New Commenting System!!!

Yaaaay, I've added a new commenting system, powered by IntenseDebate. Now I'm actually able to reply to your comments! Unfortunately, all the previous comments will no longer show on the page, but I still have record of them in my ComicCMS admin panel. So comment away! I'm really excited that the commenting system is now more interactive!

Just letting y'all know

I really really really appreciate it when you guys post comments on my new pages! I *wish* CMS had a script so I could actually *reply* to comments. Hopefully this is something that might come along in a future update... But meanwhile, please know that I'm reading the comments, and that they mean a ton to me and help me stay motivated to continue!!!

New Voting Incentives for TopWebComics

I added voting incentives for TopWebComics.com. For those of you who don't know, you just go to the site and vote for the comic. There's a link at the bottom of every page of DOTU, or you can just follow the link below. You don't have to sign up for the website or anything. Please visit and vote for me! You can vote for as many comics as you want, and you can vote for each comic once a day. It's very easy.

Vote vote vote!

This week's voting incentive: if you vote for my comic, you get to see a cute photo of Shango, who of course was the inspiration behind Annie. I miss Shango! :(

Woohoo, Card Deck!

I got my first shipment of card decks in today! Which means that anyone else who ordered early on will probably get their soon too. I'm really happy with the print quality; I actually think the art looks better on the printed cards than it did on my computer screen, which is a relief. I ordered five decks, one for playing, one to keep, and three to sell locally.

Now I suddenly feel the urge to design more card decks! I've been wanting to do a parrot species card deck for awhile...

But anyway, here are some photos of the new card deck in action, as well as the game rules! (btw, the deck can also be used as a standard card deck.)


Puuuuurdy...


The full deck


Player 1 has an awesome hand!


Rules!

YOU CAN BUY THE CARD DECK HERE!

In case you missed it...

The first two pages were added to the site on Monday! And a new image was also added to the gallery. Go look! ;)

I made the announcement just about everywhere except here. ;)

DotU Prints are Now Available!

I've been using imagekind to sell my prints for awhile now, and they're a great company. My top selling print is a commission of Adam Lambert that I did a couple of years ago, but I'd love for some of my original work to overtake it.

I've added a handful of new images for Demon of the Underground to my gallery, and they're now available for purchase. There are three promo images and a portrait of Annie. Enjoy!

BikesBikesBikes... and East Sphere Peeps

So what have I been up to in the many many days since the end of Nanomango? Eh... working. And inking/coloring pages. I'm still holding off on releasing the finished pages until 7/11 for my website and 7/18 everywhere else, but that can't stop me from posting other junk here!

I've completed 65 penciled pages so far, and in the next batch of pages I'll be drawing, I'll have to address the question of transportation for people underground. The answer? Because of the narrow passages down there, everyone rides motorcycles. Or at least, everyone who's lucky enough to have a vehicle has a motorcycle. (Pogo, you're gonna have to hitch a ride on the back of Samsid's! ;)

So here's a bunch of bike designs for the various spheres and people in them.



Oh, and a little sketch of Samsid's crew, which Pogo has the joy of meeting in Chapter 1, part 3! From left to right:
--Merritt - senior officer, formerly from the North Sphere. He was captured in battle by the East, and it's only thanks to Troy arguing on his behalf that Samsid didn't kill him.
--Jackal - a fighter, usually working under Jordana. He's kind of a psycho and doesn't always follow orders.
--Samsid/Pogo - We already know them!
--Jordana - junior officer, who I presume to be the most careless person in Samsid's military judging by the number of scars she has. ^_^ She's freshly promoted after being a fighter for a few years.
Troy - general. We met him for a brief moment in Chapter 1, Part 2. He's a douche. He wants to be --Samsid's second in command, or better yet, a king.
--Littlehands - a fighter, usually working under Merritt. He's a very formidable fighter, and he also loves knitting and embroidery.

Nanomango Complete!

And I have 30 new pages of DotU penciled! It's a good thing I built up a buffer early on, because I barely had time to draw during this last week, what with my big meeting at work, staying extra hours, and getting stuck in crazy traffic because of stuff like trucks being on fire.

But am I stopping now that the month is over? No way! It's ink and color time! I gotta do something to keep my mind off of the current drama at work...

Have I mentioned that DotU is heavily influenced by my experiences at working in a corporate environment?

And the website is open!

Go take a look! ;)

Nanomango - Almost There!

I've completed the last of my 30 pages for Nanomango; I just need to clean up the last five of them, scan them in, and unleash them on the nets! I have a feeling, though, that "cleaning up" will actually end up meaning redoing several panels. But that's all right!

I'm excited for tomorrow, which is the official launch of DemonoftheUnderground.com! This whole month, it's been difficult to think about anything other than this project. I was up until maybe 4am yesterday inking another page because I couldn't sleep. I love that Nanomango has gotten me to plow through such a vast amount of story in a short time; it keeps me motivated knowing that the story is moving along.

Oh, for those of you who don't know, Nanomango is a challenge to draw 30 comic pages in 30 days. This is my fourth time participating, and it looks like I'll be 4 for 4. I alternate between Demon of the Underground and Ludwig the Rock, my other comic project.

All right, that's it for now. Off to fix up the rest of the website!