This has been something I've been going back and forth on for a while and finally made my decision on it.

"The Otherkind" is now available as a digital download for FREE on my website.

Why do this now, after all this time? Because frankly, it's always what I wanted to do. The only thing I really want from "The Otherkind" is for people to read it. Money is totally awesome... But the important part for me is that it's something that people can read and enjoy.

I kept on trying to convince myself I needed to charge for the digital download because I wanted to be "professional". I still do want to be professional, but I don't want to be a douche and go against my personal feelings.

I decided to finally do this after listening to an interview my brother gave last night. His band has all of their albums available as digital downloads for free, have a vinyl for purchase and then they also have merch. They feel that people are going to try things out and if they like it, they're going to buy it.

And it's really the same thing with comics. I mean, yeah... You can read the story in digital form, but there's a whole different feeling holding it in your hands. That's the whole reason I got it printed in the first place. It made it real. And I'm sure other comic readers feel the same. It's all well and good to read something on your computer, but if you like it, you want to OWN it.

I could lie and say it's all about just the free exchange of art... But that's bullshit. I'm not exactly making a lot of sales. A lot of people are hesitant about spending cash on something they know almost nothing about. But they might be more willing to part with their money if they know what they're getting into. So in the long run, I think this is better. Because they're still the matter of simply reading vs having the actual, physical comic.

This is the really, really long way of saying you can now download the first two comics HERE.

Issue #2 will be ready to ship most likely next week. So please... Read it, if you like it, buy the print version. If you don't.... Well, I hope to do better next time. And if you do like it and you don't buy it, then you'll make me cry BLACK EMO TEARS and that's just unpleasant for everyone.

I won't be putting The Otherkind up on dA, just because it would take me a crapload of time to put up. Sorry guys, gotta go get the PDF to read it. But I will update in journal when the new issues go up.

EDIT: Issue #2 is printed and in my hot little hands. I still can't ship it until next week (since it's a Friday and all), but it'll be available for order before the end of the night.