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This issue’s theme is ‘Til Death Do Us Part: Our traditionally spine-tingling October issue will have you saying “I do” to making everyone’s Halloween sexier.
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You bet your buttons I plan to write and illustrate something!
Hell yeah!! I’ll be doing an illustration or maybe wordless comic~
Im busy as heck but! Still can do a lil picture for you if you’re interested! Contact me at risovalroy@gmail.com (or on discord)
Here’s a sample of what I can do
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Planning to do a story!
I plan to write something. I may already have a draft written. Oops
I said maybe last issue. I’m saying maybe again this one… and hopefully one of these times the maybe ends up a yes?
I’m going to try and get something written for this one!
Brainstorming some ideas now! :D
I’m going to try my best to finish off something spooky for this one!
catch me drawing some REAL weird stuff! also down to collab if people are on the hunt! my work is viewable at: https://kmchro.com !
Hey! Your art is beautiful! I have a completed 1950s noir murder story that I’ve sent to the Editor to see if it’s a fit for this issue. If you’d like to take a look at it as a potential collab, that would be awesome!
i am writing a ghost story for this theme!