Hey all-
Sorry I haven't been online much (aside from jumping on for a few
minutes every couple days to approve members or messages). Been real
busy with some other things, unfortunately.
Then again, on the flip side, I've been finishing up a few
commissions and working on the site. Tentative completion date for
both "By The Tail" and "Skunkworks" is the end of February, barring
any more ice storms and power failures.
The website devoted to Onika, Treska, etc., will take a bit longer,
since there are quite a few pieces which still need to be drawn for
that site. "Caterwaul" will be the last site up, since there's a
fairly large cast in that comic, and pictures have to be drawn and/or
redrawn for each character. On the upside, the new style of the
comic won't have any issues when it comes to actually printing it.
The downside is, because the pages are being drawn twice the size of
the originals, it'll probably take me 6 months to complete the damn
thing.
I've rearranged the books thusly: book one will feature the stories
from issues 1 & 2, as well as part of 3, from the original comics,
since those all pertain to one story. Volume 2 would contain issues
3, 4, and 5 from the original comics. The new stories are heavily
updated, not just in style, but also in the depth of the actual
tale. I'll post one of the pages side-by-side with a comparable
older version in the next couple weeks.
I've also been toying with the idea of collecting all my earlier
comics into one huge book (close to 200 pages). These would feature
not only all the contents of the "Collected Skunkworks" (out of print
now), but also "Ups & Downs" (all _4_ chapters, including the
previously deleted pages, as well as two other stories (I'll give you
a hint. One's about Onika and one's about Val. Something about a
foorball team, I think)...
I'm tentatively planning on going to MFM this coming August,
provided my general health hasn't deteriorated to the point where
travel is not an option. These doctors keep adjusting medications on
me, and some of it isn't doing me any favors. Fucking quacks must've
gotten their degrees through online courses. ;P Just kidding about
the doctors. They're pretty good, but the "musical pills" game is
getting old.
Other than that, stay cool. I know I will. It's supposed to drop
into the single digits tonight. I've set aside some time tomorrow to
take care of some e-mails (at last check, I had just under 1,000 in
my inbox, and about 150 of those were unread).
I'm sorely tempted to upload another BTT comic, but I reckon it'd
be best for it to debut on the site. Heh heh...
--JMH
Received on Sat Jan 27 2007 - 15:55:50 CST