No Live Sketch Show this week, folks. My week has been
filled with catching up on assignments, commissions, another major car repair and
battling the combined demons of the U.S. postal service and Western Union, who,
in turn, managed to lose my payment for one of the biggest comic conventions
I'd had planned this season, and are making me jump through hoops to cancel
that lost money order and get a full refund (long story short, I sent a NEW
payment to the con May the Postal demons cut me a break this time). So I've
neither the time nor temperament to put on a show right now. Rest assured, if I
did a show this week, it would be filled with a lot of swearing and little fun,
if any.
In other news...
BODIE TROLL
Each day it seems that I believe I've completed issue #1,
just to find out a need to reformat something or make a change here or there.
This has all been brought on by myself and my artistic obsessive compulsion,
not at all by my publishers at Red 5, who have been nothing but helpful. All
that said, I do believe that issue #1 is finally done, and should be uploaded
to Red 5's server before the end of this week.
All week I've been receiving rough sketches, semi-finished
pieces, and totally finished pieces from my artist allies, who are providing
pin-ups of my Bodie Troll characters. These drawings will be special features
in the backs of the issues, and the three I have lined up for issue #1 are
spectacular. Renowned cartoonist Rick Geary has graced my comic with a
wonderful rendition of Bodie. And my equally talented cartooning colleagues,
James Anderson and Justin Castaneda have each provided pieces that took my
breath away--to the degree that if I look at them at the same time, I risk
suffocation. I suggest you have an oxygen tank handy when you finally read this
comic, for the combined brilliance of these three may turn your lungs inside
out.
And issue #2 is well underway now, with a very fun script
and two fully illustrated pages completed. In this issue, we'll see a new side
of Bodie--MANY new sides of Bodie, in fact, and get a brief glimpse at what
makes Cholly tick.
DEAD DUCK
My web comic continues to unravel my most favorite episode,
"A Minion of Death Takes a Holiday". If you aren't already, follow
along at the link above, and be sure to take in all the trivia beneath each
post. It's the most I've ever written for a comic, and I've got a lot to say on
this one.
That about does it for this week. Thanks for checking in,
and I look forward to sharing more news with you all soon!
