LAST CHANCE

To get your order in for Big Guns Stupid Rednecks

TYPOS AHEAD PROBABLY! PLEASE LIKE AND COMMENT SO I KNOW I’M NOT SCREAMING INTO THE VOID. IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TO COMMENT, JUST SAY HEY..

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The Big Guns Stupid Rednecks Collected Edition is on pre-order from Source Point Press, powered by Prana!

After a string of unexplained disappearances in the southern parts of the United States, retired detective Clint searches for his white trash brother. While searching for him he ends up being abducted... by aliens! He is now in the arena for Big Guns Stupid Rednecks. Intergalactic cable’s newest hit show, which puts humans in laser gun gladiatorial combat, and his brother is the reigning champion with 27 kills!

FOC 6/29/26 On Sale 7/22/26 Lunar: 0526PP1136 Universal: PRA04260007

Or you can preorder a signed copy here:

https://www.starfightercomics.com/

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Get Your Order in!

I know it’s not Sunday.. I know I missed this past week (maybe more I can’t remember). I have been battling some really bad depression. It has been throwing me off, but I’m doing what I can to get out of it.

I write you today to tell everyone Sunday is the last day to order the Big Guns Stupid Rednecks Collected edition from your comic shop. If you haven’t gotten your order in yet please do so ASAP.

If you don’t have a comic book store to order from my friends at Star Fighter Comics have the hook up:

https://www.starfightercomics.com/

You order it from them and they will mail you a copy signed by me! I have done 15 podcasts, radio interviews, and text interviews in total to promote this. I’ve also posted over 50 different videos about it… I am so tired of promoting if I’m honest.

Today I clipped out my latest interview to post videos over the next few days. I’m going to try doing a paid boost on Tik Tok to see if that will help at all. Who knows?

I’ve said this many times before I can’t control how well it sells I can only only control how much I try and promote it. I got pull quotes and I’m really hoping it atleast sells decent. I won’t give official numbers when I have them, but I will talk about if I’m happy with the numbers or not. You know me full transparency (for better or worse).

The Depression:

I had a few events happen recently in the same period of time and it kind of caused me to spiral. When I spiral I start to have nightmares and I am not kind to myself. This can often make me feel even worse.

I’ve been trying so hard. Therapy, meds, exercise, journaling, getting outside, but man have I been out of it and miserable recently. I have no idea if anyone has noticed, but I’ve felt very odd in different socials situations and chatting with people recently.

I don’t know what to do. I keep going. Next week therapy, spravato, and an appointment to go over my meds. I’ve been leaning on audiobooks to drown the silence out.

I can’t seem to pinpoint a thing I’m really happy with in life right now. I have go things going, but this feeling I have which I’ve struggled with for years always comes back. When I get like this I honestly hate myself.

I tell myself what a piece of shit I am for being broke, struggling to keep a job, being single, ugly, fat, and anything else I can think of. This isn’t a woe is me or begging for sympathy post. I just had to get it out. Maybe it’ll make me feel better or maybe it’ll help someone not feel alone. I don’t know.

I’ve got to talk about one thing which bugged the shit out of me today. I was watching this series on Youtube called In the Stacks by Comic Book Couples Counseling. A comic creator is in the stacks at Third Eye comics they pull out comics they love and talk about them. It is such a great series.

Matt Fraction was on and he talked about several different comics and I hadn’t read or even heard of many of them.. I always prided myself in knowing a lot about comics and being well read… but in that moment I was like “Man do I even know anything about this?”

I’ve been missing my ex a lot recently. She dumped me at the beginning of the year and now doesn’t talk to me at all. Someone who dumped me and doesn’t talk to me I miss. Holy shit how pathetic that is.

I had a nightmare about her basically telling me what a piece of shit I am and how I was never good to here. Then I thought about my ex-wife…

Like it has to be me. It would be naive of me to think two long term relationships ended and it wasn’t my fault.

I’ve got to stop at this now I just keep looking at the screen feeling like a massive loser. I’ll be ok seriously I always am.

The Comments

I used to get so many comments on these and I don’t anymore. It doesn’t cost you anything. Comment your weekend plans if you are unsure of what to say.

I have so many fun things coming up in July I can’t wait for it to be here. Be excellent everyone, until next time don’t be a dick.

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Upcoming Events:

July 11th Convention Quad Con Cedar Rapids, Iowa

July 17th-19th Convention O-Con in Council Bluffs, Iowa

July 22nd Signing Day Dreams Comics and Collectables 2-4 PM in Iowa City with John Ira Thomas for the Big Guns Stupid Rednecks Collected Edition

July 27th Signing Rainbow Comics in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with Dylan Jacobson for the Big Guns Stupid Rednecks Collected Edition

August 1st Signing Mayhem Comics in Des Monies, Iowa with Carter Allen for the Big Guns Stupid Rednecks Collected Edition

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Austin Allen Hamblin is a staff writer at CBR. He has written comics for Image, Source Point Press, Cosmic Lion Productions, Orange Cone Productions, and Candle Light Press.