War Beneath the Waves! Yarr!

I have now completely finished my editing and co-writing duties for the first issue of Beach Creative Studios’ Crozonia title. I didn’t notice it before, but there’s actually a brief news post announcing that I’m the copy editor for the title on the Crozonia blog. So that’s kind of cool. Jim Su, creator o’ Crozonia, was really pleased with the grammar corrections and suggestions for dialogue changes I made throughout the first issue. There’s a whopping 17-page(!) preview of the first issue available HERE. If you find any misplaced punctuation, misspelled words or dialogue that just isn’t working for you it’s all my fault. So try to ignore it. I had a lot of fun working on the issue. The next step for Crozonia #1 is for Jim to get it showcased on WOWIO. Once that happens I’ll probably be returning to pimp it a little more.

The state of things…

I’ve written the first few pages of BANANA GANG. The idea is to make it funny, and I think I’m doing an… okay job. Unfortunately for me, pretty much anything will make me laugh, so I’m probably not the best judge. I’m waiting to hear from Dario about a title logo for the webcomic. He said he knew a guy that was cheap and could get it done quick, but so far there have been no updates. I’ve sent three scripts to Fernando, but he hasn’t sent me back anything yet either. I’m trying to finish all the scripts for the first week and start on the next by Friday before I start harassing anybody. I’ll probably give it ’til Monday.

I sent a script I wrote for a concept called UNDEAD WAR a while back to an artist pal of mine named Claudio (link to the right)… and he loved it. He’s done some designs for a few of the characters that I really like, but I’m not going to show them off yet. We’re probably going to do a pitch together, but I want to read through the script a few more times to make sure it’s where I’d like it to be. I wrote it quite a while ago.

More to come…

Speaking of Gorillas… continued

Before I say anything else, I’d first like to say… VOTE!

Okay, so with that out of the way I can tell you a bit more about Banana Gang. Talking about the story that I wrote for the Comics for a Cause anthology got me thinking more and more about the the potential of the series. Kongo and Bud were a lot of fun to write, and I’d developed quite a few enemies and supporting characters that I hated to see go to waste.

Well, I recently received an email message from an artist named Fernando Sosa asking if I had anything available for him to work on. It’s always pleasant to receive emails like this because it validates your ability as a writer when an artist wants to work with you. I passed Fernando a few notes about Banana Gang including the promotional art Dario Carrasco had done, and he agreed to take up the reins. So now Banana Gang is back!

My tentative plan is to introduce it as a webcomic using the model D.J. Coffman introduced not too long ago in a blog post titled Host your own Friggin Webcomic! I think updating the webcomic with a page a week would be the best idea for now. I’ve already started working on the first storyline, and Fernando has done quite a few character sketches. I’m showing a few of them off below. Enjoy!