09/15/2025
(Best viewed via link) Someone is celebrating a Birthday today!
Our fine artist, Julie Simack Is celebrating her birthday today (09/15/2025)! YAY!
So, to help with her celebrate, we are offering a 30% OFF coupon that can be used for a total store purchase. Coupon code JULIEBDAY is good to use until 09/22/25 with no spending or quantity limit. Just add the code after filling your cart at checkout in our store (https://ink-feathers-store.square.site/) .
Spend $5.00, get 30% off. Spend $100, get 30% off. Buy one item, get 30% off. Buy 20 items, get 30%. See where we're going with this?
A pop up coupon for one week only in our store (https://ink-feathers-store.square.site/) where you can also pay for your items in installments. Payday not coming until the end of the week or next week? Coveting that special one of a kind piece but a little short? Sign up for AFTERPAY and pay for your items on installment plan with no interest!
Anything purchased on our site, Ink and Feathers Comics Direct (https://ink-feathers-store.square.site/) , can be paid pay in four (4) interest free payments using Afterpay. Afterpay allows you to buy what you want today, with the flexibility to pay in four installments over the next six weeks. Setting up an account is easy, you’ll get an instant approval decision at checkout, and there are no interest payments or fees when you pay on time!
Any and all our items, from books, prints, and original art, are available for you to use this payment option. The next time you shop with us, try Afterpay. Perfect for getting those books and art pieces without having to pay immediately. You won't have to wait until pay day!
Fans have inquired about Afterpay and the hassle of having to remember to make payments. This is not an issue. Their system reminds you in advance via text and emails when the payment is coming up and it's set on AUTO PAY.
"What if I don't have the funds the week the payment is coming due?" You can go into their app or your account with them and CHANGE the payment method to another method OR account. It's super easy and allows you to get the items you want or need today! Try it out!
New pieces from the
Garden of Julie R Simack.
Our Julie has been busy cranking out new pieces in anticipation of our next events! Some callie lilies and a new sunflower piece plus a new Harley Quinn! A stunning Red Rose round canvas has also been added.
Visit IF Comics Direct Online for shop (https://ink-feathers-store.square.site/s/shop?page=1&limit=120&sort_by=created_date&sort_order=desc) !
Teddy bear fans are STILL uniting!
20th anniversary edition of The Teddy Bear Conspiracies is 34% of the way funded! Getting closer to that goal!
Still waiting to Pledge? How about a SECRET REWARD for FANS ONLY?
Just a couple of weeks left reserve your copy of The Teddy Bear Conspiracies by Myke Feinman on Kickstarter. For newsletter followers and social media followers, visit this SECRET SPECIAL LINK in celebration of Julie's Bitrthday:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ifcomics/the-teddy-bear-conspiracies-25-anniverary-edition?secret_reward_token=6b49f130
This link will allow you to reserve your copy for only $20! This link is specific to TRUE Ink and Feathers Comics fans and YOU are the only ones that have access to this link. Shhhhhhhh......
If you reserve this special offer, you will have the option of choosing the retail edition OR the SPECIAL NOIR EDITION that is NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO ORDER! Included with each book will be a special hand drawn artist card by Anthony Feinman! Each will be a unique one of a kind rendered in pen and ink plus hand colored!
The time to pledge is now! Backing this project helps increase it's visibility on Kickstarter's algorithm showing it to more folks that may be interested that are not aware of it's existence.
Remember, you can pledge now with no charge until the end of the campaign. Backers will only be charged if we meet our pledge goal. No risk to you IF we can't get funded. BUT, we hope you will take the time to come on board and help support our one of a kind unique book!
Reviews
"Best book about alien teddy bears from outer space"
- Jim Ridings
"Enjoyable travel into combined world of history, fantasy and science fiction..."
- Terry Weaver, Amazon Review
New cover and layouts have been re-designed specifically for this edition. PLUS, for the first time ever, 80% of photos from the original edition will be in FULL COLOR! Fans have ALREADY been asking about a HARD COVER EDITION.
Want to see this become a hard cover? Then tell all your friends to Sign up today (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ifcomics/the-teddy-bear-conspiracies-25-anniverary-edition?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=the%20teddy%20bear%20conspiracies&total_hits=1) so we can make this a cooler version to help celebrate this release!
In person events are happening in September!
Don't miss out on our next upcoming events!
Come see us in Charleston, IL on September 27, 2025!
Anthony and Julie are going to visit Julie's alma mater, EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY for their Annual Comic Fest! Julie is SUPER excited to head back to her old stomping grounds and share what she has been doing for the past 28 years since her graduating!
This event is FREE and open to the public and takes place in BOOTH LIBRARY. The first 200 attendees get a FREE complimentary tote bag full of goodies!
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Visit their landing page for details on events, costume contests and panels at: Eastern Comic Fest (https://thekeep.eiu.edu/eiu_comic_fest/) . See you all there! More events coming soon!
Next event on the docket is FAME in Joliet, Illinois!
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Ink and Feathers Staff will be participating in the first ever FAME event in Joliet, IL. FAME (Fandom Art and Music Expo) will be open to the public from 10 am to 4 (vendors 9 to 5) Admission will be FREE TO THE PUBLIC with parking in the Ottawa Street parking deck. Hope to see everyone there!
Maine West Fine Arts Boosters will host their 2nd annual Comic Con, Warrior-Con, on Saturday November 22, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Warrior Con is family-friendly and open to all ages. An admission fee will be charged at the door. All entry proceeds support the Maine West Fine Arts Boosters. Parking can be found in the back of the school off of Oakton Street and visitors can enter through the bus concourse.
Don't like cluttering shelves with books, Read our comics on
Global Comix today!
We are slowing digitizing our library for the whole world to access. Global Comix is making that happen for indie comics with their library expanding daily with comic creators uploading their content from around the world. Ink and Feathers Comics has joined in! Watch the video below to get an idea of how our comics look!
You can also view the pages from our books as their appear in print layout instead of panel to panel though this site. We think it's nice to always have the option for our fans. Visit our main page to keep track of uploads and new releases at:
Ink and Feathers Comics on Global Comix (https://globalcomix.com/a/ink-and-feathers-comics)
Indie comics as well as mainstream comics (DC Comics, Image, Dark Horse, TKO, ONI, Vault, ect.) are available to view on this platform.
Thank you for supporting our small business!
Without you, we wouldn't be able to do the things we enjoy:
Making fantastic art and telling great stories for you! See ya next time!
-Anthony, Julie, Myke and Cathy
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