Su-Zan: Queen of the Wild (4-Page Comic Story)

Su-Zan: Queen of the Wild

A short comic book that Jim Towe and I worked on. Some of my favorite things in pulp stories are futuristic versions of Earth, animal people, super science, and jungle characters. I decided to mix them all into this little story.

Enjoy!

I just finished a script for a mini-series version of this story, too. I just dig the idea of a super-powered space scientist lady... Who also is a jungle warrior.

She has a lot on her plate.

"You Can't Go Home Again" - Kenny Porter & Jim Towe (One-Page Comic)

Here's a comic that Jim Towe and I did for The Prompt, a comic book challenge and experiment created by Nic J. Shaw.

The Prompt - Tumblr

The prompt was to create a single page story that revolved around the theme of coming home. I decided to take it into a Twilight Zone kind of direction.

I hope you enjoy it!

Grand Rapids Comic Con - Independent Comics Panel on Saturday!

Independent Comics and Such

This Saturday I'll be on a panel with Andy Budnick, Jim Towe, and Matt Maldonado talking about creating independent comics and publishing them. We'll also talk about how we got into comics, collaboration, and will be answering any questions you have about our process or projects.

Here's the information on the panel:

12:45 to 1:45 pm

Andy Budnick, Jim Towe, Kenny Porter and Matt Maldonado, “Helpful Tips for Independent Publishing”: Learn tips and tricks for publishing your own works independently. Panel will discuss Kickstarters and digital releases to shopping your material around to small publishers.

So if you're curious about making your own comics come on over to our panel and we'll do our best to answer your questions!

Hope to see you tomorrow!

- Kenny

Project Updates 6/11/2014 (Bluster, Western Comic, and More!)

Hey Everyone!

I know that I’ve been missing for a while, but I’ve got a few good excuses.

My first excuse is that I was attending conventions. I went to C2E2 in Chicago and Motor City ComicCon in Michigan. I had a fantastic time and got to meet some incredible creators. I was even asked to speak on a panel with writers Amy Chu, Christy Blanch, Shaun Manning, and artist Reilly Brown. We talked about making creator-owned comics and self-publishing, and we also answered questions from the audience. Let me tell you something, Amy Chu puts on a fun panel. If you’re ever at a convention and she has one of these lined up then you should definitely attend.

From left to right:
Kenny Porter, Amy Chu, Shaun Manning, Christy Blanch, and Reilly Brown

I was listed as a guest for Cherry Capital Con in Traverse City, Michigan, but unfortunately couldn’t attend. This leads me to my second excuse -- horrible food poisoning. It took a trip to the emergency room, my caring girlfriend, and a viewing of The Lego Movie to get me through the ordeal, but I came out alive.

Since then I’ve been working on Bluster with Andy Budnick and a top secret Western comic with artist Jim Towe, which we plan on putting on Kickstarter. I'm also writing as an intern this summer for Cosmic Book News, where I write the "Alternative Comics Beat" column. Keep your eyes peeled for those projects and Alt Beat articles!

Bluster is still on schedule and the first two issues should be done soon. Andy has almost finished the art for the first issue and is only a few pages away. We won’t release the first issue until we have the second issue locked as well. Then we’ll throw the first one up digitally and follow with the other three issues monthly.

I hope everyone out there is reading fantastic comics this summer. Preferably with a cool beverage, outdoors, and with friends. I know I’ve been doing it often.

Keep your eyes peeled, there’ll be more news to come!

(And more regular posts)

Ant-Man, Wasp, and Fantastic Four - Sample Pages for Jim Towe

I've mentioned before that I love writing short sample scripts for artists that want to break in to Marvel or DC. This year I wrote two samples for artists Jim Towe and Andy Budnick to do a portfolio review for Marvel at C2E2.

Jim just turned in his pages and they're awesome. He asked me to write him a story where Ant-Man, Wasp, Reed, and Sue were on an awkward double date.

Here are the resulting pages from my script:
(NOTE: We do not own these characters. This is simply for a portfolio review/sample with Marvel.)

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

Page 5

How awesome are those pages? Am I right? If people are interested I can post the script, too.

I'll post Andy's pages as soon as he finishes, but I hope you guys enjoyed this!

Project Update: The Dominoes #1

Hey everyone! I just thought I'd share these awesome pitch pages that I worked on with artist Jim Towe and colorist Jon Alderink.

The pitch is for a mini-series I developed with Jim called The Dominoes.

Here's some of the info on the project as well as a cover and pages 11 - 15 of the first script.

The Dominoes

“Life is strange, evil is stranger, don the mask, and face the danger!”

A 4-Issue Mini-Series by Kenny Porter and Jim Towe

Premise:

Roxy Shultz, a young college girl, wants a life outside of her mother’s shadow. But when a creature bent on ridding the world of free will attacks her city, Roxy is enlisted by a group of cosmic avengers called The Dominoes in order to save reality.

Main Characters:

Roxy Shultz: A community college student and aspiring painter, she’s conflicted about her future and is pressured by her mother to follow in her footsteps of academia. She just wants her freedom and to do something that matters.

Martha Shultz: A tough as nails English professor who wants her daughter Roxy to have a stable life, by force if necessary.

Slate: A demonic creature with a grin that can never frown. He’s determined to take away free will from the Earth, then the universe. He has a deep hatred for The Dominoes and a mysterious past.

The Dominoes

They’re a group of supernatural masked avengers that travel by dimensional gateways and fight threats to reality.

Strut: The current leader of the team. He’s more worried about others than himself and his ability allows him to take massive amounts of damage. His ability to lead is waning, and he’s worried their next fight could be their last.

Gavel: Strut’s right-hand woman and a hard brawler. She’s exceptionally strong, both in mind and body.

Gritty: The moral compass of the team, Gritty can see the truth in the universe and can read people’s auras.

If I had to compare the book to anything it'd be like a mix between Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and a rock album with mod blended in there.

This scene picks up right as the main character, Roxy, first meets The Dominoes face-to-face when they confront Slate in a clothing store.

Cover

Page 11 of Issue #1

Page 12 of Issue #1

Page 13 of Issue #1

Page 14 of Issue #1

Page 15 of Issue #1

Hope you all enjoy the pages!

The Dominoes - Pitch Pages

The Dominoes

"Life is strange, evil is stranger, don the mask, and face the danger!"

These are pages 11 - 15 of the first issue of The Dominoes. A story about a young college girl fighting for her free will alongside a group of cosmic masked avengers.

If I had to peg it down and compare it to anything I'd say it's sort of like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles meets Doom Patrol.

We have a version with letters, but I just wanted to go ahead and showcase the artwork here.

Written by: Kenny Porter

Art by: Jim Towe

Colors by: Jon Alderink

Birthday Artwork

This weekend I got some fantastic art from my friends Jim Towe and Leslie Gauthier for my birthday.

Gavel (The Dominoes) commenting on Craig Farmer's (Craig Farmer: Astronaut) career. - Jim Towe

Kenny Porter as an Olympic Figure Skater with Leslie.

 

In The Works -- Craig Farmer: Astronaut! OGN (Kenny Porter and Jim Towe)

This is a project I'm working on with Jim Towe, an artist from Grand Rapids, Michigan. It's about an astronaut who has essentially become a glorified space bully and wants to redefine himself as an explorer. But if he wants to explore space like the men and women before him then he'll stand against the military organization that sponsors him and a crazed space tyrant bent on taking Farmer's head as a trophy.

We're doing the story as an OGN at the 6 x 9 size.

Promo Images