Hello all you wonderful patrons!
My personal series, Drogune, is ramping up production (as much as I can manage). One of those projects will be a collection of short stories. I’ve attached three rough drafts for your enjoyments/review. The mission statement of this patreon was to produce stuff and put it out there, even if it wasn’t polished and complete. Well these are most definitely in rough...
2025-09-01 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostHello all you wonderful patrons!
Welcome to the newest members; thank you for joining! Hello again to those of you who have stuck around so long; you are appreciated!
Here's the deal: Book One and Book Two of Drogune are written, but production of the latter is a ways off. Even with the series plotted out, it's not going to be able to touch upon all the world-building and lore I've done for the series. So my next goal is to do an illustrated series guide to Drogune. 2025-06-30 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello cherished patrons!
Recently a number of freelancers got together to produce a comic anthology called "sparkFLAME." Or "Spark>Flame." I dunno, there's an arrow in there. The point is you pay what you want, get 70+ pages of comic goodness, and that includes a new story from The Nine Lives of Klaws McGee! You can download it here: https://spark-flame.itch.io/sparkflame-comic-antholo...
2025-05-26 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy patrons. It's been three months, so I owe y'all a check-in.
January was quite busy with Super MagFest. It was a fantastic show, but very demanding. I came home with my first ever bout of covid. That made meeting deadlines and other obligations a bit challenging. Minda the BumbleKat also needed to go in for a risky and expensive operation. She came through well, although the full scope of her condition wasn't clear.
Covid ate up a the start of February. As it passed I went fo...
2025-04-01 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post...sweet sassy molasses, have I really not updated since May 2024?
To be fair, I started this Patreon to tide me over in lean times, and things picked up for me in the latter half of the year. Then from August onward is was pretty much a disaster, punctuated with a few notable bright spots. January 2025 ain't pulling its punches either.
A lesson learned from last year: I spent a lot of time waiting on feedback and approvals, keeping myself open for any opportunity, which resulted ...
2025-01-06 13:35:22 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy folks!
First off, a tremendous thank you to those who have stuck around and to the new patrons too. When i started this up I had intended to be a little more active, even if I made no promises. The good news is that I've been busy, but not with anything I can share in detail here. I owe y'all an update - something, anything! - for sticking by me.
On the personal projects side of things:
• BumbleKast is decidedly a part-time job now. We have a pair of semi-regular thu...
2024-05-13 17:12:53 +0000 UTC View PostHello all you lovely patrons!
The Nine Lives of Klaws McGee #2 is finally out!
I could fund it in part thanks to your continued support. As a way of saying thanks you can find the script attached to this post for a behind-the-scenes look at the process!
I'll now be shifting my focus (and funds) to getting Drogune out the door. Hopefully it won't be too long before I can return to Mr. McGee, and your support will definitely help me get there soon...
2024-01-12 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Holidays all you festive followers!
Thank you again for your support as I every-so-often update this space. As thanks, please enjoy this gorgeous preview page for Klaws McGee #2, due early 2024!
(Honestly? "Tree-Leaf Cleaver" cracks me up. I don't care if I did write it.)
2023-12-04 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHello all you lovely, patient patrons!
Attached to this post you'll find a sneak peak at The Nine Lives of Klaws McGee #2! Jonathan Griffiths has once again done marvelous work bringing McGee's world to life.
The issue is presently moving into the coloring stage with a soft deadline of early 2024.
Once Klaws #2 is wrapped up, I'll be shifting focus and funds to getting Drogune's first volume out the door. But with your support, we'll be able ...
2023-11-15 15:50:50 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy folks!
So August was hectic, but then things calmed down considerably in September. I took the entirely selfish route and mostly relaxed for a month. Horrible, I know.
In that time, stuff still kept moving though. Drogune has its script locked, and Klaws McGee #2 is moving along - might even be out for Christmas! And with work aside, I could focus a bit on family matters.
Now October is giving way to the end-of-the-year "OH GOD WE NEED THIS NOW"...
2023-10-19 19:58:26 +0000 UTC View PostIt's been a LONG time coming, but I finally had time to follow-up on the prompt by SamCyberCat. They were aiming for something seasonal for October 2022. Well...here it is in time for Halloween 2023...?
Thank you all for your support, and I hope you enjoy!
2023-09-08 20:08:04 +0000 UTC View PostDid not mean to go silent for that long. Apologies!
June and July were a whirlwind of assignments and personal milestones. August is shaping up to have the hammer fall on a number of large projects, but as of this post, I'm waiting for the green light. Even money says that'll all happen at the same time, haha.
While I have a little bit of breathing room, I've been picking away at Drogune. The Drogune patrons got to see the unrealized, rough breakdowns for what I'...
2023-08-03 20:01:18 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy all,
Apologies for lack of any wit in the title. I'm still rebounding off a nasty chest infection and my energy reserves are low.
Nothing new to show for here again as I'm keeping busy. Things might open up in late June or early July, so maybe I can do things for funsies again. (Writing? For the joy of it? Can you imagine?)
Among the many things, The Nine Lives of Klaws McGee #2 is written and with the line artist! Hopefully we'll see that fi...
2023-05-05 15:45:45 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy folks,
tl;dr version: I'm busy with other stuff, no uploads here this month, sorry!
Long version: Boy howdy there's many an iron in the fire right now. On the original creations side of things:
1. Klaws McGee #2 has been drafted! Thanks to your support, I've been able to accelerate my plans from "whenever I can maybe do this" to "We might get three issues done this year!" I've also been fine-tuning the long-term plans for it, so the future of Mr. McGee is in a...
2023-04-01 16:05:58 +0000 UTC View PostMy original adventure-fantasy-comedy, The Nine Lives of Klaws McGee, is finally out there for the world to see! You, being a part of "the world," can check it out here: https://bumbleking.com/the-nine-lives-of-klaws-mcgee-1/
But because you're special and are already supporting me, as an added bonus, I'm uploading the script for y'all to read as well. Perhaps you'll gain some i...
2023-03-06 17:29:15 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy all your lovely patronizing persons!
...revise? Nah, roll with it...
Checking in this month to let y'all know where I'm at and what's going on..
- Drogune stalled last year as we investigated possible sponsors. Now we're shifting gears to take a new approach, which will hopefully start up this spring. I'll be writing up a new 120-page script which, while fun, will take some time.
- The Nine Lives of Klaws McGee #1 is finally getting its update i...
2023-02-09 20:13:40 +0000 UTC View PostThanks to Richard for the prompt on this short story.
One patron-prompt down, one to go!
2023-01-30 17:34:44 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy all,
2023 is already shaping up to be busy for me, thankfully. Some fast-paced projects will (should be) hitting the ground running once we crack the seal on this fresh new year, and another I've been waiting on should be gearing up to finally move forward.
I'm also dead set on getting Drogune rolling; it has languished too long (albeit for extenuating circumstances). BumbleKast is blowing up to the point we're actually behind on material from Decembe...
2022-12-31 14:10:24 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy all,
So this past month has been relentless, and it doesn't look like it's going to stop for the rest of the year. On the one hand, that's great! I like to be busy. Plus, this patreon was put up to help in the lean times. The times? They ain't lean right now.
On the other, I have nothing to put up here. I want to get to the story prompts I asked for months (!!!) ago first, then put together other content. Maybe drafting up writing advice for feedback? Maybe somethin...
2022-11-01 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostWith Splatoon 3 out, I got a hankering to do the mini-series I've had floating in my head since...the original game, cripes. I have no budget, staff or license - which kinda puts a damper on production - but I did finally commit the ideas to the page.
Place-holder names aside, this felt so good to put together. Everything clicked, and I really feel like this could work if expanded into a full project. Maybe the stars will align one day and y'all can look back at this and say "I...
2022-10-01 17:26:22 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy all! It's been...a while.
So I did manage to have something for this month (which you'll find in a separate post to make searching easier later). I really liked the prompts from Richard and Sam, but I haven't had the chance to sit down and do those properly.
Quick aside: the snail story is drafted in my head, I just have to commit. The horrors of the mundane needs a subject, but I think it'll be easy enough to riff on it once I can focus.
The good/bad news is I'v...
2022-10-01 17:20:57 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy all,
I hate to say it, but I don't have an update for September. A bunch of false starts, sure, but nothing fit to put out there for consumption. I also got a ton of assignments in the last couple of weeks, which has occupied all my time and creativity.
I still don't like admitting defeat, though. So I'm going to put out an open call to you happy few. Gimme a writing prompt. Anything. Everything. (Not Sonic. Please, for the love of Pete, let me take a break from Sonic) ...
2022-09-01 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostI've wanted to build up my own kaiju story because...well, it's obvious, isn't it? Kaiju are awesome. And while I feel like most kaiju media spends too much time on the squishy humans, they do offer some greater context for the clashing of titans. The kaiju can exist as simple forces of nature because the squishy humans do all the heavy lifting narratively.
Rather than present another dev doc (unless y'all like those...?) I thought I'd try to explore the world a bit. I'm imagin...
2022-08-01 14:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
A bit of nonsense I whipped up after seeing some bootleg merch.
2022-07-22 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostRestoring Gloria is a project I've been tinkering with for a few years now. It's been one I've where I see the pieces, but I can't quite make them fit. Most things I work on for this long fall into place, but not this one.
This was one of the inspirations for this patreon, to be honest. I've been workshopping it for so long and have had nothing to show for it. So here is the latest pass, cleaned up and organized, and released into the wild.
I hope you enjoy the i...
2022-07-01 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThis story prompt came from a question on the BumbleKast. I didn't have a full answer then, but the idea lingered. I might revisit the idea later and expand upon it, but this whole patreon is an exercise in "put it on the page, don't keep it in your head."
Metroid: Dread spoilers, for those who haven't played.
2022-06-01 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThis short story was written years ago for an anthology contest. The prompt was a list of unused story prompt by H. P. Lovecraft. Entrants chose any prompt and spun a story out of it - nice and straight forward. My entry didn't win, but it did get on the "honorable mentions" list.
I later formatted it for another anthology publication. I'm uploading that format here as an example for folks looking to submit manuscripts of their own.
2022-06-01 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThanks to Kyle for pointing out two out of the three posts didn't have the actual material attached. Those have been updated, so you can actually, y'know, read the content I meant for you to see.
2022-05-01 18:14:20 +0000 UTC View PostRight as I was going to bed, a story prompt came to mind. Thankfully, I retained it into the next day and committed it to writing. For once, I rolled the dice on the whole "sleep on it" thing and came out okay!
2022-05-01 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostThis is a "living document," meaning it'll be updated and tinkered with as time goes on. Right now I'm thinking of it as some kind of comic format, but it's flexible. This is by no means finished or fleshed out, but someone may find it insightful in how to construct such a document for themselves, or get a kick out of seeing me argue with myself in the notes.
2022-05-01 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post