A New Direction and a New Title

Kelly and I have been working on our series again. She's shown me a couple of pages, and my god, her work has taken a great leap forward. I'm truly impressed by them. And I've gotten quite picky in my old age... HA!

In related news, we no longer think ORIGINAL SIN really is the best title for the series. Yes, the series is about a fall, knowledge of good and evil, and all that, but with the new look and the rewrite, the connotations of "Original Sin" just no longer gelled with the vision for Salome Dupont.

With a lot of help (meaning I started polling my friends), we finally found the new title for the series:

AWAKEN

Wish us luck.

"CHARLIE GOLD" Now Online!

Well... almost.

The Sonata of Charlie Gold to be published here:

http://charliegold.blogspot.com/

I'm very excited about this webcomic! It's a new challenge in terms of pacing, and Elisita Gayle's work is fresh, youthful, and very eye appealing! Updates on the process of "Charlie Gold" will, of course, continue to be published here but the final product will be on the new site.

Great things are coming!

When Details Change Everything

Before Elisita Gayle turned in the title screen of THE SONATA OF CHARLIE GOLD, I had a very different backstory in mind for the teenager. I figured she'd want to assert her independence by dying her hair some wild shades, or wear lots of blacks, or something.

Then I saw in the design that this girl had eyebrow, nose, and even lip piercings. I liked the look, and it didn't start to bother me until the realization of Charlie's age set in.

Charlie is 16! 99% of all the jewelry places won't pierce minors without a guardian's permission. That started a whole ball rolling, all centered on this question: Who paid for/approved Charlie's piercings?

I answered that question, and in doing so, came up with a totally different backstory than I had originally intended. Charlie's still a teenager asserting her independence, but now the hows and whys of Charlie's young life are different than when I first conceptualized the character. It's just an example of how a detail as small as a pierced eyebrow changes everything you had planned about a character.

ORIGINAL SIN Preview!

Here are the first three pages of ORIGINAL SIN, written by me with art by Kelly Porteous!
Just as a reminder you can check out more samples, production art, character bios, and even fan art at Kelly's ORIGINAL SIN site: http://www.lunajile-studios.com/originalsin/main.html

TWILIGHT: Voices of the Dead Preview!

Here's a couple of preview pages of Robert Saunders' and my comic TWILIGHT: Voices of the Dead. I've really enjoyed writing this series. It's been an exciting ride for me, and I hope it will be for the readers as well.

THE SONATA OF CHARLIE GOLD

Coming Soon to the Internet!

THE SONATA OF CHARLIE GOLD is the story of a young violinist as she goes on the most mirthful, perilous, and heartfelt journey of her life: being a teenager.

Written by Bob Francis and drawn by Elisita Gayle in her first serious comics effort.

"Charlie Gold" is an ongoing webcomic, planned to have a bi-weekly update schedule.

ORIGINAL SIN Art Site up and running!

Kelly Porteous added an entire section dedicated to our series, ORIGINAL SIN, on her studio site. http://www.lunajile-studios.com/originalsin/

Check the site for character bios, sample pages, and yes! Even fan art!

Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo

The Calgary Expo is this weekend, and Kelly Porteous, the artist for Original Sin, has an exhibition table there! I'm absolutely excited for her and wish her the best of luck!

Fortunately for her, she doesn't have to travel!

TWILIGHT and ORIGINAL SIN Mock Covers

These are the submissions covers for my projects TWILIGHT: Voices of the Dead and ORIGINAL SIN. The artists are, respectively, Robert Saunders and Kelly Porteous. The two projects have presented unique pacing and writing challenges, and the artists have been producing fantastic work.

Searching for FLIGHT CAPTAIN HURRICANE

Scott Fisher, a British author, and I dreamed up this concept last year and started to flesh it out as a mini, but the concept has been retooled as a webcomic. Twenty screens are outlined, but now the exhaustive search for an artist has begun.

This is where I ask the tough questions, mainly dealing with the pure look of the series. Most of the time I have a firm idea of what I'm looking for, visually. And FLIGHT CAPTAIN HURRICANE isn't any different.

I just have to find the right artist.