Where Ox and Ass are Feeding

Our friend Ted Jager (who currently lives in Thailand) sent us an email with an idea for a short comic. We thought it was pretty funny and developed this:


MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU!

Merry Axe-mas - Josh

To kick of the Christmas season, I thought I'd post the actual Guest Comic that I drew and Matt Wilson wrote for the web comic Axe Cop. It also acted as a promo for our graphic novel of Scrooge and Santa.

Streaming Show Featuring Us!

The Comic Book Club live show will be on in 15 minutes. Matt Wilson and I will be guests promoting Scrooge and Santa.

GO HERE TO LISTEN

Scrooge and Santa Website and Interview!

We now have the official Scrooge and Santa website up and running! CLICK HERE to visit.

From I'M HUGE!

I created all the visual elements and our amazing website designer somehow made it all work!

We nearly sold out of our stock of Scrooge and Santa graphic novels at the Long Beach Comic Con! There were only 5 copies left.

Tomorrow night Matt Wilson and I will be featured guests on the COMIC BOOK CLUB live show in NYC! We'll be talking about Scrooge and Santa via phone here in CA. This show is a podcast so that those of you who can't make it out to the live show can listen to it latter! CLICK HERE to checkout podcast on iTunes if you want to subscribe.

Long Beach Comic Con - Josh

I realize that I'm very late in announcing this, but Matt Wilson and I will be promoting Scrooge and Santa at the Long Beach Comic Con (10/29-31). Arcana (publisher) will have a booth (#406) where Matt and I will be part of a small team running it. We will be passing out small candy canes like these to help promote our graphic novel.

If you can come to this Con, please stop by the booth and say "HI". Love to see any of you!

(Don't forget, you can order your copy of Scrooge and Santa at Urban Collector.)

Chesterton Humor? - Josh

Been reading G.K. Chesterton's book of "What's Wrong With The World", and made a quick doodle of the old dude last night.

That lead to a short comic:

It's a reference to the to the "Dedication" in the book. It's meant to be a kind of "drop your monocle" joke, but I don't know if it's actually funny. CLICK HERE to check out the dedication and the entire book.

Here's a version without the explanation for you Chesterton Fans (Chestertonians).

Gave It A Chop

My good friend Ethan Nicholle is the co-creator (along with his kid brother) of the successful webcomic, Axe Cop. Ethan was nice enough to let me draw a guest comic for this great series. Matt Wilson wrote the comic and as a result it became a semi-promo for Scrooge and Santa. You can view our guest comic on the site by clicking on the icon below.

Ethan wrote a nice intro for our guest strip on the main page (at least while it's still up).

Place Your Orders!

OK folks! You can now actually place your orders for Scrooge and Santa!

Just go to Urban Collector and search for "Scrooge and Santa" or just CLICK HERE.

It's started!

Scrooge and Santa - Comic Con Report (Josh)

I realize that it's a bit late in announcing this, but Comic Con went well!
From what we know, at least 17 books were sold on the main floor!
For being an unknown book, by two "unknowns", without prior promotion, we are very happy with how it sold. It was at times surreal, since Matt and I sat behind a big booth (Arcana Comics) and actually signed copies of our book. We have been attending Comic Con together for the past 7 years, so it was very poetic that our first comic would be created together and premiered at the Con. (Forgot to mention that we saw our printed comic for the first time at Comic Con.) Wow, just a couple of years ago I was presenting on a panel and this year I'm "working the Floor". It seems like every I go, I get more and more "involved".

Thank you to Matthew Wilson, who put much investment into this project and who was able to make it a reality!
Thank you to Sean O'Reilly (CEO and Owner of Arcana Comics) for being willing to have this story published!
To all the friends and comrades who sought us out and bought Scrooge and Santa, and to all the complete strangers who ran across this and chose to invest in a completely new book, we give a big heartfelt THANK YOU!
And last, but certainly not least, an enormous THANK YOU to my amazing wife, Katie. Without her willingness and patience to take care of our daughter and other needs, this project would not have happened. I love you Darling!

If you (or someone you know) would like to get a copy of Scrooge and Santa, you can soon place orders through Arcana Comics in October. We will be posting news and updates throughout the Fall. In the meantime please visit the Scrooge and Santa Facebook Page.

Publishing for The Con - Josh

I realized that I never announced on our blog that the work for the graphic novel SCROOGE & SANTA is finally completed! The publisher (Arcana Comics) is working on getting the book completed in time for Comic Con (July 22-25). This year I will actually be sitting at a booth on the main floor, promoting the book! It seems that the more I attend the Con, the more I get "involved". If any of you are attending, please stop by the Arcana Comics booth #2415. Love to see any of you!

Plato Comic Booklet

A few years ago I created a presentation booklet acting as a proposal for a graphic novel, titled Plato Journey. It was drawn during my breaks at my last job using a ballpoint pen I got from a hotel. This was made before I knew anything about drawing comics and it was a good learning experience. (For Example) One thing I learned was, don't draw a comic with a ball point pen.
If you would like to check it out, you may now download a PDF version by clicking HERE.
Enjoy!

Graphic Novel Progress - Josh

If I've appeared to be unsocial to anyone these last couple of months, it's mainly because I've devoted any moment I can spare on a graphic novel project. This is the same one I mentioned in a PAST POST. It's a Christmas story that deals with Scrooge and Santa. The story was written by Matthew Wilson.

I'm about halfway through the 3rd act, so the end is almost in sight. Right now the book is in black and white and soon to be colored. A Lettrist is currently working on all the text. Here are a few page samples of my work-in-progress (the font is not final). This is my first graphic novel and comic book, so it's been a real learning experience.

Work In Progress

I'm currently working on a comic book that has a Christmas theme. Here's couple samples:

I CAN COLOR!

Last November I got to be a Lead Colorist for Doug TenNapel's latest graphic novel called One Bad Island. This means that I established the color pallet for the book so that other Colorists could use it to color the entire book. I personally colored several chunks of pages myself. It was a lot fun to work under Doug and it was great learning experience!
There are no images that I can share from this book, but there are some drawings in this video:


For those of you who don't know, Doug TenNapel (WEBSITE LINK) is the creator of Earth Worm Jim, a great collection of comic books, some cartoon shows, and a few films. His latest film project is with Hugh Jackman and his company (CLICK HERE TO READ).

Shock-A-Con - by Josh

I just got back from Comic Con '09 and had a total geek-fest!
The guys I went with somehow got a room at the new Hilton that is literally next door to the San Diego Convention Center. This year (like every year) Katie and I made a T-Shirt for the occasion:Katie and Sofie stayed home for this year's Con but she was there in spirit through the way I collected autographs. Katie came up with an idea to make a Comic Con Autograph Clock:Clock Wise - Bill Corbett (RiffTrax/MST3K-Crow), Mike Mignola (Hellboy), Steve Purcell (Sam & Max), Iain McCaig (Concept Artist-Star Wars), Gis Gimly (Illustrator), Jeff Smith (Bone comic), Bridget Jones (MST3K), Tom Fulp (The Behemoth-Castle Crashers game), Kevin Murphy (RiffTrax/MST3K-Tom Servo), Dan Paladin (Artist-The Behemoth), Doug TenNapel (Earthworm Jim/many graphic novels), Mike Nelson (MST3K-host)

I realize that I never posted about Comic Con last year ('08) but it was also a blast! Not only did Katie and Sofie join me but there was the 20th anniversary for Mystery Science Theater 3000 and I got to be on an actual Comic Con panel for the showing of short film Superpowers! Katie made an outfit for Sofie which we had our "heroes" sign.Clockwise, starting with the sleeve- Trace Beaulieu (Cinematic Titanic/MST3K-Crow/Dr. Forester), Kevin Murphy (see above), Frank Conniff (Cinematic Titanic/MST3K-TV's Frank), Rob Schrab (Scud/Robot Bastard), Bill Corbett (see above), Joel Hodgson (Cinematic Titanic/MST3K-Host), Mike Nelson (see above), Steve Purcell (see above), Dough TenNapel (see above).

Jon Barr Memory

My friend Jonathan Barr tragically passed away in 2004, but some fun memories of him remain alive. The following event took place in the summer of 2000 at the cabin of my friend Adam Snell's grandparents in Texas. Adam is the dude in the red hat and Jon is the dude in the white shirt.
Warning: the conversation you're about to read is extremely nerdy!I took some artistic license with this but I am accurately quoting Jon and he did slam into a tree after swinging away from it.
Here's to you Jon!

Tetris Break

Wile Sofie

Baby Talk

More Comic Con ’07 Starring Us!

Hi everyone, Josh here!
Sorry for not posting anything for a while.
This is kind of old news but a few months ago Ryan Agadoni shared this video with me. It’s from comic artist Rob Scrab and it covers his visit to last years Comic Con. (To read more about Rob check out my July Comic Con '07 post.) About a minute into the video, at the part where Rob is discussing the SCUD poster art with colorist Jack Grey, look in the background. You might recognize Katie, Amy (Ryan Agadoni’s wife), Frankie Franco, and myself. Katie is wearing her now iconic knitted Princess Lea cap.

Now I can finally say that I’m in a Rob Scrab video!!

Speaking of Katie’s cap, it was quite a hit and everyone kept complementing her for it. At one point while we were looking a stand a guy behind the table told Katie "Wow! Cool hat!" He then ask Katie if she we mind taking a picture with him. Katie said yes and suddenly he pulled out a small Ken size doll of himself, handed it to Katie, and took a picture! After taking back his miniature clone he said thanks and gave Katie a small button with the words "LittleGeorge.com" on it. We went to the website and found this picture!I guess that wraps up our fifteen mintues of pseudo fame!