talk to comic book artist Steven Cummings (Star Wars: Mandalorian) and comic book author John McGuire about the free Invincible RPG quickstart. #ComicBook #Kickstarter www.enworld.org/threads/invi...

In Our Dreams Awake got a shoutout/spotlight in The Daily Dead's Horror Highlights column! dailydead.com/horror-highl... #comics #dreampunk #cyberpunk #steampunk

I was able to check this series out, and you will want to give the campaign a look! Interesting tale, super fun artwork, & a complex game of what is real vs. what isn't?! Check out In Our Dreams Awake #3 - A Dreampunk Comic by @johnmcguire.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/iod...

I was able to have a really good conversation about In Our Dreams Awake and writing and comics with the Chairman over at the United States Department of Nerds Podcast. And he gave us the literal Seal of Approval! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hch... #indiecomics #comics #scifi