Heh, while I was finishing up this one, I texted a friend that it might be the lewdest-subtexted BVB ever…and she reminded me of the existence of this early one.

Let’s actually talk about shirts and things, since it’s come up! I’ve been asked about this a couple of times now, and my thought is basically that there isn’t enough of an audience for this stuff right now. Contributing factor: I’m a designer, and crazy-particular about things, and I’ve worked on a few projects that had shirts, and I couldn’t stand to do this without doing it right all the way: sweet ultra-soft shirts instead of crappy coarse ones, femmy or androgynous shirt shapes instead of those horrible square-ish default ones that always seem built for large men, the inks that dye into the fabric soft instead of sitting on top like plastic, designs that have appeal even if someone has no idea what they’re affiliated with…the works. (Note: I have never gotten my way with all these things in any shirt-design project, which is part of why I’d be hell-bent on it if I did one all my own). So, doing it properly is a (worthwhile) investment, it only starts getting affordable in larger quantities, and there’d have to be enough demand to make it worth doing. Also: side notes: It’s occurred to me that if I ever DID make shirts, the natural thing to do for this World Of Bands might be like rad faux in-universe band shirts, like you bought it at a gig. I was also toying with the idea of doing something smaller, like stickers…I feel like the whole kitschy ultra-feminine aesthetic of these comics is a good mesh with stickering up one’s binder/locker/notes-passed-to-one’s-secret-crush.

also, additional note: re: not enough of an audience….this is essentially a thing I’ve not been doing much about and not sweating…like, the odd thing here and there, but one of my weaknesses is that I am NOT a marketer, and shilling my stuff makes me feel some combination of gross and anxious. I’ve just been concentrating on enjoying making comics, because honestly, I’ve never had a project that I straight-up enjoy so genuinely.

And now I’ve written like a novel’s worth of text in response to an offhand thing, and I must flee — I gotta go have cake for a best pal’s birthday!