So here’s what’s been happening, finally finished Soul Plumber – the six issue mini I helped out on – issue 1, pencilled 2 pages, issue 2 layed out 12 pages, issue 3 did all layouts and half the inks, issue 4 the same, issue five mostly the same and issue 6 mostly the same. All while trying to get the war book done!
There’s a few pages to be finished they’re on John – but will check in on monday and see if he needs me to help out (deadline is the 10th, so it’s doable but tight). Last couple of days I’ve inked between two-three pages a day on it – distilling super complex stuff into simple comic books (draw the Sistene chapel! the seven headed beast of the apocalypse! A crowd of thousands watch as 11 million aliens form for horses galloping across the sky…!)
Anyway, this weekend back on to the war book! I’ve forty pages to pencil and ink in the next … uhm… 28 days? (ok that’ll slip, but I’ve already pencilled the first 12)
After that a short (8 page) war think I’ve been putting of for yonks, then the second book of the v2a thing that I did last year – forty pages of post apocalyptic mad max style shennanigans. Was meant to do this last year, but you know… things got away from me.
Nothing solid planned after that, I’m gonna miss the insane workload I’ve had the past five/six months. No time to holiday, no time to do anything but work – but at the same time, I might have time to write up this second future shock/terror tale 2000ad pitch idea I’ve mostly finished (the first one sold, and I drew it just not sure when it’ll see print)
Have high hopes for some DC work though – they seemed very happy with the work I did (and I wrangled the deadline and kept the book on schedule – even as the script was running late) so it stands my best chance of a crack at the big two. I might try and take the time to send some samples to Marvel (I’ve drawn one page of marvel material, so I’m on their books, but no-one knows me from Adam over there) and I’m pretty sure Kenneth Neimand will want to do more Chimpsky (as will I)
Anyway, normalish service will resume and we’ll see how that goes. But I surely miss all the lovely money from all the extra work…
[I’ll be cross posting this to my blog but with less insider info!]