Jan Meets the Golem!

Hi all!

Hope all is well on your end, but if not, how about a visit to Koduri?

Yes, Jan the Vagabond has had another adventure, this time in the port city of Divan, where, through a series of fateful incidents, our young barbarian meets a golem!

This one-shot takes place before the series—so Jan hasn't yet met his best friend Gertrude—and, if it looks familiar, it's my online strip (you may have seen it here, on my Substack, or on Instagram) collected into a floppy comic.

But hold on!

If physical copies aren't your thing (and I mean, I get it. There's only so much room), you can still read the strip on the aforementioned sites, OR you can watch it play on my YouTube channel for FREE.

Here are the differences between each reading availability:

Substack/Instagram/Here on my site - This is the most bare bones approach. Just the story, no frills, bells, or whistles. For the Jan purists. Pros: It's free! Cons: You'll have to navigate around to read it from start to finish.

YouTube - It's the same story as in option number 1, but I've put together a musical accompaniment for your viewing pleasure. It starts with some simple string plucking, then shifts to an acoustic guitar ditty that builds with an orchestral backing—violins, cellos, basses, violas—only to recede all the way back to simple string plucking by story's end. Pros: It's also free! Plus, it's a video, so you don't have to turn pages/scroll. Cons: I'm no conductor, and the music is only as good as I could make it.

Physical copy - The comic is the only place with NEW ART AND EXTRA STORY. That's right, the comic book has two new hand-drawn comic pages (the rest of the book is comic strip panels) that set up the strip as though it is another Jan tale being told by Randall the Troubadour. Pros: New art! Extra story! Cons: It costs $5 (plus shipping unless you live in Kansas City or come out to see me at a show).

I hope you'll check it out. I'm still trying to improve my art, but Jan, Gertrude, and all the citizens of Koduri make up my creative happy place, and I like to think it shows.

Shoot me a message if you'd like to buy a physical copy (the print run for every issue of Jan is only 50 copies, and when they're gone, they're gone!). If you check out Jan Meets the Golem online, let me know what you think!

Until next time,

A.C.