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Southern Gothic: Chapter Five
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Southern Gothic: Chapter Five

Illumination and Night Glare

Ben Bolling
Jul 20, 2022
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Y’all–

It’s been a real doozy of a month. So I’m particularly excited to welcome you to the fifth chapter of Southern Gothic!

I don’t want to jinx anything by hyping it too much, but this is probably my favorite installment of the comic so far. Major league shout-out to my phenomenal collaborators for continuing to turn out brilliant work – and for dealing with my tomfoolery! If you haven’t already, go follow Ezequiel, Nikki, and Rafael on social media.

It’s been awesome hearing from all of you who are reading Southern Gothic! The whole team is grateful for your support. I’m particularly excited for you to see our first letters page featuring your questions and comments in chapter six next month! If you have anything you’d like to share with us write thenewfuturists@gmail.com! Remember to include “Southern Gothic” in the subject and if you’re good with your letter being included in a future letters page please indicate “OKAY TO PRINT.”

We’re also getting amped up for a big subscription push. Subscriptions allow us to tell bigger and more ambitious stories here at The New Futurists. One of the main ways we’ve grown our community of readers is through your recommendations. If you know someone who might enjoy the stories we’re telling here, we’d very much appreciate your endorsement. Pound that button below and share Southern Gothic with a spooky nerd in your life!

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Paid subscribers at any level get access to Special Agent Grant’s unredacted documents and preview art from our next chapter below the paywall. You can also download this chapter as a pdf or cbz file below.

Special teaser: you can expect an announcement about Visionary-tier subscriber benefits in the coming weeks!

We appreciate every single one of you! Enjoy chapter five and we’ll see you in the funny papers!

If you’re interested in joining Special Agent Grant in his investigation, consider a paid subscription! All sensitive documents are UNREDACTED below the paywall! And you’ll also get a sneak peek of chapter six: “The Life You Save May Be Your Own!”

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