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)