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Becoming a werewolf was hard enough. Now Claire & her allies are hunted by the ruthless Knights of Argentum—humans who won’t stop until every secret is exposed & every werewolf destroyed.

The hunt has begun… 🐺 You can order book 3 of the Havenwolf Chronicles: The Knights of Argentum, HERE!

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I will admit that I have never really submitted "Finding Dee" for consideration to the syndicates. Largely, for the reasons mentioned above. Simply existing as a Transgender woman is regularly considered the antithesis of "family friendly", despite all evidence to the contrary in our lives and in this goofy comic. That said, it is still a dream of mine to get a comic strip in the papers, regardless of the direction that industry has been heading. The heart wants what the heart wants, and all that. lol Also, pretty much nobody has noticed that I mostly stopped cursing in the strip a WHILE ago, so it was fun to do so again for a goof, here. ;)

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As you read this, keep in mind that I drew this a few weeks ago, which was a few weeks after the event it is based on happened. As such, I am fine. Not sick anymore. ;)

That said, whenever I'm in a pool, there is a war going on inside me. It rages between the hypochondriac who KNOWS I will get sick if I sink my head under the surface, and the doofus child who loves to swim like she thinks she's flying in outer space.

On this day, the doofus child won. lol

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What's THIS!? An EXTRA strip, and on a Saturday, no less!? What's the occasion, you might ask? Well, I'm glad you asked. TODAY is the launch day for the third novel in my series, The Havenwolf Chronicles: The Knights of Argentum! It's the biggest book yet in the series, and I'm NOT just talking about page count! (But, it IS pretty darn chonkin!") It's TOO big to describe here, so click the LINK to read the synopsis and check it out!! And if you're in the area of Western Pennsylvania on Saturday, August 23rd, from 10am to 2pm, you can get a copy from ME live at the Oil Region Festival of the Book! Hope to see you there, if you can make it!

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So, this might be one of the ONLY strips in the history of this comic where I depict the height difference between Heidi and I ACCURATELY! Normally, I draw her coming up to about my eyeline to make it easier to place us in the panels, but I am a full foot taller than her in reality.

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Hey there! I'm back WITH an extra strip this week. This one came out of a conversation I had with Sabrina about the previous strip, with me discovering my potential lactose intolerance, and once she suggested this visual, it HAD to be drawn! lol

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Guess who's BACK!? (Spoilers: me. lol) A lot has been going on this summer, so of course, I will need to chronicle it all in silly comic strip from, starting with THIS! And the first one of you who recommends some fake cheese that you INSIST tastes even BETTER than the real thing is getting sent to the corn field! (YECH!) I'll just keep taking Lactaid... and my chances, thank you very much.

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As you can tell from the strip, I'm going to be taking a few weeks off from making NEW Finding Dee comic strips in order to focus on some other stuff I need to get done. Chief among these projects is completing the editing on my third novel for its August premiere. Hopefully, this is a FUN way to make such an announcement, and I'll be back soon. Thanks. :)

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This strip is one of those "Frankensteined" stories, which is to say that it's pieced together from a BUNCH of conversations between Heidi and I over time. The hangar breaking with the shirt getting stuck was the most recent thing that inspired me to put all the ideas together in one strip, however. And, since I've done a TON of homages to PEANUTS in the strip, I decided that with THIS one, I'd draw it in my OWN style for a change. It was a fun twist on how I usually do these.

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So, I've been making webcomics and posting them online foooor... ugh... a fart shy of 25 years now. And in that time, I have yet to really learn this lesson. Truly, I am the definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. :)

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Hey look, a BONUS strip this week! Thanks to Heidi and I rewatching all the existing Jurassic movies in anticipation of the NEW one, life found a way!

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This happens with a solid bit of regularity. And I'm sure it's a familiar idea to anyone who is working or doing whatever in isolation for hours on end, NOT talking. This EASILY could have gone for a few more panels to drag the joke out. lol

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This week has been annoyingly hot, leading Heidi and I to repeat this bit of conversation that we've been saying over and over for YEARS! Originally, it was our stock answer for why we left Florida for Pennsylvania. Sadly, it seems like Florida has followed us, like the Shark in Jaws 4. Also, sorry if this is kinda gross for anyone, but I had to draw it. lol

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I've had JAWS on the brain this past week, with the 50th anniversary making it quite the online topic of discussion. We rewatched it over the weekend, and YEAH, it's still a functionally perfect masterpiece of a movie. So, OF COURSE I had to do an homage piece. This one, being a parody of the classic movie poster by Roger Kastel, with a bit more of a... personal angle.

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A couple of months ago, Heidi and I attended a comic con at Moore College of Art and Design in Philly. There, we had this encounter with fellow cartoonist and attendee at the show, Dawn Griffin! Dawn was nice enough to let me chronicle the fun interaction in the strip. :) You can check out her awesome work HERE! THANKS!

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It really doesn't matter HOW well prepared I think I am, I somehow ALWAYS miss SOMETHING. Thankfully, between Heidi and I combined, we usually can compensate for whatever either of us might miss.

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The conversation around the reemergence of cargo pants between Heidi and me happened, and it was what put THIS visual into my head. And once in there, I had to draw it up. lol Now, in regards to the source of the parody, I don't parody art that didn't have any influence on me. I was about 16 or so when I first discovered Rob Liefeld's work, and back then, I loved it. I was an angry little shit with a lot of bottled up angst and his chaotic, frenetic linework and posing and gritted teeth spoke to that for SURE! So, while it would be easy for me to lie and pretend otherwise, that's not me. Also, I KNOW the joke, but he does actually draw feet. Yeah, they're often little, and pointy, and obscured, but I did my homework to parody this CORRECTLY, thank you very much. lol