All right, after at least a month of pencils and discussions and friggin' bad weather keeping me out of Lansing, Redtooth is finally in inks!
Redtooth (in case you don't know) is a comic project I'm working on with Jay Jacot over at Comics Obscura - Comics Obscura being a group of local artists in the Lansing area who have come together to create an anthology publication of their work, titled - get ready - Comics Obscura. Each issue of the anthology features four or five of our artists, working on issues in rotations, so as to avoid any undue overwork. So far we have three issues out, and the fourth issue is in the works.
Unfortunately, the fourth issue has been having some...deadline problems. Suffice to say we at Comics Obscura are a fairly far-flung group, and thus organization is not one of our strong points (I know Jay will back me up on this). We've been working to remedy this situation. As of this moment, we expect the fourth issue to wrap up by mid-February. Thus, with a little patience, all things shall come to pass.
Jay and myself, however, are not patient people. In fact, we are squirrels-on-amphetamines when it comes to creating comics. Thus we have decided to begin a side project to the main anthology, titled, Comics Obscura: Split Decisions. Not only does it sound cool, but it will look cool, too: you read the story on one side, flip the 'zine over, and read the story on the other side (Unless you're none too bright, at which point you read the issue from cover to cover and wonder why half the story was upside-down).
Enter Redtooth. I'm doing the art, and Jay is doing the dialogue. The story is about a boy who has grown up with a pack of Deinonychus in a primeval valley, and must bring the various conflicting dinosaur factions together to defeat an enemy threatening the valley from the outside. The "Redtooth" refers to the quasi-divine Tyrannosaur who founded the valley thousands of years ago. Along the way, our human hero - named Haiyah - will have to dodge the murderous intent of his 'raptor "Brothers", put up with a shifty-eyed Troodon sidekick, and avoid being eaten or trampled on by the denizens of the valley.
In other words, AWESOME.
So bringing it back around to the beginning, we have just finished the final finagling over the pencils, and now it is time for the inking to commence. I have to admit I'm a little nervous, but I think it will work out just fine.
Expect Comics Obscura: Split Decisions out in April '09. If you can't wait till then, try playing football with a beer your hand and a dripping three-inch steak clenched in your teeth while dodging around exploding land mines while a band plays The Star Spangled Banner in the background. That may at least take the edge off your need for an "awesome"-fix before the first ish comes out.
Rick Out.
Redtooth (in case you don't know) is a comic project I'm working on with Jay Jacot over at Comics Obscura - Comics Obscura being a group of local artists in the Lansing area who have come together to create an anthology publication of their work, titled - get ready - Comics Obscura. Each issue of the anthology features four or five of our artists, working on issues in rotations, so as to avoid any undue overwork. So far we have three issues out, and the fourth issue is in the works.
Unfortunately, the fourth issue has been having some...deadline problems. Suffice to say we at Comics Obscura are a fairly far-flung group, and thus organization is not one of our strong points (I know Jay will back me up on this). We've been working to remedy this situation. As of this moment, we expect the fourth issue to wrap up by mid-February. Thus, with a little patience, all things shall come to pass.
Jay and myself, however, are not patient people. In fact, we are squirrels-on-amphetamines when it comes to creating comics. Thus we have decided to begin a side project to the main anthology, titled, Comics Obscura: Split Decisions. Not only does it sound cool, but it will look cool, too: you read the story on one side, flip the 'zine over, and read the story on the other side (Unless you're none too bright, at which point you read the issue from cover to cover and wonder why half the story was upside-down).
Enter Redtooth. I'm doing the art, and Jay is doing the dialogue. The story is about a boy who has grown up with a pack of Deinonychus in a primeval valley, and must bring the various conflicting dinosaur factions together to defeat an enemy threatening the valley from the outside. The "Redtooth" refers to the quasi-divine Tyrannosaur who founded the valley thousands of years ago. Along the way, our human hero - named Haiyah - will have to dodge the murderous intent of his 'raptor "Brothers", put up with a shifty-eyed Troodon sidekick, and avoid being eaten or trampled on by the denizens of the valley.
In other words, AWESOME.
So bringing it back around to the beginning, we have just finished the final finagling over the pencils, and now it is time for the inking to commence. I have to admit I'm a little nervous, but I think it will work out just fine.
Expect Comics Obscura: Split Decisions out in April '09. If you can't wait till then, try playing football with a beer your hand and a dripping three-inch steak clenched in your teeth while dodging around exploding land mines while a band plays The Star Spangled Banner in the background. That may at least take the edge off your need for an "awesome"-fix before the first ish comes out.
Rick Out.
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