'Rule #4: No Dynamite' is now available for pre-order!

Hey guys! I've been sitting on this for a bit now, waiting for the moment when I could finally announce it. And now, that moment is here! RCSI Publishing is proud to present the first collection of Chris Paulsen's daily comic, 'Precocious'!

The first book, Rule #4: No Dynamite, will be debuting at FA: United. Not planning on going to FA:U? No worries! You can pre-order your copy today!

'Precocious'
Rule #4: No Dynamite

Autumn, Bud, Tiffany and Jacob... four genius kids running amok through the Gemstone Estates.

Rule #4: No Dynamite collects the first year of the online comic strip 'Precocious'! 301 strips, along with a 48 strip print only bonus story and an introduction by Bill Holbrook ('On the Fastrack', 'Safe Havens', 'Kevin and Kell').

This book is currently at the printers. All pre-orders will be shipped in early August.

156 Pages
Black and White
Perfect Bound
$15.00 USD

Chrispy is also offering a pre-order bundle (SORRY, SOLD OUT) which includes...

...a copy of Rule #4: No Dynamite
...which will be signed and sketched with your favorite 'Precocious' character
...a special pre-order button
...a 'Precocious' magnet set!

All of this for $30! These special pre-order bundles are limited in number, so reserve your copy today!


"Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist - how I miss the groupies, drugs, and trashed hotel rooms!"
-- Bill Watterson

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Pre-orders and plotting

Morning guys! This week is for badges, Alex's badges specifically. I'd like to have them finished and, if possible, another full-sized commission in the works by Friday. It's a goal.

Meanwhile, organization of the Volume II pre-orders has begun. We're almost through two boxes already.



That's a lot of sketching ahead of me. Each trade gets a quick drawing inside as a way of saying thank you. Normally the only time I'm sketching in this many books at once is at a con. I'll have to pace things so a few sketches are done at a time, during the evenings. I've still the Prologue pre-orders to sketch in as well.

Speaking of which, we received the invoice for the Prologue order last week. Which means, the Prologue is now being printed. We should have them in house within a few weeks.

Out of curiosity, I mapped out the CN:H updates through the end of Issue 14. The book, which collects Issues 8 through 14, will officially be released at Anthrocon. The website, meanwhile, will be in the middle of Issue 13 at the time. Issue 14 won't end on the web until October 8th. Which means... I need to get my comic creating butt in gear. My buffer is running down.

Once this round of commissions is finished, I'll be cutting back on which kinds are available. Large, full-scale backgrounds will be for cons or special events only. I need time to slip comic work in my schedule and the large backgrounds, as much as I like them, are causing me a lot of wrist pain lately. This wrist pain can leave me unable to do much for a few days. Days that could be used for comic work. So, I'll need to sit down and rethink how I handle things. I don't want to stop taking commissions - I need the income and the variety is fun and challenging. But I can't let them take over either.

It's a balancing act that I'm still figuring out. I'll get a handle on things eventually.


"Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up."
-- A.A. Milne

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