Black leather book with red spine stitching and a metal clasp, photo taken in front of a venetian flag.

Marble paper at the front of the leatherbound book, a warm pattern of dark greens and maroons and browns.

the front page of the leatherbound veneziad in front of a venetian flag

The interior of the Veneziad, the start of book one, taken in front of a Venetian flag.

As mentioned on the OSPod today, the folks at @wraithmarked.bsky.social had an extra book-interior on hand, so they sent me a custom leather-bound Veneziad, exquisitely made by a team-member's mom who does bookbinding. An absolutely gorgeous one-of-one.

Next up, the rest of the books!
-B

OSPod Episode 142: Tragic Monsters, The Veneziad, and Special Guest Dominic Noble! | Overly Sarcastic Podcast | Episode 142 Taking a brake from covering for Reginald, it's Dominic Noble! Plus! Tragic (hot) monsters, the woes of publishing, and Gollum's penchant for natural selection. This time on the Overly Sarcastic Podca...

On this episode of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast: We're joined by our friend @dominicnoble.bsky.social to make the horrifying realization that Gollum is causing a Mass Elven Extinction Event.

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-B

2.7.14 - Aurora that could be anybody

did I just hear a "whoosh"?

comicaurora.com/aurora/2-7-14/

basically the point of Columbo having "scruffy energy" is not that he is necessarily *messy* or *untidy* (although that is an easy way to visually reinforce that aspect), it is that he is a human terrier nipping at the heels of privilege, and terriers are, by definition, scruffy little buggers

we all know I have no life, so:

Thank you all so much for tuning in and raising another $1.7K for UNICEF! We got the first ending of the game and are making headway towards the true ending, and Wolf was shockingly well-behaved pretty much the whole time! -R

Overly Sarcastic Productions 5 likes. "ARE YA WINNING, SON? (Red plays Hades, part 5!)"

Guess who finally found the Schedule Stream button? Tune in in about an hour for a return to Hades - and hopefully an escape or two! -R

www.youtube.com/live/sEdtFZA...

ooh, nice
i love this series so much too

There are TWO DAYS LEFT to submit your preorder receipt for some delicious stickers! (disclaimer: deliciousness of stickers cannot be verified)

Raul Julia was a gift to humanity. He always gave his all.

bluesky please add polls so I can do bad movie nights again pleeeeease -R

2.7.12 - Aurora thank you chapter 5 for giving me ten million hours of practice in underwater scenes

wheeeeeeee

comicaurora.com/aurora/2-7-12/

I love when there is, every so often, news that is good

What a huge victory for trans rights!

When you have both science and love on your side, you win 🧬 💖

B: I will be honest that I don't know who #1 is R: Akira R: well actually it's Tetsuo from Akira B: John Bikeslide from Akira R: that's Kaneda from Akira R: thid is John HorrifyingFleshMass from Akira

ooh now I can share this behind the scenes convo where I was pitching thumbnails to Blue -R

Trope Talk: Tragic Monster YouTube video by Overly Sarcastic Productions

Good morning to everyone but these poor bastards -R

youtu.be/pF8VFRd1IIM?...

Red as Zagreus pointing a gun at the camera.

In my attempt to delete an accidental repost, I deleted the main post instead. Thank you bluesky. But I can't deprive you guys of this amazing artwork so it's back from the dead! -R

A sticker sheet showing Tynan, Tess, and two versions of Dainix

THE AURORA VOLUME 2 PREORDER INCENTIVE IS NOW AVAILABLE!! BUT ✨ONLY UNTIL APRIL 20TH!✨

Submit your preorder receipt HERE to get this sticker sheet: site.andrewsmcmeel.com/aurora-vol-2...

(Final version may look slightly different than this mockup I think but don't quote me)

On this episode of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast: baby Aquamarine's first words set off new-parent Blue's fight or flight response.

(The OSPodcast is available on all podcast platforms!)
-B

1887 anatomical diagram of two women’s torsos, one a caricatured exaggeration of what a corseted woman is shaped like, with internal organs horrifically squeezed or enlarged and in the wrong places, the other a reasonably realistic drawing of an uncorseted woman with her organs in place. If it needs to be said, this is utter bull. Advertisers pushing pseudoscience to tear down rivals so they can sell their own products are an old phenomenon. Sadly, these old tales are still occasionally repeated by the credulous.

This diagram is reproduced all over fashion history and I think I've found its origin

It’s not just bogus, IT’S ADVERTISING

Out to frighten women away from rival products and towards the advertiser's “totally-not-corsets-honest"

Source: digirepo.nlm.nih.gov/ext/dw/10176...

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#FashionHistory

Found another English court dress parade float, from 1796.

The requirement that ladies at the royal court must wear huge panniers under their skirts, even as the fashionable silhouette had changed utterly, led to some boggling constructs.

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#FashionHistory

dolls with tiny objects

zoom in to see the potion bottle pouring itself

I'm back from the international minatures convention with the promised teapot and a few other exciting items - the cauldron and potion bottles are by a fellow FFXIV player who recognized my Namazu ita bag! (Convention pictures to follow, I have Many.) #kitbashlore

Doctor Suess
Had little choice;
And so he made a truce
With folks who called him "Soose".

Doctor Suess
Had little choice;
And so he made a truce
With folks who called him "Soose".

It only just occurred to me that the reason Hamlet is always depicted wearing all-black is because he is in mourning for his father.

I think I need a book on Minoan art that is more recent than 1967

2.7.8 - Aurora and the award for Most Complicated Lighting Effect In The Chapter goes to…

oh THERE'S my earth-shattering kaboom

comicaurora.com/aurora/2-7-8/

2.7.7 - Aurora I really like it when multiple characters CAN technically solve the same problem but some of them can do it with precision and others kind of have to just do their One Thing hard enough to make it blo...

will I ever stop setting chapters in environments with zero natural light sources? the world may never know. fortunately enough people glow in this comic that it hasn't been a problem thus far

comicaurora.com/aurora/2-7-7/

How I Wrote "The Veneziad" – the making of an Epic Poem YouTube video by Overly Sarcastic Productions

I wrote a book and it's (almost 😭) out! Take a look at how I made an epic poem about good old Vembis.
youtu.be/9VD17nL_0bs?...
-B