Several of you have asked us if we had a page on Facebook, and now we do! This will be yet another way for you to keep up-to-date on our comics, artwork, appearance, and contests. Speaking of which…
ANOTHER CONTEST! To celebrate the kick-off of this page, we will be giving away a comic and a custom sketch to two people this week! Saturday night we will randomly pick two winners from people who “Like” this page. It’s that easy! (If you’re really awesome, you might even suggest this page to some friends.)
UPDATE:
CONTEST WINNERS! Well, the results are in and our two winners are JOSIAH JORDAN and PAUL McKINNEY! Hope you enjoy your comics and sketches, guys! Everyone else… THANKS for your support!
The last week of the school year, several of my Cartoon Studio students chose to try drawing characters from Random Ink. It’s always a blast to see other artists’ takes on your characters, especially when they’re your students. I think they did a great job. So, Jeremiah, Amanda, Alex, Cailah, Rachel, Kevin, Jamie, and Shelby… thanks!
Here you can see pages from the third story from this issue. Dusty has been planning his Pixie Pirates story for quite a while, and this six-pager is a prologue that sets up the tale to follow. Why are they called the Pixie Pirates? Well, you will see soon enough…
The exciting thing about this issue is it is truly the first time all four of us have contributed fairly evenly to an issue! Hopefully that will be the case more often than not.
Random Ink #3 and Sketchings #3 have both been sent to the printer. You can pick one up from us at HurleyCon and Planet Comicon. The Random Ink stories will be posted to that site starting very soon. You’ll also be able to order them at the Indy Planet store… we’ll let you know when they’re available on there.
Here you can see two random pages (minus dialogue) from the longest story in Random Ink #3, “First Impressions.” It was written by Elton and me and drawn by Matt. It picks up immediately where the Sir Knight story in Random Ink #1 left off. He has been taken from the past to the future and given a mission in the present. Unfortunately, his first experience in modern day is not a peaceful one.
Matt is really coming into his own with his art on this story, kicking it up a notch in both detail and action. It’s been a blast to see his take on our characters! I know you all are going to enjoy it.
Remember, we’ll be premiering this issue at both HurleyCon (in Joplin on March 6) and Planet Comicon (in Kansas City on March 27 & 28).
So, for quite a while now I’ve been wanting to share with you what we have in the works, but I wanted to wait until things were closer to completion. Well, we’re getting pretty close now, so here goes…
We’re gearing up for our usual two conventions (HurleyCon and Planet Comicon) in March, and preparing at least two new books for release then. Random Ink #3 is going to be coming out, featuring stories by all four of us. The preview image above shows some random panels from my main story in the book, “Useless Words.” It tells the story of a man who just found out that the moon is falling to the earth and has to deal with the panic of knowing the world is about to end. This was originally made for a comics anthology that was to feature stories all set in the same situation. I’m glad it’s finally going to see print!
Also in the works is Sketchings #3, which is going to showcase quite a bit of Dusty’s artwork, as well as collaborations between him, Matt, and myself (creature jams, jam comics, and inking each other’s work). I’m coloring the cover to that right now…
Duel #2 is also being worked on by Matt and me. Look for preview pages of that (and more from Random Ink) right here real soon!
This came out of trying to challenge myself to create an entertaining one-page story. I like the idea of stories with no panels, too. Some people get confused on the dialogue order, which I’ll definitely keep in mind if I do something like this again. These two were a blast to write!
(Some of you might remember seeing an earlier version of this page quite a while ago. I went back and added some gray tones to it before posting it to Random Ink.)
This page will see print in the upcoming Random Ink #3 (more about that very soon)!
Well, the results are in, and Evil Ain’t Easy finished in fourth place on Zuda. I want to thank everyone that took the time to read it, whether you voted or not. It was great to get so much feedback on one of my comics all month. One of the best things about being in this competition was how many people supported this comic by creating fan art, participating in things like the Facebook group, or just spreading the word. You are all pretty awesome people.
In case you’re wondering, you will see Evil Ain’t Easy again. It will see print in either our Random Ink anthology or possibly its own book. And I will be posting the rest of the artwork I am doing for our contest winners right here.
Join the EAE Facebook group and check the main page often. Once a week, I will be asking an EAE trivia question in a wall post there (which will be easy to answer if you’ve read the comic). The first member to email me the correct answer will win a free commissioned drawing of the character of your choice! One winner each week!
ON TWITTER:
Just follow me on Twitter, and once a week you will also see a chance to win a commissioned drawing just by responding to a certain tweet on there!
Evil Ain’t Easy has moved up to 4th place in the competition. Thank you to all of you who have already voted! Let’s keep spreading the word… less than three weeks to go.
Hey, any of you artistic types that are on deviantArt might want to check out the Evil Ain’t Easy fan art contest I just started on there. There’s lots of great prizes, including a one-year Premium Membership to deviantArt, free prints, and commissions. Check out all the details RIGHT HERE! (If you’re not on deviantArt, it’s free to join.)
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