Welcome back, cowpokes and greenhorns! (Editorial note: I’m doing this a little early.)
Today is June 1, 2021. Do you know what today is? TODAY IS THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF POISON IVY GULCH’S LAUNCH! That’s right – it was one year ago today that we launched this webcomic. Poison Ivy Gulch has gotten off to an amazing start and an incredible year. We’ve picked up a number of fans, seen a lot of traffic to the site and have finished in the TOP 500 rankings on Top Webcomics since our launch.
Quite an achievement, isn’t it?
I’ll also let you in on some secrets. Poison Ivy Gulch was NOT the original name for my creation. An early name I wanted to use was “Pig Iron Peak” (I used that for the town Ace visited in April 2021) and “Lotta and Ace”. As a nod to the Spaghetti Western, other names I considered were “Pasta Western”, “Tortellini Western” and “Lasagna Western”. Another secret: the original protagonist was NOT going to be Lotta Doler…or Ace. I had a scout called Hunter North who was going to be the hero, inspired by the Roger Bollen Western comic strip Catfish. I had to dump the character as he just wasn’t working.
So Poison Ivy Gulch is one year old now. Many webcomics out there never make it past the first year. Here is to another great year! That’s it for now.
You can email me at poisonivygulch(at)aol(dot)com or you can write snail mail to:
Poison Ivy Gulch, c/o DIFFERENT MOUSETRAP PRESS, 1100 19th Avenue N, #108, Unit J, Fargo ND 58102-2269
Be sure to vote for us on Top Webcomics and if you like my work, buy me a Ko-Fi!
Well, that’s all! See you back here in 30 days!
