All ages comic!
Digital first!
First in a new initiative!
Kid friendly!
Adult friendly!
Dancing cats!
Talking British snakes!
Fantasy!
Feels!
But seriously, this story means the world to me. Family Pets is my first creator-owned book, and the whole thing is written by me and drawn by the excellent Sarah Dill, who many of y’alls know from Distillum, her fantastic webcomic.
This comic will be free FREE FREE! (picture that in the voice of a car commercial guy from the radio) when it first comes out in April… for one week. After that, it’ll be $1.99.
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-PS
First, I want to say this is my 100th post. Woo
Second, this is the cover for the pitch we sent out. Alright. This is the last thing we’re sharing from this for a while.
I wrote this comic and, if all goes well, you will get to read it.
Hey, so in case you’re wondering what I’m doing in my copious free time between my job and other drawings- this is it. Or at least a page of it. Pat Shand and I have been working on a pitch that’s getting sent out on Wednesday. I’m super excited. I chose this page because it doesn’t really give anything away, but it does tell you that there are superheros there somewhere.
Also, I’m happy to say that I learned how to letter in illustrator last week and this weekend I lettered 10 pages.
Here’s another project I’m working on! It’s unannounced as of yet, because it’s still in the pitch phase. Can’t wait to tell you more but, until the more comes…
ERICA HENDERSON is drawing it. What what.
Comic Book Creators
As Steve Niles said in a recent blog post, it’s time for comic book creators to start supporting each other. It’s a hard industry, so much so that I’m tempted to use a cliche jungle metaphor. I’m restraining.
I’ve felt the same way as Mr. Niles recently. Because of this (and, honestly, money issues) I’ve dropped almost all of the Big Two titles I was pulling in favor of indie books. Also, I’m finding that books like Whispers and The Unwritten are a lot more fulfilling than your average superhero fare. Emphasis very heavy on average, because there are some greatgreatgreat superhero books out. Synder, Lemire, and Spencer are completely killing it.
But that’s just my own side of things. I want to spread the love. So here. I’m encouraging you all to check out Faith Erin Hick’s webcomic, Friends with Boys. It’s funny, pretty, brilliant, and (coolest of all) different. The entire thing is posted here for free, but it would be awesome if, after reading it, you bought the hardcopy. And hey, I dare you not to want to, because this comic is so damn good that your shelf is currently weeping because it needs a copy of Friends with Boys on its empty, lonely surface.
Happy reading
