Calling It a Victory!

Okay this is the last update about all the projects that needed to get done by SPACE.  What's done is done and what's not is not.  I'm calling it a victory.

11/19/11 – Lump of Coal #5- Art Due 4 page Randolf the Run-down Reindeer strip ( DONE!)

1/15/12- Oh,Comics! #20 “Air” Art Due 4 page B-Valve strip. (DONE!) I had to change directions on the media. I originally intended this to be painted but after starting the first two pages things were not working out the way I expected. Plus with all the layering I needed to do it was never going to get done. I was finished on 2/11/12 almost a month after the deadline I set. Fortunately I still have pleanty of time to get the book together for SPACE. Oh,Comics! #20 looks pretty good. Got a lot of great strips from all the contributor. Above is my finished page 2. For a peek at the cover and a list of contributors go to http://backporchcomics.com/premierecomicsp2.htm  Got these back from the printer last week!!!

1/15/12 A Bowl Full of Happiness (The Sea Monkey anthology for the Hero Intiative) 1 page strip. (DONE!)

2/15/12 Magic Bullet #4- One page strip. This is kind of tentative but I've been thinking of doing something with George, Abe, Tom and Teddy. (Decided not to try and hit this one).

2/25/12- SPACE Anthology 2012 – 2 page Vugz strip. (DONE!) I got the books back from the printer this week and they look great. Check over at http://www.backporchcomics.com/space.htm

3/31/12- Untitled #8 Art Due 1-4 page Entropy Alley strip (This didn't happen this year. My fault I've missed alot of time with the Art Explorer Post this year.)

3/31/12 -Bunny Blues/ Leaves #6 28-30+ page finale (15 pages completed.) I had to call this one.  It looked like another 10 or 11 pages to go and there just wasn't time to finish it.

Alternate project-  Vugz Fragments-Since I didn't get BB/L #6 done I wasn't going to have a new minicomic for SPACE this year so I decided to collect all the Vugz strips I did in Oh,Comics! and the SPACE Anthology the last few years.  The Oh,Comics! strips have never been published in color and the SPACE Anthology strips have never been printed so I collected them all and printed them in color.  The strip for this years SPACE Anthology was colored with markers instead of the paint I intended so  I could hit the schedule.  I had extra time to work on it after SA12 was on the way to the printeres so I have included  a re-mix of that strip in Fragments. I was also able to sort the strips in the correct sequence so the over all story is starting to make a little more sense.  There is still a lot of fill in story which will be produced in one way or another after BB/L #6 is done.  Fragments is in production at the printer and should be back in time for SPACE.

Hope to see everybody at SPACE in a few weeks!

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Drawing Update!

It's been a month and a half since I reported any progress here.  Until this weekend I thought I was sunk but with a few changes in direction I think I'm back on track to get most of my planned comics done on time for SPACE.

11/19/11 – Lump of Coal #5- Art Due 4 page Randolf the Run-down Reindeer strip ( DONE!)

1/15/12- Oh,Comics! #20 “Air” Art Due 4 page B-Valve strip. (DONE!)  I had to change directions on the media.  I originally intended this to be painted but after starting the first two pages things were not working out the way I expected.  Plus with all the layering I needed to do it was never going to get done. I was finished on 2/11/12 almost a month after the deadline I set. Fortunately I still have pleanty of time to get the book together for SPACE. Oh,Comics! #20  looks pretty good.  Got a lot of great strips from all the contributor. Above is my finished page 2.  For a peek at the cover and a list of contributors go to http://backporchcomics.com/premierecomicsp2.htm

1/15/12  A Bowl Full of Happiness (The Sea Monkey anthology for the Hero Intiative) 1 page strip.  (DONE!)

2/15/12 (New Project) Magic Bullet #4- One page strip. This is kind of tentative but I've been thinking of doing something with George, Abe, Tom and Teddy. (Decided not to try and hit this one.)

2/25/12- SPACE Anthology 2012 – 2 page Vugz strip. (Two pages penciled and inked and 1 page colored. Should wrap it this week in time for the dead line.)

3/31/12- Untitled #8 Art Due 1-4 page Entropy Alley strip (Nothing yet. I'm not sure this will happen now.  I haven't seen any work from the Explorer Post students.  My fault I've missed alot of time with them this year)

3/31/12 -Bunny Blues/ Leaves #6 28-30+ page finale (12 pages completed, the 13th page pencilled so far and I think I have the idea for the cover. I need to finsh blocking out the story so I can figure out if I'm going to make it or not. I also decided to do a little rewrite of the last scene.)


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Project Update

Here's another quick review of progress on my projects.

11/19/11 – Lump of Coal #5- Art Due 4 page Randolf the Run-down Reindeer strip ( DONE!)

1/15/12 (new deadline)- Oh,Comics! #20 “Air” Art Due 4 page B-Valve strip. 2 pages penciled and 1 inked.  The finals will all be painted.  Even though Oh,Comics! will be in b&w I'm producing this strip in color for future inclusion on the web site. Pencils of page 2 above. 

1/15/12 (New Project) A Bowl Full of Happiness (The Sea Monkey anthology for the Hero Intiative) 1 page strip.  Plotted but no drawing yet.

2/15/12 (New Project) Magic Bullet #4- One page strip. This is kind of tentative but I've been thinking of doing something with George, Abe, Tom and Teddy.

2/25/12- SPACE Anthology 2012 –Art Due 1-4 page Vugz strip (Nothing yet)

3/31/12- Untitled #8 Art Due 1-4 page Entropy Alley strip (Nothing yet)

3/31/12 -Bunny Blues/ Leaves #6 28-30+ page finale (12 pages completed so far and I think I have the idea for the cover.) 

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Drawing Progress Update

Here's another quick review of progress on my projects.

11/19/11 – Lump of Coal #5- Art Due 4 page Randolf the Run-down Reindeer strip ( DONE!)

1/15/12 (new deadline)- Oh,Comics! #20 “Air” Art Due 1-4 page B-Valve strip (moved the deadline and starting work on the new strip B-Valve.  More on that later.)

2/25/12- SPACE Anthology 2012 –Art Due 1-4 page Vugz strip (Nothing yet)

3/31/12- Untitled #8 Art Due 1-4 page Entropy Alley strip (Nothing yet)

3/31/12 -Bunny Blues/ Leaves #6 28-30+ page finale (11 pages completed so far and I think I have the idea for the cover.)  (Pages 10 & 11 of the original art are on display at the Kafe Kerouac until about 12/9/11.)

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Progress?

Here's a quick review of progress on my projects.

11/4/11- Oh,Comics! #20 “Air” Art Due 1-4 page Bunny Blues strip (I'm moving the deadline for Oh,Comics! to about mid-January and probably changing the subject of my strip.  I came up with a new idea I'd like to explore.  More on that later.)

11/19/11 – Lump of Coal #5- Art Due 1-4 page Randolf the Run-down Reindeer strip  ( I need to get this moving.)

2/25/12- SPACE Anthology 2012 –Art Due 1-4 page Vugz strip (Nothing yet)

3/31/12- Untitled #8 Art Due 1-4 page Entropy Alley strip (Nothing yet)

3/31/12 -Bunny Blues/ Leaves #6 28-30+ page finale (11 pages completed so far and I think I have the idea for the cover.)

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New Eyes!

Here's the first completed page of Bunny Blues / Leaves #6 since my catarack surgery.  Everything went great.  Art really hasn't improved.  Maybe when I get my new bifocals in a month.

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Drawing Schedule

As you can see in the article below I didn't get alot done for SPACE 2011 so I got started early and set up a drawing schedule.  I was at  a more than a page a week clip when I got slowed down for catarack surgery.  Both eyes are done know and doing great.  Below are my projects for the year and my schedule all leading up to SPACE 2012.

11/4/11- Oh,Comics! #20 “Air” Art Due 1-4 page Bunny Blues strip

11/19/11 – Lump of Coal #5- Art Due 1-4 page Randolf the Run-down Reindeer strip

2/25/12- SPACE Anthology 2012 –Art Due 1-4 page Vugz strip

3/31/12- Untitled #8 Art Due 1-4 page Entropy Alley strip

3/31/12 -Bunny Blues/ Leaves #6 28-30+ page finale (5 pages completed so far.)


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