22nd Feb 2023, 4:32 PM
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Jocelyn
22nd Feb 2023, 4:32 PM
After no less than one million years (it's true, I counted), Rain Volume 6 is finally out and available for purchase!
Find Volume 6 here - https://www.lulu.com/shop/jocelyn-samara-didomenick/rain-volume-6/paperback/product-pv88ny.html
Find all the individual books here - https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/LittleLynn84
Volume 6 is the longest book to date, and covers chapters 34 through 38. It also features two bonus chapters this time: one at the beginning to lead into everything else, and one at the end to cap it off. I worked very hard on this, and I hope you'll enjoy it. ^_^
And as luck would have it, Lulu is hosting a sale right now! Use the coupon code BOOKIT15 at checkout to get 15% off of this and any other books you buy (like Volumes 1-5 if you still need them) from now through Friday!
Find Volume 6 here - https://www.lulu.com/shop/jocelyn-samara-didomenick/rain-volume-6/paperback/product-pv88ny.html
Find all the individual books here - https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/LittleLynn84
Volume 6 is the longest book to date, and covers chapters 34 through 38. It also features two bonus chapters this time: one at the beginning to lead into everything else, and one at the end to cap it off. I worked very hard on this, and I hope you'll enjoy it. ^_^
And as luck would have it, Lulu is hosting a sale right now! Use the coupon code BOOKIT15 at checkout to get 15% off of this and any other books you buy (like Volumes 1-5 if you still need them) from now through Friday!
Jocelyn
22nd Feb 2023, 5:22 PM
(Also, yes, Lulu rated it 18+ for some reason. No, I don't know why. There is absolutely nothing explicit in this book. It's as PG-13 as everything else before it. I'll try to get this fixed anyway, but unless it causes problems preventing people from buying it, it's a somewhat low priority for me right now.)
User comments:
Volume 1 came out before I legally changed my name so it's listed different, and Lulu's search engine is a big rigid.
You can find Volume 1 here - https://www.lulu.com/shop/jocelyn-didomenick/rain-volume-1/paperback/product-1ynnm84e.html
Or all of the books on one page here - https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/LittleLynn84
Thank you!
Thank you!
Also, 34-38? Does this mean another volume or two?
What a wonderful story, thank you so much for all the work you put in to it.
Still yay, new book!
I'm an American citizen. I fled America last year due to everything going on. It just seems very unsafe. I'm in Germany right now, as an asylum-seeker. My biggest cause of stress is that the bureaucrats here, like so many other people around me, will think that America is a very safe place for us trans people, and therefore will deport me back. I came so very close to becoming another name on the list. This extreme measure was my alternative.
Reading this comic, even with all the deep lows it has, is very comforting. Rain (at least by page 762) is surrounded by wonderful people. They're all helping each other deal with the difficult and painful situations they're all in. It makes me so happy to see these kids be there for each other, and learning about things that I never got to learn when I was young. Had I truly understood the concept of "non-binary" as a thing, maybe I would have been able to accept what I am and start transitioning way earlier. I only even finally understood the difference between sex and gender in my late 20's, if not early 30's (currently 37). It pleases me so much that youth today are learning about this concept much more now. But it also tears me apart that things are almost more dangerous than ever.
I weep for the people I left behind, that I felt unsafe in America but so many of my LGBT siblings are fighting the war I am not strong enough to fight, myself. But to end on a positive note, I feel *so much* safer and happier here in Germany than I ever did in America. And this comic, through my investment in it, is definitely contributing to that. So, thank you. Thank you so very much. Vielen Dank.
I started my transition very late in life. (on HRT for almost 2 years now and I am 49) and I wish I had something as wonderful as this earlier in my life to help explain all the subtleties of gender and gender identity.
Thank you so very much for an amazing story and for providing an amazing way to explain it all to younger LGBTQIA+ folks out there who are questioning things and wanting help. I will be buying all the volumes as soon as possible for my collection as well as to share with my two adorable nieces if they wish to read them.
Super!
Thankyou so much for this.
If you ever feel down about not getting things done, just remember this blank page:
https://rain.thecomicseries.com/comics/1498
You've achieved so much!
Loving My Impossible Soulmate, too.
Of course, now I'm impatiently waiting for vol. 7! Maybe by Christmas?
So I've been rereading Volume 6 (and sometimes earlier ones) the way a small child will request their favorite bedtime story over and over, as something reliable with a happy ending and comforting in a challenging time. It's a difficult time for me (even though I've never doubted that transition and SRS were the right thing), and I just want to read about friendships and people caring about and for one another, which Vol 6 in particular has a lot of, especially chapter H.
tl;dr: thank you, Jocelyn, for Vol 6 and for the whole comic series.
thank you so much for doing such a fantastic job.
now just one to go.
Jocelyn, can I please ask who the two leftmost-to-us people in the banner are?
After my second full read of the comic, I really expected that the next time I decided to go through it all again, it'd be (at least partly) in the form of the physical books. I still really want to own them at some point. Unfortunately, that's not really in the cards right now because life's kinda been rough lately in the financial sense. But I don't need to get into that.
I don't have much productive to say other than that I truly don't think I'll ever tire of these characters. I love them all so much, and I'm eager for every bit of them I get to see in the future. (Especially when I finally get to read the bonus chapters some day; that'll be a real treat.💕) And while I know you've got a million other projects in your backlog, and you're only one woman -- I hope your pride and love for this story will keep you coming back to it every so often, too, Lynn. Partially for selfish reasons, but also partially because I love seeing a creator thrive and revel in the great works they've created. And make no mistake: *Rain* IS a great work. Truly.
Anyway, I'll spare the full waterworks this time. You've heard from me more than enough at this point, lol. But thank you again, now and always.💜