Mike Dawson

FUN TIME TIME TIME - copies are in the mail

FUN TIME, TIME, TIME - digital download

Hello friends, I hope this post finds you well and not too frazzled. I was just out running some la...

Happy Holidays! + Thoughts on being a late-mid-career cartoonist

Here's a little Holiday Card, which amuses me. I personally hate the winter, I could very much do without the short days and cold weather, but I do kind of like the End of Year look-backs that we a...

FUN TIME TIME TIME - off to the printer's

Hello everyone, just a short post to let you know that I just finished sending all of the files for December's Minicomic of the Month, FUN TIME TIME TIME, off to the printer's. 2025-12-10 17:12:54 +0000 UTC View Post

FUN TIME, TIME, TIME cover and interior sneak-peek

I don't believe I've made an official post announcing the December minicomic, though I did mention it in the "things to come" update I published around Thanksgiving. But, in case you missed it, her...

Hamilton Comic - "Middle England" Draft

All members of my Monthly Minicomic Club have likely already seen the cartoon essay I created about seeing Hamilton in 2015 (a copy of it should have arrived at your house by now!), and maybe you'v...

Cyber Monday Minis! 20% discount

Hello friends,

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. Today is Cyber Monday, and as a (very) small business owner, I want to get in on that action. Valid for just today (it expi...

Thanks! + a look ahead

Just a quick post to thank you for all the support you've given me here on Patreon, I couldn't be more grateful. In this day and age where every streaming app is its own subscription, and every cre...

"Hamilton" Download and December Comic Early Look

Hello friends,

This is a post to share the digital download of my newest November minicomic, a short cartoon essay about going to see Hamilton almost exactly ten years ago, as well as a brand...

November Mini and Sticker Going Into the Mail!

Hi friends,

Just a quick post to let everyone know, I received copies of the November minicomic back from the printer's this afternoon, so have begun putting together envelopes to send out. 2025-11-20 20:50:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Hidden Dominion Galleys!

This is exciting for me. I've worked with a number of publishers over the course of my career, never before has one produced actual physical advance reader copy galleys of a book. I got a box of ni...

"Hamilton" mini, off to the printer

Hello friends, this is just a post to let you know that I've submitted all the files for the November minicomic to the printer. This features a short cartoon essay about the musical Hamilton, speci...

"MAKE ART EVERY DAY*" November sticker

I'm pleased to share the design for this sticker, which will be included in this month's mailing for all print members of my Monthly Minicomic Club. Make Art Every Day* depicting t...

How Lucky We Are To Be Alive Right Now - Nov. Mailing Poll

Hello friends,

I am in the process of putting together my November mailing. It will i...

Monthly Minicomic Club, periodic overview

Apologies to existing members of my Monthly Minicomic Club, both digital and physical, who are already well aware of how my project functions, but Patreon has recently made some effective improveme...

"The Chamber" digital download

Good morning friends, welcome to a new week. I hope it's not a hellish one.

This morning I finished packaging up and dropping off physical copies of the October Minicomic of the Month, "The C...

"The Chamber" going into the mail

Hello friends, just a quick note to let you all know, copies of my October 'zine, "The Chamber", are going out into the mail this weekend. All print members of my Monthly Minicomic Club keep an eye...

"The Hidden Dominion of Geordie James" cover reveal

I am so excited to finally share the cover to my next book, The Hidden Dominion of Geordie James, arriving on bookshelves on May 19th of next year. I had such a blast putting this ...

The Complete Mike Dawson Comics Self-Published Media Checklist Vol. One: 1990-2025

lol, I know that in comics you can use drawings to tell the story, but I really don't like letting words go to waste...

2025-10-17 17:33:41 +0000 UTC View Post

'Zine Storage Boxes, updated designs

I want to give a massive thank-you to all the members of my Patreon who have backed my 2025-10-14 19:04:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Mike Dawson's Magnum Opus, THE CHAMBER, cover reveal

This is a post to share the cover image for October's Minicomic of the Month, Mike Dawson's Magnum Opus, The Chamber. But, real quick, my 2025-10-08 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

My first autobio comic? Thank-you Joe Matt.

As I discussed in a previous post, whilst recently digging through my collection of old 'zines to talk a...

2025-10-06 19:35:04 +0000 UTC View Post

September Minicomic digital download

I don't want to bury the lede here, the Very Good News out of my neck of the woods...

2025-09-25 13:04:53 +0000 UTC View Post

September Mailing Going Out

Sorry, I know it's been a lot from me lately, but just a quick post to let Monthly Minicomic Club members know that the September mailing is going out today. It includes a densely packed mini as we...

2025-09-23 15:09:20 +0000 UTC View Post

The 'Zine Storage Box Kickstarter is Live!

A massive THANK-YOU to the Patrons on here who have already backed my ...

2025-09-22 19:52:41 +0000 UTC View Post

Updates updates updates

Hello friends,

This is a post to let all members of the Monthly Minicomic Club know that the newest comic ought to be arriving back at my house from the printer’s by Monday or Tuesday, so w...

2025-09-21 13:00:51 +0000 UTC View Post

"Self-Publishing is a Power" - print in the works

2025-09-12 18:48:58 +0000 UTC View Post

'Zine Storage Box Kickstarter launching soon

Hello friends,

I've been putting a lot of work into building a Kickstarter campaign to fund t...

2025-09-11 17:26:50 +0000 UTC View Post

Are You Ready For Some Football??

2025-09-04 15:58:41 +0000 UTC View Post