I think I missed a post last week; hard to say, I’ve been in semi-hibernation lately… After putting the final touches on Exemplar #1, my brain entered safe mode and put me on autopilot for a couple of weeks to
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Author: Fifth Ace
Bottom of the Deck – 2025/06/19
The updates are flowing! The train is rolling! Now we just need some passengers… Exemplar #1 is available for purchase! It’s up on my Patreon and my Ko-Fi store, $10 gets the full issue, with variant cover and 4-page backup
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Bottom of the Deck – 2025/06/12
Phew, good thing today is a blogging day, I’ve got some thoughts to pour out of my very buzzy head. First and foremost: Exemplar #1 is in the final stages of production! The art is complete, the pages are lettered,
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Bottom of the Deck – 2025/06/05
Two weeks in a row with blog posts? Is this an indication of things returning to a proper status quo? I should hope so, there’s going to be a lot of regular posting happening soon, because the Fifth Ace Comics
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Bottom of the Deck – 2025/05/29
Life update! As it’s been a couple of months, I think it’s about time. On the surface, not a whole lot has changed; I’m still unemployed, my car is still having troubles, and everything in general is still in doubt.
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Bottom of the Deck – 2025/03/24
Happy Birthday to me; 36 revolutions around the Sun and counting. I’ve stated in the past how I feel about my birthday; it’s often a mixed bag of emotions, not a lot of them really that positive, and I was
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Bottom of the Deck – 2025/03/01
Wait, it’s been how long since I did a proper blog post? Unlike some previous instances, my lack of full-length blog posts has been something that just sort of evolved organically out of doing the #gentlecomicshabit posts; with me posting
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#gentlecomicshabit – 20 minute comic
The ongoing board game saga continues; tonight’s lineup was Tiny Epic Quest, Santorini and Sushi Go! Party. It was literally down to a tie-breaker scoring in the tie-breaking third game, but I came out in second place this time. I
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#gentlecomicshabit – 19 minute comic
The weather was inhumanly warm today, and I wasn’t feeling all that up to drawing, but the work must continue: I’m going to be lettering the rest of this first issue before I do any more refinement on the artwork,
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#gentlecomicshabit – 18 minute comic
There’s only so many hours in the day that I can devote to scouring the job market before I get up in my own head; how fortunate that my habit building is paying off: I’ve been able to spend several
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