Slowly Making Progress

Well now that Wondercon is behind me, I am pressing on to try and finnish #3 ASAP. I have been loosely giving myself until October. I feel that I will finish much sooner than that, but at least I will have it in hand for APE. Hoping too to have our Steampunk Anthology #2 done by then as well. Here are a few tidbits from #3. A few inks.

WONDERCON was a BLAST!

Wondercon was a BLAST! and I would like to thank everyone who stopped by the table to chat. And a most humble and appreciative Thank you Thank you Thank you to all those who bought my books! I hope that you enjoy them and I promise to get busy right away on finishing #3.

Over the course of the weekend, I had many stimulating conversations with individuals, several centering on the fact that in public schools, art programs are disappearing. one valiant woman, post retirement age, is trying to stick it out and battle her local bay area school boards for the meager programs that they have. the room that she has to teach is not even equipped with a sink! Crayons, Recycled paper, pens paper & glue, the meager supplies that she does have are donated of provided by the parents and a few well meaning individuals. She is afraid to retire because there is no one else to continue the fight. She knows with here leaving there would be no art programs at all.

Perhaps there is some way in which we all can help by being aware of the plight of the arts in the schools. An artless society is an empty society. It's like opening our own chest to sell our hearts for the meat. we home school our sons so I can assure you it is an artistically rich environment. Perhaps that is the way our hearts can be saved by ensuring that we as individuals and families make place every day to enrich our lives through the arts.

APE is in October! 1st & 2nd. I do hope to see you there! We should have #3 ready by then. Take care and thanks again for READING!!! :o)

WonderCon 2011 April 2nd-4th

Well it is official folks! I will be debuting Ouwangalaymah! to the world at this years WonderCon 2011 in San Francisco Ca.

I'll have black & white

"economy" versions of issues #1 &#2, for $2.99

and Larger Magazine size full color copies of both with a sketch inside for $5.50 ea.

Plus a surprise or two.

Please come by also to learn more about the illopond.com I'll have some info for those who are interested in joining our online collaborative group. And (Hopefully) I will have copies of our latest collaboration 8 a SteamPunk Anthology. We are gonna be right down to the wire on this one. Hopefully we will have a fun and productive Con. Hope to line up a few interviews too along the way to que up for proposed illopond podcasts. more on that latter. So in you are in the Bay area and attending WonderCon, please come say hello!

Diving into #3

They say the best way to get something done is to do it! When you find yourself on a creative roll you have to maintain the momentum. Stop for a breath, but don't let the irons cool. So here I go, head long into #3. For all intents and purposes, it looks like this will be a four issue comic, so I'm half way there. My goal is to finnish All of Ouwangalaymah by October. I am seriously thinking of getting a table at APE, and having this as a single volume by then would be SWEET!

I think a strong, kid friendly title will have a good chance. I'm hoping too that perhaps at Wondercon this year I will be able to find a Publisher willing to take it on. That will depend though on what kind of deal I can find. Hope you like the cover for #3. This one is going to be the Cliff Hanger!

Files are in!

I just finished uploading the files for issue #2. I hope to have it up and available on http://indyplanet.com within the next week or so. And just reminder to everyone,

Ouwangalaymah! #1 is available for download as a PDF through The Illustrated Section

for only .99¢ there are also some coloring pages available for free so be sure to check it out!

Available Soon at theillustratedsection.com

Hello everyone! just a quick post to let you know what's on the horizon. Dani Jones of http://DaniDraws.com/ and @DaniDraws on Twitter, and a half billion other web presences is putting together a web site called The illustrated section. It will allow all the iPad, iphone, ipodtouch totting public as well as all Kindles, Nooks, & other ebook readers coming out on the market, to access and purchase independently produced comics like Ouwangalaymah! It will be available via PDF format on all of these! The first issue has already been transmitted to Dani, and as soon as the sight is up and running, I hope that you will help spread the word! If all goes well the site should be live by the end of the month! There will be some free coloring pages & things available too so please be sure to check it out!

Ahead of Schedule !!!

Ouwangalaymah! Part Duh, is ahead of schedule!!!

That's right, I'll have the second issue ready before the end of the year. One page left to color, one more to pencil and ink. Thought you might like a sneak peak.

four new pages over the weekend

Well if I keep it up at this pace, Ouwangalaymah part 2 will be finished on time. I hope to find table space at Wondercon in April to premier book 2 along with our "8, A Kids Anthology"

the Steampunk Anthology and of coarse book one. Hope you enjoy the four pages Finished this weekend!

page 13 done!

With the eight page prolog finished for the Anthology ,It's back to work on Ouwangalaymah! 2.

Finished this yesterday and got the inks& basic color down for page 14. Hope to have book two finished by Feb. At any rate, progress is being made!

It's official!!! Woo Hoo!!!

It is official Everyone! Ouwangalaymah #1 is up for sale at http://indyplanet.com

Woo Hoo! http://indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4273