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Derek Landy
@dereklandy.bsky.social
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Aw, thank you! There’s a vague plan in place to showcase other artists, but essentially I have to come up with a GENIUS level idea for it to work…
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
-- so hopefully something soon will catch your eye and you can nod and go "Okay, now THIS I like!"

That's a huge motivator, for me — knowing there are folks like you out there, just WAITING for something to fall in love with.

We're going to do our very best for you, Shaddy— and that IS a promise.
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I just have to sit down and devote some time and energy to it, design it, and send it off to our artists. This is all done by a very small group of people, so apologies if the merch store doesn't meet your expectations. I'm trying to find cool ways to do things--
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Basically, I got so tired of seeing readers being ripped off by shoddy knockoffs that I decided to get something official going. What we can do is limited, but we're trying our best, and we do have some cool ideas for new things.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The merch isn't a moneymaking project. The price for each thing goes to pay the manufacturer and the shipper, with enough left over to pay the artist to draw the next thing. The merch is there for the readers, not so I make a profit.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Second of all, I'd love merch with some original artwork from Matt Taylor! I would LOVE it! That would be AWESOME!

But Matt Taylor is the cover artist that the publisher pays, not a merch artist that I pay. If we got Matt to do artwork for merch, the cost for each item would skyrocket!
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Hiya Shaddy... First of all, it wasn't a promise. A promise is different. This was a query, and a call for votes and suggestions for possible merch that would be wholly dependant on my time. if I don't have time to oversee it, I won't do it. Easy as that.
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Perfect! Here's a billionty Pepsi tokens to make that ad!
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Pepsi missed a trick this year — could have positioned themselves as the new Christmas cola...
November 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
That makes me indescribably happy. Thank you.
November 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Goodness…!
October 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Oh DEAR LORD this is amazing
October 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
In which case
October 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It is HUGE!
October 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM