The Frozen Prophets Print from Zazzle.com

The Frozen Prophets Print from Zazzle.com

So ya

I need to find something interesting to post about soon. Other than what I'm doing. And if you are wondering what I am doing. I am typing this post listening to music. I'm pretty bored and I'm giving my mind and hand a break from drawing for the rest of the night.

I have however been doing some extensive research on self-publishing and self promotion for comics/manga and all that. I am thinking of kind of rolling everything I have bookmarked and read and found into a huge snowball and putting it up as a tutorial/how-to guide thing. That way there would be yet one more place to find all the same information out there. :)

I am also thinking of doing to how-to's on how the actual making of a comic/manga is done. I'm talking about the hard to find information out there. I guess I better get busy huh? I would be talking about all the stuff that I couldn't find and kind of had to find out on my own sort of thing.

If anyone has any ideas or anything they would like to see that is somewhat related to all of this (what I'm doing) feel free to let me know. (all 20 of you =P ) Well, ok I'm gonna go troll some forums and see if I can find something new on the internet.

Chapter 1 complete

I have (as the title states) completed chapter of the ongoing series The Frozen Prophets. I have decided on self publishing as my means of printing. I will be selling copies at various websites I will post links as soon as I get my own copy to ensure its quality. It will be released in monthly installments for the time being. My work schedule will not allow for more.

I am excited to get started on chapter two, and already have about a fourth of it sketched out and ready for ink. I am going to take the holiday weekend to get as far ahead as I can since I will be returning to work on Monday.  This is an exciting moment for me, to see something that I made put in print. I only hope that others will enjoy what I am creating.

Pages 14, 15, and 16 are up.

You can see them ---> CLICK HERE TO READ MY MANGA  <-----

I will not be posting very many more of my pages up on my blog unless I think they are just awesome, so if you want to stay updated with the story, feel free to check it out (bookmark the site or something).

I think I will be putting up some tutorials and videos soon (some of my own, and some of my favorites), for whenever I get the audience that wants to create their own, or simply wants to know how it's done.

Ok, Enjoy.

Yen Press -- Manga Talent Search

With the lack of TokyoPop's "Rising Stars of Manga," Yen Press, an online serialized magazine is hosting what they call a talent search. Although to me it sounds more like a casting call for open auditions. They say there will be no "winners" however one, some, or none may be chosen for a publishing deal.

Information can be found on there website Here

The deadline is set for January 3rd, 2011. I am pretty excited about this. I need to dish out about 18 more pages and I'll be ready to go. I just finished up on all the touch-ups for everything I have had done so far.

The tough part is going to be that they want a 32 page submission. Well, getting 32 pages will not be hard. What will be hard is closing my story up within those 32 pages so it has a decent ending, but not actually ending the series. I think I have it figured out. Last night I re-worked my plot and created a nice detailed time-line. I think I know right where to end it, and if all goes well, it will leave them wanting more, because it'll end on a huge cliffhanger, but still give a sense of closure.

 


Oh yes, here is page 13.

And remember, if you want to read the full manga thus far, simply click HERE <-----

I really really like this one.