Trev says: Powerful words. I was told them by an old friend. And when i say old I mean REALLY old. The dude was like 800. His skin looked like a shrivelled lime. Wise but not a big fan of skin care. The full quote is “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”  And it’s a great example of slippery slope syndrome.

By that I mean it’s been an entire year since I updated the story arc page. Somehow a month lead to two months, two months turned to a year and yesterday I looked and not only was the most recent story arc listed the painting arc but that kid my buddy was talking about had gone all evil and is now dressed up like some robotic goth.
Anyway as far as the Story arcs page goes we’re now up to speed. For those of you who bought chapter one of the Time Being at Supanova you can now easily find the beginning of chapter two and continue the adventure. And what an adventure it is! We’re almost at the end of chapter two and i’m having a blast. I hope you are too.

If you find anything else on the site you think needs updating drop me a line.

This arc is drawn by the talented Andrew Fulton who is currently travelling with Jen across the grand old United States (actually about now he’ll be in Toronto for TCAF). Andrew’s comic Mumblier is sometimes NSFW, sometimes strange but always beautiful and delightful. Jen and I are huge fans of both his comic and his resplendant beard. Sadly he’s not such a great mario cart player but we still love him.

Today is free comic book day. It’s a day when you can pop into your local comic shop and get more than 40 books designed especially for the day FREE! But it’s more than that. It’s an opportunity to discover comics, find your local store. Engage with comics. For the industry it’s about getting new readers. Comic buying is steadily decreasing even though there has never been a better time for comics as far as the quality of the writing and art. So please give titles you’d not usually read a look, if you see a comic a friend’s kid might like pick it up for them, get them reading!

For my part I’ll be supporting FCBD by doing sketches at All Star Comics in Melbourne between 2-3pm along with 17 other great comic creators. Here is the full list. Hope to see you there.

Sawbones began 5 years ago as Sawyer and Bones appeared as background players of a bunnified version of Poe’s the Raven.

Recently I realised that that story wasn’t on the site and went looking for it. Turns out i don’t actually have a copy on any of my computers. Technology moves so fast i’ve been through 4 of them in that time. So I used my moderate google-fu skills and found it online. Apparently nothing dies on the interwebs.

Anyway reading through the story I was struck by two things.

1. Jen’s storytelling was just as delightful 5 years ago. Reading the story with so much water under the bridge was like reading it for the first time and I loved the turns of phrase and way she balanced the horror tone with the comedic twist.

2. There was no way I could bear putting that art up online now. I don’t know a single artist who doesn’t cringe at old work and i’m no different. So over the last few weeks I’ve redrawn the comic. Tightening it up a little and adding a little more mood. I’m sure in another 5 years I’ll hate this too but it’s a start.

I do however want to aknowledge how this started so as this story progesses there’ll be a link at the bottom of the comic where you can look at the original version.

I hope you enjoy this.