It's been a while

I haven't posted in an insanely long time and haven't uploaded new stuff. So, here's what's been going on:

1. The company I worked for went bankrupt, so I have to stay on to get the package and then find a new job. That took a while.

2. I have been giving away my first Mini-Comic. About 19 went to various people in Bloomington, IL. Most went to total strangers. About 10 went to co-workers.

3. I'm going to my first Cincinnati Creative Society meeting this Thursday. It'll be great to meet people who DO things rather than TALK about doing things. I'll see if I can bring copies of my Mini-Comic to give away.

4. I've only drawn a little. I've been stuck in a rut but I'm trying to dig myself out. I think Thursday's meeting will help.

5. I was planning on working with some people in Bloomington, IL on a Youtube dramody (a drama/comedy). They came up with the initial idea and I came up with the characters, the premise, and a few story ideas. I also came up with the overarching story that would cover maybe 5 seasons. They SEEMED really excited. Since then I've came up with more ideas and most of the overall plot ideas for the first season. No response to any of my emails. None. See: stuck in a rut.

6. There are other personal things which I won't go into which has been dragging me down.

So, where to from here? Well, as I mentioned I am meeting with the CCS. I'm hoping they motivate me and maybe I can get some traction here for the dramody as well. I'm also trying to do other meetups and most have not been very engaging. I feel like the guy that just so happened to crash a party and "I guess it's okay he showed up". I'm still trying to find people to hang out with every now and then. I figure getting out of the house by myself and hanging out with friendly and engaging people would be beneficial in a lot of ways.

After this Friday, school's out for the summer

School ends April 22nd!  I get about a month off from school.  I'm not sure what, if anything, will be done during this time.  I have some future projects in mind (outside of the two ashcan comics I'll work on starting Jan 2012).

Choco and Cocoa Presents: Tales of Father Moose #1
Moose is Choco's brother.  I've written a seven day comic strip involving Moose but I haven't drawn it (maybe I'll put that out there).  Anyway, his birth name is Mousse, but it's pronounced Moose and he goes by that spelling.  In any case, many people don't know it, but all of the well known fairy tales and nursery rhymes involve monkeys.  To prove it, Moose is going to tell some of his favorites in their original forms.  It'll be another 12 page ashcan comic (maybe consisting of between 4-5 nursery rhymes and very short stories).

So, one more ashcan to throw on the TO-DO bucket list.  It'll come out after the first two ashcans, but I'll release a copy of the first tale on the website once I draw and ink it.  Maybe I'll eventually compile all of the ashcans (throwing in the web comic and the daily comics) and put it in a graphic novel format.  Who knows.

In any case, all of my classes end December 17th (that's the date for commencement).  After that (and after some well deserved partying and R&R and Christmas stuff) I'll start work on the ashcan comics.  Until then, I'll just be very anxious to get started.  It's been about six years that I've put this on hold.  Hopefully, these final few months won't be too agonizing.

Treehouse

This week Choco and Cocoa are building a treehouse.  How hard can that be, right?
Let's see .... step 1: plant a tree.

To see what happens next, check out this week's comic.

Power outage

I just heard that Choco and Cocoa have a power outage.  I'll post more when I hear back from them (they're looking for flashlights right now).  You'll have to bear with us as we work through this.

So what do you do to entertain yourself when so many things use electricity?  Check out the comicstrip this week to see what happens.

It's ...... Superball!

This week, Cocoa got a Superball.  But where's the cape?

Check out the comicstrip to see what happens.

Howard the Slinky

This week, Choco gets a slinky and names him Howard.

Check out the comicstrip to see what happens.

The website's new look

Stage one of the new website design is almost done.  I need to clean up the pages that have the webcomic.  However, the rest of the website is done.  I even added a new banner image which looks better than the old one.

Let me know what you think!

I'll start working on drawing some new "shorts" this weekend.