Submission.....to GOOGLE!

Today's finally the day. I just got back from the Post Office submitting the comic!
It's taken longer than I promised...It's taken longer than I had planned, but the day is here.
I could tell you what's taken me so long to submit a packet that's been ready for about a month, but anything I say would just feel like an excuse; Besides, at this point it just doesn't matter anymore.
Just let rest that at this point I have to do things that pay, rather than things that MAY pay later on down the road. If Black Rows gets accepted, I'll revisit that conviction.

On the way home from the post office, we passed the Google Earth van - and ended up harassing him for a while, so we should be on Google earth in Shelley soon, to commemorate the day I shipped off the comic. So keep your eyes out for that, 'Cause it's fun. Right?

It's amazing: I've been pretty confident with the comic. Sure it's been a learning experience, and quite hard to figure out, but I've still been confident in my story, and art work. Now that it's in the mail however, and on it's way to California to be judged, I'm suddenly a little nervous. -Not at all in my nature, I assure you.

I think every page has been better than the last, and I'm just hoping the comic doesn't look uneven from beginning to end.

Thanks again for reading everyone, Remember to help spread the word about the comic, huh?
I'll post pictures soon.

Sometimes, life get's crazy, and things you NEED to do, get in the way of what you WANT to do. I'm still working, don't worry, I'm still working hard. I just have to work on things that PAY first!

Anyway, I was trying to draw tonight (morning?) at 3am, but by head's just not in it at this moment, so instead, I decided to take things from another angle, and did this piece of promotional art.

Hope you like it. Keep an eye out for news in the near future!.

So much done, so much yet to do.

Hot dog, I am still working hard on the comic, and I have to say, these last couple pages I've finished up are definitely my favorites so far! I can't wait until you all get to see them!!
It kills me waiting to share this stuff, because I'm so excited about the project.

Speaking of which, I made a list of all the other story Ideas I have for comics, and ended up with about a Dozen, or so, so if black Rows does well, rest assured, You won't have to wait long before you get my next Comic installment.

Anyway, this was a short, and pointless post, but I just wanted to give you all an update on what's happening in the world of Black Rows.

Oh, and a special Congratulations to Nate Simpson on selling NONPLAYER to Warner Brothers. I hope they can do his story the justice it deserves.

Holy COW! The submission pack is finished! Yes, I will be submitting my comic for publishing now....The only question now, is what publisher to use. I've been thinking of going with 'Image,' but I have no clue if that's actually a good idea. All publishers apparently like to keep their pay-rates under their ridiculous looking top-hats.
Anyway, I need to submit this thing NOW, so I'd better get to making my decision.

Well either way The submission pack is all wrapped up. I've decided to go with a new Sepia-esque format.
I've really had a heck of a time with the coloring. -No surprise there, every one of my art teachers has told me that I have absolutely no grasp on color theory.

The additional advantage to going this rout is that my turn around time has been accelerated from a few days per page, to one page per day. -Pour THAT in your carb. and burn it!!

I'd like to post all five pages, and my cover up on the blog here, eventually, but in the meantime, please enjoy this image from the submission pack.

For the record, this file is titled "BR5Final3Balt3" That's "page 5 Final, the third version, variation B, 3rd alternative......I'm an indecisive perfectionist.

So, think y'all can get on board with this style?

Ranting and Rambling!

Alright, here we are The wedding's over, the Honeymoon's over, The Reception's over, and the Mrs. and I are 'ALMOST' moved in to the new diggs. So, where does that leave things now that the dust is starting to settle?

I'm under-employed at my job with SpyderWise, newly married, making no cash working on the comic, and fixing my father-in-law's truck, off-and-on for spare money.

I'm working on a new Career path, it starts with the comic, but I'm planning on it blowing up into something MUCH bigger, but in the meantime, I need to make cash to get by.

So, until the new Career comes in, I'm keeping my ear to the ground for any art jobs; Illustration, Character design, Environments, (comic work, obviously) storyboarding, graphic design, infographics, I even do pinstriping and pinups, .............pretty much anything, really.

Thanks again, Everybody!

Momentum

Alright...sorry for all the downtime, I got Married! After that, I went on my Honeymoon, moved in to my (our) new house, and have been trying to get into the routine and balance of this new married life, and all the crazy ceremonial stuff (we still have yet to have our reception).....I'm having a rocky time getting back into the swing of things with so much distraction, and without being able to commit as much time as I used to to work.....I'll get back into it, I've been trying. Trust me, This comic is CRAZY-Important to me, and I've been doing my best to keep my momentum even with all that's been going on.

In the meantime, have a page from the Comic!

(Disregard the poor quality, and watermark.)

Thanks for stickin' with me Y'all. Have a Happy Independence Day!!

I write things!

One hurdle down. I have officially finished the script for Book One!
Yes, It's polished and finished. I know that doesn't seem like a big deal, but the way I'm writing is FAR different than how most comics are written. There is far less first person dialogue, and more 3rd person narration. I also have fewer panels than most other comics.
Writing the script for the first book has taken up over 7 full pages, typed, in font size 10, That is actually A LOT of Dialogue for a 32 page comic. -The writing in the 'Cat woman' I bought earlier today probably would have filled about 3 or 4.
-not to say anything bad about Cat woman, mind you, just illustrating why I am relieved to have my first issue finished up and polished.
Of course, I am a realist, I know that over the coarse of however-long it takes me to draw this book, I will undoubtedly get altered and improved slightly; but I can say confidently, that I am satisfied with the script as it sits now.

In unrelated news, I finally managed to get my filthy hands on a copy of Nonplayer (2nd printing-Darn it) and it is BEAUTIFUL, and Very interesting. I'm crazy excited to read more.

Thanks again to it's creator, Nate Simpson, for the information regarding sizing for submiting to Image.