I Hate November Page 1

by Trae Dorn on November 1, 2011 at 12:00 am

Again, for those who missed Monday’s update, for the month of November, UnCONventional will be featuring the storyline “I Hate November,” which is a departure from the strip’s normal con humor. The comic will run five days a week during this storyline as well.

For those who weren’t looking for something serious, I’m sorry — and rest assured, normal hijinks resume December 1st.

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(Facebook User) commented...

10/31/2011 - 23:16

So we finally get to see Lynn's backstory. I'm looking forward to this. :)

Traegorn commented...

10/31/2011 - 23:41

The extreme cliff notes version over the next couple of days, yeah. I originally was going to go much deeper, but I figured three pages of monologuing was already pretty high. :P

Traegorn commented...

10/31/2011 - 23:43

(Also, Chapter 3 is going to involve a lot of flashbacking, so the non serious parts of her back story will get fleshed out then too.)

Nick Izumi commented...

11/1/2011 - 1:25

I'm really looking forward to this story Trae. Having a character deal with alcoholism is a weighty topic that I feel very strongly about and I'm looking forward to seeing the characters in a more serious light.

(Facebook User) commented...

11/1/2011 - 1:46

Hey, it's the Eau Claire UU! I only recognize it because I got married through them.

Having had quite a number of relatives, including a few very close ones, deal with alcoholism, 6 years is quite a feat. Few alcoholics I knew made it past 6 weeks.

To the 'certain times of year' thing, mine is around April. I've never been addicted to anything other than caffeine (to which I am severely addicted) but psychological trauma definitely recurs in seasons. Thanks for adding a piece of reality in, Trae.

That said, is it definitely alcoholism here? I didn't note an explicit mention of what her addiction was.

Traegorn commented...

11/1/2011 - 5:44

It's not alcoholism - apparently everyone's forgotten that Lynn goes to NA (Narcotics Anonymous) meetings.

Lynn doesn't drink, true, but alcohol wasn't her problem.

(Facebook User) commented...

11/1/2011 - 16:44

Aha, I thought there were some assumptions being made. Narcotics versus alcohol share a lot of similarities, but a lot of differences as well. I know much less about narcotic abuse.

(Facebook User) commented...

11/4/2011 - 7:54

I really wouldn't be opposed to seeing this kind of content more often. Hijinks are fun and all but a little seriousness is good as well. Very nice trae

Patreoning for the Patreon

2 June 2025 - Traegorn

So a lot of you know that I have a Patreon. If you didn't, uh... you do now? I originally launched it for my comics, but it kind of transitioned to being mostly focused on my Witchcraft podcast years ago -- because that's where I had extra content I could give folks -- but it's overall just for "me" in general.

Anyways.

My goal for the last year has been to increase the "value" for Patreon patrons, with all paid tiers getting access to a copy of Super Awesome Action Heroes, and the five dollar and ten dollar tiers getting access to my novels (at different times -- the five dollar tier patrons get them on a year delay).

For a while I had been doing Patreon exclusive "vlogs," but those didn't last just because I literally ran out of things to say in them. I mean, I'm boring. The only eventful stuff in my life is the eventful stuff happening to all of us right now. Back in April, I think I came up with something fun that I've now done two months in a row.

And that's record reaction videos to episodes of The Pagan Invasion.

You see, for the April episode of BS-Free Witchcraft I did an episode on the structure of Satanic Panic propaganda, and used the first episode of 1991's The Pagan Invasion as the example to illustrate my points. For that episode I needed to, obviously, rewatch that first episode for research.

Rather than just watch it in private though, I recorded my rewatch as a commentary and reaction video and posted it as a Patreon exclusive video. And even though the podcast has moved on from the topic, folks asked me to react to episode two... so I did that last week. I fully intend to review the whole series on my Patreon now, and each one of my videos ends up being like two hours long. I don't know if I'll get a chance to do one every month, but I plan to get through the whole series.

Honestly I'm not sure why I didn't think of doing something like this before.

So yeah, we're doing fun stuff there. Oh, also, before I forget to say something -- July is the annual Q&A episode of BS-Free Witchcraft, and I need listener questions. If you have something you want me to respond to on the show, just send it in via the show's contact form by July 11th 2025.

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