Hiya, folks. After months of working hard, I started experiencing the symptoms of burnout. I was feeling depressed and overwhelmed. When I tried to push through work, I ended up catching a small cold. I decided I needed a break. Unfortunately, I've never been too good about keeping a buffer prepared, so that means it's going to take a bit until Slightly Damned resumes updating.

It's my goal to resume updating the comic by November 16. I'll do my best, but we'll see what con crud has to say about it. I want to see the story continue, too!

I'll be going to my very first Furpocalypse in Stamford, Connecticut (Oct 31 - Nov 4, 2024)! If you're in New England and are able, please drop by and say hello! I'll have all my convention wares with me as well as copies of Slightly Damned Book Three.

(Speaking of Book Three, I was told that the warehouse was scheduled to be finished with kitting as of the end of last week. Shipping to Kickstarter backers should commence shortly.)

Upcoming 2025 conventions:

• Further Confusion - San Jose, CA (Jan 16-20)

• VancouFur - Vancouver, British Columbia (March 6-9)

• Confuzzled - Birmingham, United Kingdom (May 23-27)

Last, but certainly not least: did you notice that the Slightly Damned website has been given a slight facelift? Thanks to the hard work of Kiri from Hiveworks, not only have the menus been updated, but the Slightly Damned website can now support tags and transcripts! I'll be reaching out for volunteers to help transcribe the comic in the near future. There's over 1,000 pages to transcribe and tag... but I think the effort will be worth it to make the comic more accessible!

In the meantime, you can see that some fan translations of Slightly Damned are starting to be added, too. Right now we have volunteers hard at work on Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Czech, French, Spanish, and Polish! If you are interested in helping to translate Slightly Damned into your native language, then please contact me by emailing me at chu@raizap.com. Please keep in mind that this is unpaid volunteer work that requires enough understanding of image editing software to insert text into blank word balloons (blank pages will be provided).

Thanks as always for your patience and support!

Chu

Hi, everyone! I have some news I'd like to share!

You can now subscribe to me on Ko-Fi for the same benefits as Patreon!

Due to Patreon recently announcing that they were going to force certain updates on its userbase, I decided it would be a good idea to mirror my exclusive digital content to Ko-Fi. Now you can choose between platforms because they both have the same perks: behind-the-scenes goodies, high res image, advanced comic pages, online store discount, vote in polls-- the works!

If you already support me on Patreon--thanks!-- and you don't wish to change, you don't have to. But I invite you to compare the prices of the fees each platform charges, because I want the best deal for all of us!

I couldn't do what I do without everyone's support. Thank you so much!

I am looking for fan translators to volunteer to translate Slightly Damned into other languages!

Due to my contract with Hiveworks, only translations hosted on sdamned.com are allowed. I am finally ready to do this for fan translations! I apologize that it's taken me this long to get the ball rolling on this one.

I've started uploading Slightly Damned in Czech thanks to the efforts of a volunteer: https://www.sdamned.com/czech/

Basic image editing skills are required. However, I will provide the blank comics with their words erased, so all you have to do is fill them in. For more information, please email me at chu@raizap.com!

The Slightly Damned website is also being updated to support tags and transcripts. I may need some help transcribing the massive 1,000+ page archive...

Lastly, I'm going to be a dealer at Another Furry Con in Ontario, California! I was fortunate enough to get off the waitlist and I'm excited to see how this new convention's first year goes.

That's all for now! Stay cool out there!
Chu

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Upcoming In-Person Events:

Megaplex

Aug 30 - Sept 1 // Orlando, FL

Another Furry Con

September 27 - 29 // Ontario, CA

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Support:

• Slightly Damned and my other projects are supported by generous patrons on Patreon! Depending on the amount pledged, you can suggest ideas for illustrations and see exclusive art! http://patreon.com/raizap
• I sell stickers, t-shirts, plush dolls, pins, and more on my Storenvy! https://chu.storenvy.com/
• If you're looking for Slightly Damned posters and books, please check out Slightly Damned's shop on Hivemill! https://hivemill.com/collections/slightly-damned
  

Community:

• I stream 3x a week on Twitch! http://twitch.tv/hyenachu I stream art on Tuesday & Thursday, and video games on Sunday. Come hang out with me and the regulars; we'd love to meet you!
  
• There are Slightly Damned communities made and run by fans on both
  
  Discord https://discord.gg/pyVrJz7
  
  and Telegram https://t.me/SlightlyDamned 
  
  If you know of any more and would like to share, just let me know via email or DM on social media!

Find me elsewhere:

• Despite everything, I am still using X-Twitter for the time being: @sdamned
• I am also on Bluesky as chu @ raizap.com
  
• I maintain several art sites with mirrored content!: deviantArt // FurAffinity // tumblr // Telegram
  
• My Youtube channel is where you can find archives of old video game streams and illustration time-lapses.