Practical Defence Against Piracy has been nominated for a Will Eisner Award, in the category of “Best Digital Comic!”

This is the second time Practical Defence has been nominated for an Eisner, and continues to be an honour for which I am extremely grateful.

If you’re able to vote (and if you’re a comics industry professional, this includes you), the voting process starts here. Obviously a vote for Practical Defence would be appreciated, but I can see the competition is stiff. Congratulations to all my fellow nominees!

As ever, a heartfelt thank you to Practical Defence’s Patron Readers. Their support, encouragement, and implicit permission makes it possible to continue this work. I hope some day to be able to sing their praises from a podium on a stage!

Practical Defence Against Piracy is a work-in-progress graphic novel / webcomic. Set on a fictional Mediterranean island in the late 18th century, it is a story about growing friendships, expert swordsmanship, corrupt leadership, and terrifying pirate ships.

Read the comic from the beginning here, or follow this blog and its RSS feed for updates. As of this writing, Secret Patron Readers are seeing brand new pages from Chapter Four as they are completed. If you’d like to read ahead, support this project, and see all manner of behind-the-scenes material, consider becoming a Secret Reader!