Superchum's Rookie Card? 

Greetings 'Chum Fans! It's been a long time since I used that phrase on the regular. But a ton of new things have been happening.

First up, gaze in awe and excitement at the Superchum Rookie Card:

I just got these printed up at Ka-Blam Printing. This is a fun piece of nostalgia for me. It's design is based on the classic 1984 Topps set - which consistently gets mentioned as one of the better designed baseball card sets of all-time. I have a lot of good memories wrapped up in that set and baseball cards of that time period in general. So since Superchum is a part of my history, I wanted to cement that connection with a fun little item that gives a nod to my own childhood.

If you'll remember, I mentioned I was working on a new Superchum project. The first new work in a decade. Things have begun to steamroll since.

The trading card here is a special giveaway that will be added for people who order the first new Superchum comic printed since 2008! It's called the Re-Mix comic and it celebrates the 23rd Anniversary of Superchum. It's 48-pages, and collects most of the Superchum work of the aughts. It also previews my other comic, Spacejacked. It will cost $5.99. It's at the printer's right now. I plan to debut it and start taking orders for it in the middle of October, just in time for the Christmas rush!

This comic and trading card are just the beginning. I am making progress on the aforementioned children's book. The manuscript is written and being edited. The layout and sketches are being made. It's all about making friends online and the dangers people face with trolls and bots. With how terrible social media can make people feel, Superchum and the Mighty Befrienders are here to turn the tables on that and bring positive chumliness to the world!

The biggest change here is the art style. I'm really embracing the cartoon elements of my craft. And drawing Superchum for a much wider audience including the young readers. It's been a fun, and very freeing experience. I'm really excited about the direction being taken.

And that excitement has paid off in the biggest way possible: A NEW REGULAR Superchum Comic Strip! Here's the test page I put together in my proposal:

This is going to run once a month in a new hyperlocal news website that I am a part of, TAPinto Lower Merion. This site is local news for one small and very friendly suburb of Philadelphia. My company has expanded from Center City to this area and I'm helping get this news site off the ground. We officially launch on October 8. My time in the area has already shown me that the towns of Lower Merion are like the idyllic "Suburbs" of Superchum lore. So Superchum and the Befrienders are going to move to Wynnewood, so to speak!

So here's a checklist of all the new Superchum things coming out:

• Trading Card - comes free when you order the new Remix Comic.
  
• The new Remix Comic - 48 page double sized spectacular collecting all of the Superchum adventures of the last decade.
  
• Children's Book - Superchum tackles the world of Social Media and teaches us all how important chumliness is to the internet.
  
• New Regular Superchum Comic Strip - Debuting in October, all-new, full color, Superchum content!