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wrong train.

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Bundle UP!

January's Postcard From a Better Future, first of the Fashion Series

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Whose bright idea was it to have a body anyway

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Even when things are scary, we have each other 💜🌿

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This is an intense comic but I find it very beautiful and moving and I'm glad we got to talk about it! We'll be doing books 3 and 4 in the next ep and that's the whoooole series!

This week Jam, Jeff, and JD read the first two volumes of Our Dreams at Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani. As Jeff says in the episode, this is a deep dive into queer culture in Japan that celebrates the importance of community and third spaces. Join us as we visit the town of Onomichi, with its cats and old houses, its queer drop-in centre and its many photogenic bridges. This is a different kind of manga, and a unique story in comics.

Also mentioned in this episode: Nabari no Oh and Shonen Note also by Yuhki Kamatani Descending Stories by Haruko Kumota Your Name directed by Makoto Shinkai Princess Jellyfish by Akiko Higashimura For Better Or For Worse by Lynn Johnston Fresh Start by Gale Galligan and Scholastic book fairs

Music by Sleuth

You can find us at: J Dalton Jam Jeff Ellis

Our next episode will be on volumes 3 and 4 of Our Dreams at Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani.

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We're trying a new podcast format - a short ep on what comics readers might like to know about how comics distribution works and what it might mean for the comics you love. Please let us know what you think of the format!

Detailed book analysis will remain the core, but we realized "not having read the book" is a big barrier, and wanted to try something easier to drop into on occasion 🤗

We’re doing something different for this episode. In between our regular panels on great graphic novels lies the gutter (get it?). And in the gutter this week, Diamond Distributors, who once held a monopoly on delivering comic books to readers, just filed for bankruptcy. What does this mean for comics? What even is “distribution?” Jeff, Jam, and JD are here to let you know, in our first mini episode on topics behind the scenes in comics.

Also mentioned in this episode: What No One Wants to Admit About Comic Book Sales (BONE Video Essay) by Matttt

Music by Sleuth

You can find us at: J Dalton Jam Jeff Ellis

Our next episode will be on Our Dreams at Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani.

You can also follow the TradeWaiters on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, and Ko-Fi.

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This is prolly gonna sound weird, but I've been following you since Wasted Talent and it's amazing to see how far you've come and to see what you're doing now.

Also you're a cat now, that's neat.

Not weird at all, thanks for reading!

Yeah I changed the way I draw myself to create an intentional break from Wasted Talent since it felt like a completed work to me.

I'm still technically the same person, but also I am not, y'know?

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Hourly Comics Day 2025! A rare Saturday HCD, a nice treat to not be doing Day Job Comix but it ended up being a very busy day :)

More commentary and pictures of the many ridiculous hot choclates are available on my Patreon (public post!)

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This month only - Patrons at all levels can get access to my second-ever hourlies from 2008 (🫣)

After that they go into the vault and Postcard-tier patrons can access them whenever they want forever! I'm working on creating a full archive of all my hourlies there. So far there are quite a few....

I'll be doing hourlies again and they will get posted here, but they will go on Patreon first :D

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Part two of our conversation on Oh Human Star!

Part 1 is here: https://www.thetradewaiters.com/post/771614135596269568/the-tradewaiters-eps-110-o-human-star-vol-1

We’re back to read volumes 2 and 3 of O Human Star by Blue Delliquanti. This time we get into the trans text and subtext of the series, how metaphor and text support each other, and break down the main characters to see what makes them tick. We’ve got an alternate political universe, a true AI singularity, disability representation, a long-expected Astroboy moment, and some unexpected difficulties with pho to get through. Let’s go!

Also mentioned in this episode: The webcomic by Blue Delliquanti Astroboy by Osamu Tezuka Walk Away by Cory Doctorow Wicked directed by Jon Chu Yellow Brick Ramble by Daisy McGuire Magical Girls Kira and the (Maybe) Space Princess by Megan Brennan Ranma 1/2 by Rumiko Takahashi and Exit advent calendars

Music by Sleuth

You can find us at: J Dalton Jam Jeff Ellis

Our next episode will be on Our Dreams at Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani.

You can also follow the TradeWaiters on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, and Ko-Fi.

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Hourly comics day is next Saturday! I have a busy day planned so I won't be able to post live, but at least I won't be at work...!!

Hourly Comics Day 2024

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The next comic I’m working on is in the “solarpunk” genre, but what is solarpunk? I created a microsite – solarpunk.lol to collect and organize my thoughts and research as this genre is being developed.

To me ‘Solarpunk’ is a genre of fiction that explores the simple question: “What if this all works out?” While apocalyptic fiction preoccupies itself with all the ways our society can be destroyed and what comes after, Solarpunk acknowledges that all of those terrible things may come to pass and we can get through it. It is by its nature, in my opinion, an optimistic genre that should focus on primarily optimistic stories. Mostly because that is the type of story we desperately need at this moment in time.

‘Solarpunk’ as an ethos can be divided into three main parts.

Love

Love, in the deepest broadest sense, is a major driving force of this movement. Love of our planet and love of each other, making decisions based on compassion as the guiding star.

Sustainable Flourishing

The term “Sustainable Flourishing” originates with the book Sustainability by Design by John Ehrenfeld. The underlying idea is that it’s not good enough to make technology that is less harmful. “Clean” tech and even “Net Zero” are not enough. We need to treat our biosphere as the complex system that it is, and reinforce biological systems so we AND the biosphere are both continuously flourishing. It’s moving away from the concept of extraction, and since reading this book I’ve learned that it’s much closer to Indigenous models of biosphere management.

Anti-Fragility

The concept of “Anti-Fragility” originates with System Thinking or System Design. In the sustainability world yIllustrated text that reads "what is solarpunk? (solarpunk.lol)" in a verdant green field of digitally painted wildflowersou’ll often hear things like “climate resilience” and “robustness” but anti-fragility as a concept goes beyond this. When you try to break an anti-fragile system it comes back stronger by design.

Check the site for more thoughts and memes, or let me know if you think I'm missing a component!

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I recently posted my 2024 year in review over on Patreon! This is a quickstart summary of all the work I did over the course of 2024.

All Patrons get the 65-page recap PDF automatically, or it's available for a one-time price in the shop. All previous years are pay what you want on ko-fi!

Inside are a ton of drawings, sketches, development work for Skuttleboat Cove and lots of extra comics! I bundle it all together in one convenient place so you can be sure no algorithms will get in the way. You won't miss a thing.

Much more to come. Thanks for following! 🌱💜

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The love that keeps you going

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Yes Yes YES I have been daydreaming about similar conversions of Malls and Strip Malls.

And I love this expansive idea of incorporating vertical gardening.

But housing -- even converting PART of the mall into housing-- is already being implemented in some places!