While I don’t have another fake video game guide book to write about (yet), I thought I’d take the opportunity to give a spring update and reacquaint myself with this spot as the hub for all thing subhumanzoids. Despite all evidence to the contrary, I haven’t merely been resting on the laurels of my extensive online comics empire. I’ve been pretty busy, and hopefully I’ll be able to share more of my in-progress creations here over the coming weeks and months.
First off, I entered the Kadokawa World Manga Contest in March, and results will be announced sometime this month. I definitely don’t expect to win anything, but it gave me an opportunity to step out of my “drawing only weird monsters” comfort zone to draw humans and weird monsters in a short 30-ish page manga-style comic called Demon Battle Academy at 30,000 Fathoms.
Shortly after that, I finally started working on full pages for my next serialized comic, which is titled PITFIGHT PIZZAPARTY. I’ve been debating about how I run this one, but I’m leaning toward finishing the first arc before I do anything final with it. For now, you can see some in-progress (and finished!) pages over on my Instagram.
Here’s some character art:
Another thing you’ll see on Instagram now is animation! I’ve been teaching myself (with the help of online tutorials and videos) how to animate, which I conveniently do in the same app I use for comics, Clip Studio Paint EX. It’s been a lot of fun to figure out timing and how to apply other well-tread principles, and I’m currently plugging away at my first multi-cut sequence for something special I’ll reveal in the not-too-distant future.
Beyond all that, there are a few more pots on the stove; probably more than there should be if we’re being honest. I’m in the planning stage for another bigger project that will require some animation, and I have a revival of sorts in mind for Bump ’n the Knight. I will also never forget about Monster Flight, but I have about 50 pages of that to color to get up to speed with where I’m at currently. I also wrote my first novel in 2024 and am halfway through a second, but that’s a different beast entirely so we’ll see what, if anything, comes of those.
Stay tuned for more on all of the above!
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