Page #1

Here it is. Page #1. The first official post of Black Rows as a webcomic...Depending on the response, we may be moving to an actual website dedicated to the comic, but in the meantime, we'll be residing right here.

Feel free to leave comments in the comment section, and I'll do my best to reply to everyone.

What the hell is happening with BLACK ROWS?!?!? Well, if you aren't a follower on FaceBook, you should be, as I seem to update there FAR more than I do here...Anyway, the news:
I have officially been rejected by IMAGE; Normally This wouldn't bother me, I'd pick myself up and submit elsewhere, I get rejected by companies CONSTANTLY! -well to be fair, this actually doesn't bother me either. BUT, I have no interest in submitting anywhere else. I've decided to just make Black Rows a Webcomic! FREE FOR YOUR EYES!!!!

Well, now I just need to find a PLACE to put it online.....do I just put it here on the blog? Do I get a website specifically for it? These are things which are on my mind. HOWEVER, in the meantime, I have taken on a few clients who are actually paying me MONEY....yes. As always, money has to take priority. It's a good thing though, I'm doing Character concepts for a real video-game. BLAMO!

Anyway, hang in there and we'll get things sorted out soon.

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!