Month: April 2024

For a limited time, I’m offering The Tom the Dancing Bug Reader, a pdf sampler of 22 Tom the Dancing Bug comics from 2003-2024, for FREE. For anyone and everyone.

To get your pdf, simply enter your email address in the form below, press the Contact Us button, and you’ll get download instructions in a while. (The Name and Message fields are not necessary.)

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You will also be enrolled to get the Tom the Dancing Bug Review newsletter, a (free) weekly email by, of, and about all things Tom the Dancing Bug.

E-Z, fun, and free!

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APRIL 19 UPDATE: I’ve retired the form for obtaining the free Tom the Dancing Bug Reader pdf.

You can still get the free pdf by going to this week’s Tom the Dancing Bug Review newsletter (4/19/24) and getting the pdf link, which should be good until April 25. (Subscribe to the newsletter to find out about other offers in the future!)

After that, The Tom the Dancing Bug Reader will only be available in the Tom the Dancing Bug shop ($5), along with other Tom the Dancing Bug pdf books available for purchase.

Of course, for Tom the Dancing Bug physical books, go the Tom the Dancing Bug Store, and peruse The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug collection.

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It’s the team that literally makes it possible for Tom the Dancing Bug to exist in this world.

And we want YOU as a member!  Every week, you’ll get an email with that week’s Tom the Dancing Bug AT LEAST A DAY BEFORE IT’S PUBLISHED ANYWHERE ONLINE.  Plus exclusive commentary, insights, process pics, extra comics, jokes, puzzles, recipes, and all benefits accruing.

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I’m offering for sale signed, numbered prints of another comic: “Generation Gaps.” Prints will be 9 inches by 12 inches.

“Generation Gaps” was published the week of August 28, and was voted the #1 Tom the Dancing Bug comic of 2023.

Again, to make this manageable for me, I’m selling only twenty of these right now, and they will be signed, dated and numbered individually A1/20 through A20/20.

I will also personalize the signature to any name you wish: If so, put the name in the field “NAME YOU WANT PRINT TO BE SIGNED TO (IF ANY).” If not, you can leave that field blank.

The last time I sold signed, numbered prints (which was also the first time), they sold out in less than a day, so if you’re interested, you should act fast.

I’m not sure if I can limit quantities on PayPal, so I’ll shut the link down when 20 have been sold. But I may not catch it in time, so if you order after the 20 limit has been reached, I’ll refund all money to you.

$99.99 (plus $10 s/h). U.S. addresses only.

Purchase your print here 👇

UPDATE 4/3/24: I’m suspending sales until Friday morning. There are only a few left, and I want to give subscribers to The Tom the Dancing Bug Review, which is sent out Friday mornings, a chance to be notified of the sale.

UPDATE 4/5/24: Offer has resumed.

UPDATE 4/5/24: Sold out! Thank you, everyone!