By |

We are so happy to announce that the short story A Job is a Job is coming out today, namely in our brand new book Once Upon a Workday!

"A Job is a Job" short story from War and Peas. "Another day breaks, you pour out of bed. Not a minute away and in creeps the dread. The gloom of the world waiting outside your door. With its deadlines, its meetings, its burdens its chores. You feel uninspired as you sit in your cube. A few minutes of joy watching cat clips on Youtube. When your colleagues ask a friendly How Do You Do? You simply say Fine but you'd like to say Blue. You say to yourself: That's the way it must be. There are duties and schedules and your kid's dentist fees. A job is a job and a job must be done. There's no time to sit around and simply have fun! So you slumpity slump your way through each day. As you gripe and you type as you labor away. No this will not do, this simply won't do. Who's running the show here? It's you, my dear, YOU! It's time to start asking what do you want to do. Plan some time for yourself, two, three hours a day. Leave your smartphone at home, just go out and play! Why did we stop playing? How silly, how wrong! To think growing up means being earnest all the day long. Remember you liked to go out and dance? And you once played guitar in that weird indie band. Or painting – whatever did happen to that. Strange how all those passions fell flat. Now a job is a job and a job must be done. But a you is a you and you must also have fun. So take a week off, one or two, six or eight! This is your mental health and that simply can't wait. Taking care of yourself is the first job of all. If you don't work at that, soon you'll have no job at all. So eat a grand meal, sing a song, learn Malay. Not just once in a while, do these things every day. Yes a job is a job and a job must be done. But taking care of yourself is job number one.

Once Upon a Workday is a collection of funny and heartfelt stories about the ups and downs of adulthood, being overworked and under-appreciated, while mustering up the resilience to keep going on your path. The six short stories will console and inspire the burnt-out professional in all of us. The beautiful hardcover is being released by Andrews McMeel – the publishing house that brought you Peanuts as well as Calvin & Hobbes.

We are incredibly proud of this book and we’re sure you’ll love it, too. It’s available wherever books are sold as well as these online platforms!

Cover Reveal of "Once Upon a Workday – Encouraging Tales of Resilience"

By |

Posing book in a street of bookstores

You hear it everywhere: The plea to pre-order a book. But why? Here are three reasons why pre-ordering a book means true support to authors and bookshops:

1. Signal to the Publisher

Strong pre-order sales send a signal to the publisher that the book might be success. The publishing house can now increase the marketing budget and adjust the print run to meet the demands.

2. Shelf it up!

As soon as bookstores see a high level of interest in a book, they take steps to position the book better. They will order more books to meet the demand and they may put the book in the window to attract even more readers.

3. Bestseller Lists

Most bestseller lists only take into account sales in the first week after the release. Pre-ordered books are also counted in this first week. And you guessed it: bestseller lists are self-fulfilling prophecies. As soon as a book makes it there, more readers buy the book and it can generate a hype.

Once Upon a Workday

Our new book “Once Upon a Workday” will be out on April 2nd and we are super excited (and nervous!) about everything. We’ve poured a lot of ourselves into these stories and are so happy to send it out into the world to you. Help us make this book a success.

the new book "Once upon a workday" from the creators of "War and Peas" will be out on April 2nd!

If you want to read more about the book and find order links, please follow this link.

But we highly recommend ordering through your local bookstore. We believe that books live and breathe in these places. Local jobs are protected and you always have a place to go when you want to dream.

The easiest way to find your local bookstore is through Google Maps but there are also specialized sites to help you.

Find your local bookstore:

Thanks for your time and long live books!

 

By |

Cover Reveal of "Once Upon a Workday – Encouraging Tales of Resilience"

Cover Reveal

It’s a big day for us! We finally get to show you the cover of our upcoming book Once Upon a Workday which will be released on April 2nd at the publishing powerhouse Andrews McMeel!

The book is different from everything we’ve done so far. It’s about the exhausting, the hopeful, the struggle and the beautiful of everday life. It’s about work-life balance, creative blocks and the overwhelming feeling of having a restless heart. While we know our way around a sleepless night pondering the uncertainty of the universe, we also know the frustration of formulating the right farewell in an email. No matter how big or small, you will find our musings on the creative’s life questions in this book.

Once Upon a Workday features the short story “A Job is a Job” that many of you loved and kept asking us about. You can preorder the book wherever books are sold and via this link list!

By |

Elizabeth Pich and Jonathan Kunz holding their comic book in Italian

Ciao! We are overjoyed to announce that our debut book “War and Peas – Funny Comics for Dirty Lovers” is now available in Italian!

The book – released by Edizioni BD – is beautifully titled “War and Peas – Fumetti spassosi per amanti scandalosi” and we can’t stop repeating this title over and over again like a mantra.

After Spanish, French and German, this is now the fourth language in which the book has been published and we are delighted with the increasing popularity in the international community.

Italian comic strip by War and Peas about a wedding

So if you have a friend who wants to learn Italian or want to give it a try yourself, you’ll find links on this page!

BACI BACI!

By |

Elizabeth Pich and Jonathan Kunz holding copies of the comic book "Salut la Terre" published by French publishing house Les Requins Marteaux

We couldn’t be happier to tell you that our new book “Salut la Terre” is out today in French!

It’s a world premier and we think this is an incredibly beautiful and funny book that everyone should read! It will be out – at some point – in English, too. So if you don’t speak French yourself and don’t know anyone to give the book to, you’ll have to be patient a little bit longer.

If you want to learn the Language of Love, this is perfect for you. It features some of your favorite characters from the War and Peas world and each comic strip is self-contained and completed. Find details and order links here.

We’re super happy that the book is nominated for the renowned Tournesol Prize!

By |


Backing us on Patreon can be the same as buying us a coffee each month. But it’s much more than that:

Your support allows us to keep working as independent cartoonists. That enables us to publish the biggest chunk of our comics for free on the internet – meaning more comics for everyone! Supporting us on Patreon helps us focus on our next passion projects, create new characters and write new books (and take that much-needed coffee break). We’re eager to continue our work for years to come, but we need your support to do so!

We’re working toward our goal of 2500 patrons!

Upon reaching this goal, we hope to be fully financially independent. That’s why we’re constantly pointing people to our Patreon. Sorry if this is annoying. But we believe most people here understand. You’re here because you love comics and supporting them ensures they won’t disappear.

Talk soon and stay silly,
Elizabeth & Jonathan

By |

French speakers to the front!

Our new book Salut la Terre is coming!

We’re excited to announce our funniest book yet! Join us on a ridiculous journey to Earth, a fabulous planet on the verge of catastrophe. We’ll meet talking trees, sassy aliens, fish with a great musical career, and one hot momma-earth. It’s funny, it’s sad, it’s thought-provoking – it’s pure War and Peas. So, if you speak French, order now!

Le BD "Salut la Terre" de War and Peas

RELEASE DATE: October 20
PRE-ORDER ON AMAZON: Link
Pre-order the book at your local bookstore, to support brick and mortar stores. The conditions are the same!

Published in French by Les Requins Marteaux, an excellent publishing house from Bordeaux. We are proud to be part of their roster of authors!

If you are sad that the comic is only available in French, give it to your friend who always bragging about their French skills – and let them read it to you. Or learn French yourself – it’s sure to impress potential mates and employers. Or just wait until an international publisher picks it up – it may only take a few months – stay tuned.

French comic of War and Peas from the Book "Salut la terre"

En cliquant sur ce lien, tu trouveras notre communauté française sur Instagram.

 

By |

Elizabeth Pich and Jonathan Kunz in the War and Peas Studio

According to Wikipedia, War and Peas is turning 12 today!

We are so happy to have made it this far … and far from stopping. War and Peas is our eternal project and this is made possible by our wonderful backers on Patreon. We are so grateful to be on this journey with you and to be able to make the world a little funnier with comics. A sincere thank you goes out to you. Our hearts are wide open.

Here’s to the next 12 years! Prost!

PS: Thanks to James Chapeskie for this congratulatory message. If you haven’t heard of him yet, this video is recommended as an introduction to this exceptional artist.

Jonathan picking Elizabeth's nose in the War and Peas studio

By |

We offer a category on Patreon called Too Weird for Public (TW4P). It features comics that we didn’t release to the wide public as they might be too weird. Every patron from every tier has access to it!

This is one of the comics we published there: THE KICK

War and Peas - The Kick - Jonathan Kunz and Elizabeth Pich

Become a patron and get access to millions of exclusive things. These are the tiers we have:

  • BEHIND THE SCENES! ($1 per month) – early, and exclusive comics & News, BTS Material
  • DISCOUNTS! ($3 per month) – All the above + 15% OFF ALL WaR AND Peas Merch from our Shop 
  • DOWNLOADS! ($5 per month) – All the above + Patreon-Exclusive art for your desktop or phone (every month)
  • LOVE LETTER! ($12.90 per month) – All the above + A Monthly physical love letter including poems, goodies and much more!

 

By |

When’s the last time you opened your mailbox and a love letter fell out into your hands? 

Now you can get one every month, from us! We’re introducing a limited new tier on Patreon: 💌 The Love Letter 💌

Love Letter Service – Goodies

The Love Letter is a monthly letter you will receive straight from our passion-plagued hands to yours. Each month, your letter will include:

  • A heartfelt note from us
  • An exclusive hologram sticker
  • Something magical (e.g. a postcard, a comic magnet, a sticker sheet)

All letters and goodies are unique and crafted especially for these letters. We are limiting our Love Letter to 100 patrons for the time being. As our patron, we’re telling you about it first, so you can get first dibs ✨✨

❤️ The very first Love Letter ships end of April 2022! ❤️

Love Letter Service – The Witchhumper Sticker

We also added an even more exclusive tier: ✨The VIP Love Letter✨

Besides everything from the above, we will emerge from out our shadowy coffins, with our pens in hand, sit down at our dusty desk and think of you. While we do, we will draw you a picture.

This is an original drawing. It will be signed and dedicated to you. Your monthly drawing is unique and it’s yours and yours alone. It will be placed in your love letter, with all other goodies and sent out to you. One day, it will surely be worth millions (think of it as a physical NFT) but we are trusting you not to sell our most valuable bequest, but instead cherish it forever.

This tier is limited to three (3) lucky souls.

Live, Laugh, Love!
Elizabeth and Jonathan

PS: In addition to your monthly love letter, you also get access to all other tiers, including weekly early comics, monthly hi-resolution art to download, print out & much more. We will also write your name on our ritual shrine using our blood.