It's cool. He's just on e-bay. E-bay's fine. NOTHING IS WRONG WITH PLUDWUMP.

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Thank you to everybody who nominated and voted and generally cheered for Digger in the Best Graphic Story category at this year's Hugos---I am incredibly honored and incredibly grateful.

For the blow-by-blow of what it's like to spend a Worldcon wondering if you're going to win a Hugo, and then The Bit Where I Fought Neil Gaiman For Free Nachos, I point you at my blog: [link]

I have con crud. I go fall down now. I love you all.

So, there's that.  [link]

Kind of a long shot, but...

I don't suppose any of you in the Southwest region know anybody who wants some koi, do you? My father is moving from AZ, and can't take his koi with him, and koi rescue (who even knew there WAS such a thing?!) is jammed to the gills (ha) already, owing to all the foreclosures. So we're scrambling to find homes for thirty koi.

If you know any gardeners/hobbyists that do the koi pond thing and might be interested, we've got a week and some change to rehome these little guys. Please send a note or comment if you can take all or part, or if you know someone who can--we'd all be very grateful!

UPDATE: Fishies are saved! Thanks to everybody who turned out to adopt fish---you guys rock! Homes have been found for everybody, (particularly if they can finally catch those sneaky dark-colored koi hiding on the bottom of the pool) and thank you all so much for spreading the word!

The Wrenglow original is off to e-bay!  [link]

Also, can you believe it's been nearly seven months since I updated this journal? Yeesh. Time is getting away from me...

Yes, you heard right…Chibi Nuckalavee, Krasue, and Squash Kachina are now all available on RedBubble!

I'm a little scared, too.

Go here to order!: [link]

(To forestall inevitable questions—because I was pleased with their quality compared to Cafepress and others and because life is short and I flatly refuse to ever muck about with T-shirt stock ever again, and yes, it is possible that other designs will be added, but no, I am not spending a year uploading my entire artistic catalog because you will find me dead with a .PNG hanging out of my mouth like a semi-transparent tongue.)

Also, these are American Apparel shirts, they run SMALL. Their website says that medium fits most because it's stretchy. This may be true, but the art does not stretch nearly so gracefully as the shirt, so if there is any doubt, my advice is to go large, lest Nuckalavee appear even more distorted than he already is. I require a large to get over my rack myself. It fits snugly and looks good. I suspect that the medium would make me look like a sausage.

When last we left our intrepid adventurers, art4love.com was down, markyourspot.com was down, (although zombie versions were still be located) nobody was answering phones or e-mail, and much of the internet was hopping mad.

Today, I actually finally got an acknowledgment from Craig Pravda. This guy is A) the name on the paypal account of art4love, and B) shows up on a couple of other shady websites with Chad Love Lieberman, the dude who stole my art, other people's art, rather foolishly Marvel and DC's art…etc.

So Craig Pravda has a Google+ account. There is one public post on it. It is about seafood. For lack of any other contact option, I commented there, asking (quite politely, might I add!) about how I could reach Chad Love Lieberman.

Today, I actually got a reply. So far as I've heard, this is the first comment any of 'em have made that I've run across.

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For those not on Google+, it says the following:

Thank you for alerting us,

We have been notified by Art4Love, the company that licensed us the images that they are removing the content that they have provided us and that they have sold their entire collection.

We apologize for any misrepresentations that Art4love or its executives have made about the ownership of their content. We will continue with the game MARK YOUR SPOT and work directly with any artists that want to form BRUNCH TEAMS in their area in the future.

You may contact Art4love at 877-266-5884 or sales@art4love.com

Thank you

Don't bother with the e-mail, it bounces instantly. The phone might work, I wouldn't count on it.

I am most interested in the phrase "sold their entire collection." As far as lies go (and I suspect this is one) this is so utterly the WRONG thing to say that you almost want to take the idiocy and frame it, like a little jewel.

If people are baying for your blood for selling their art without permission, telling them it's okay, you've sold it all now is not the correct answer. It is the least correct answer. It is having someone run up yelling "OH GOD, I'M ON FIRE!" and saying "Oh! Don't worry, I have matches!" It is someone thrashing on the floor with their throat closing gasping "…epi…pen….dying…" and attempting to open their airway by forcing peanuts into it. It is magnificently wrong.

Due to epic sleuthing by others, (check comments in some past blog posts) we have found all kinds of nifty heads on this hydra, and I am by no means the only one looking into it.

So this is how it stands. At least they know people want their blood, and have said something. On a post. About octopus salad.

...to everybody who wrote me to tell me that art4love.com is stealing my artwork. I appreciate you all looking out for me--the angry letters have been sent, and the site is currently down, probably due to fifty million very angry artists doing the same. Thank you all!

Goodness! Off to e-bay goes the dragon!

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And off to e-bay...

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To ebay goes the Stripejack painting!

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I spent a chunk of last night with a pen and some large Bookmobile boxes, with the end result that signed copies of Black Dogs 1 & 2 will go on sale tomorrow, along with the regular unsigned copies. (Transit time will take a little longer on signed copies, as I still have to ship the boxes back tomorrow, but should hopefully not be too long.)

(For long-time readers, Black Dogs 1 is still the one that came out a few years back--it's just using different cover art. Black Dogs 2 is the finale.)

You can order them from Sofawolf Press at [link]

Man, I went to get tea and I came back to the keyboard and had three people asking about the White Cat already, so to e-bay he goes!

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Aaaaand there goes Aunt Frances, too...

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The white bear is goin' to e-bay!

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An original up on e-bay! (Trying to be better about posting these over here, instead of just on my blog...)

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Been meaning to post about this, but getting distracted as usual. Patch Together is doing a "paint a biting pear" contest!

Much like Floxy the fox, their mascot, they want to do more pears, in a variety of designs, which means they're running an ongoing paint-a-pear contest--do a design, win prizes, get your pear design produced, etc. The prize for winning entries is $100 cash, $100 store credit, and a case of pear figurines--not too shabby!  (Look on the main page, in the paint-Floxy banny on the lower right--it scrolls over to the paint-a-pear contest after a few seconds.)

You can download a pear template here.

The Biting Pear is now available in plush form! For a mere $15 plus shipping, you, too, can have a 12" plush pear! (He's almost the size of a throw pillow. Very chic.)

Available from Patchtogether.com: [link]

Hey, guys--the webisode for my latest children's book, Dragonbreath: Curse of the Were-Wiener is up!

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Check it out!

(My publisher gets these made. This one's actually really good!)

Okay, since I had multiple people asking about all three pieces...assemblage auctions on e-bay!

Azul Shrine: [link]

Fish Story: [link]

Mannequin: [link]

I just want to say a specific thanks to all the people who are writing in to say they saw my Capricorn poster in libraries--it was the "Make Waves" poster for the CSLP Summer Reading program. It's been enormously gratifying to hear about the poster showing up so many places across the country--makes me feel like the world is very cozy. And also that libraries are clearly thriving!

Alas, I cannot tell you where to order them--the stuff can only be ordered by program members, so if you're looking to get one, I'd talk to your librarian. (Mind you, they sent me a box of swag, so I may have to set up a couple of give-away thingies myself, but I don't think I have any extras of the big posters, I fear.)

Thank you, everybody!