Hi Maaria! I'm so stoked that you're updating Phantomland again, it's one of my favourite webcomics! Iirc you've published a physical Finnish version before, but I'm just curious if there's ever a physical English version being sold anywhere? Or if you ever plan to publish one in the future? Cos I just have a massive need for holding angry Jon in my hand 🤲
Thank you so much for reading!! 🙏
Currently the only print version is the Swedish edition. Scoring a North American publisher sounds awesome on paper but there might be obstacles... mainly that my work is a passion project and above all else I must have 100% control over it (thankfully my Swedish publisher have been cool about this).
My nightmare scenario is a publisher marketing the comic for teens (which they tend to do) and then forcing me to tone it down. That wouldn't fly because I want this story to mature and escalate over time. I want to include sex stuff.
But yeah... that said it's still a comic that's optimized for printing and I'd also love to hold the English edition in my hands someday. That's a special kind of joy. For now it's best that I focus on drawing though. It's a long-ass project and the pages won't finish themselves.
Fingers crossed though!!
(before someone suggests self-publishing: no. That is an enormous pain in the ass)