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Archive for ‘January, 2010’
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Hi, Folks!
I’m hard at work on episodes 33 and 34, and they are brutal! Well, to be exact, the subject matter is brutal, the drawing of it has been a real joy.
So much happens in this scene that Benita and decided that there would be an aftermath issue to establish who lived, who died, and the current status quo. The only constant in Spire City is change, after all.
I noticed today that www.comicsxp.com has all ten published issues of Johnny Saturn available in digital download format, so be sure to go there and look over their fine selection of available comics.
These days I’ve grown used to not having a comic buffer. A buffer is when you have comics lined up for future publication, giving you some breathing room. I haven’t been able to pull that off in a long time, unfortunately. I’m OK with it, though, because it gives the comic a sense of immediate freshness to me.
Last year we more than tripled our readership. We hope to do the same again in 2010. That readership means everything to us, because we support the comic through book and digital sales, and more readers equal more sales.
I’m not ready to announce Johnny Saturn on the Amazon Kindle yet, but soon… I downloaded the publishing guide, so it’s coming quick. My mom has a Kindle, and I am very impressed with it. I wouldn’t mind having one of them myself, one of these days.
Well, that’s enough for this post.
Be Good! Scott.
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Hi, Folks!
For those who haven’t read episode 34 of book eleven, “Sploot” is apparently the sound made when someone’s head explodes. For reasons unknown, many people around me find “Sploot” humorous, and it became the favored word at a party Benita and I attended Friday night. Sploot!
For those keeping track, here is the death and injury list so far in the current, ongoing scene:
- Captain Barometer: Concussed, maybe dead, or heavily injured.
- Dr. Somnambulism: Dead. Sploot!
- Hyperspace: Most likely dead or in a coma.
- Hypodermic Man: Unconscious
- Iron Claw: Stabbed through the abdomen, dead or critically injured.
- Johnny Saturn: Arm, hip, ribs, or spine broken, not yet apparent which.
- Lacerator: Face badly disfigured, knocked unconscious.
- Quadrophonic: Dead.
- Titanium Tom: Massive concussion, potential death or brain damage.
- Ultrasonic: Dead. Sploot!
For the Iron Brigade, Skorn and Alaric are still standing.
For the Squadron Premiere, Utopian, Torch Song, Gauge, and Triops are still standing.
At the moment I would say the battle has fallen in favor of the heroes, since they have four members still standing, while the Iron Brigade has two.
There are a lot of factor that can play into how this ends, not the least of which is a ship full of B-Level villains that could reenter the fray, or, perhaps even Tactical. (Tactical is very weak, but remember, he wears a powered exoskeleton! Such a suit might well be able to offer him mobility.)
Scott.
PS: To my knowledge, no one has noticed that Skorn’s tatoos have apparantly vanished in episode 34–OOOPS! Benita and I both missed it until after it was published.
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For those of you interested in a semi-humorous recap of what has happened so far in this battle, feel free to check out the Miscellaneous Musings, the “Sploot” Edition. It won’t make you a better person or broaden you horizons, but it might clarify a few things.
Scott.
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