Who would have believed it.

Not too long ago I was contacted by an amateur film-maker wanting to adapt one of my short stories in to a short movie.
When I managed to pick meself up off the floor, I said yes.
So my 4-page Zombie tale of mourning over a past life "Job Satisfaction" is in production.

Pretty bloody amazing.
I did it,originally, the old fashioned way. Pencil and ink on real paper then I stuck down the cut out speech bubbles.
I had to redraw it because he wanted a version without speech balloons, so he could create a working storyboard and it took me about 4 days to do...
Easy really just a matter of tracing it in Manga Studio.
The film maker's name is Stuart Fitzsimmons and he's created a facebook page of the delvelopment of the movie... go on the search space on Facebook and type in...
 "Job Satisfaction: The Film"
There's lots of interesting stuff to look at and amazingly there's already 238 members.
I'm still in shock that this is really happening.

We have a cover

Now the first issue of WESTERNoir is off at the printers, I can concentrate on other stuff...
like the cover to SIX MONTHS.
Here it is, in all it's black and white glory.

NOW it's finished.

So, here I am telling the world that WESTERoir featuring Josiah Black is done and dusted...
And it's not.
Not quite.
Dave West (writer and publisher) decided that he wanted to up the page count of the first book to 36 pages...
A printing thing...something about wanting it square bound and not stapled.
So we needed four extra pages,
quick...
I didn't want pin-ups, that would detract from the Beastiary (What's that you cry) and I thought
doing splash pages in the main tale would upset the flow, so I suggested we do a complete little tale
with one of the supporting characters...
And here it is.
Written by Dave, art and letters by yours truly...all done in four days...
Not to bad eh?

So finally (he said with fingers crossed) WESTERNoir book 1 featuring Josiah Black is finished.
(I hope you're listen' Dave)

Zombiefied

A picture of me yougest who wanted to be "Zombiefied" (go figure), so here's something I knocked up pretty quick in Manga Studio.

Wally Woods EC stories artist edition

This came for me this week and it's wonderful.
I've spent the last few days lost in those glorious pages..

Next?

Josiah Black is done and dusted...all the edits edited, all my typos fixed and now Andy is working his magic to make it printable. I'll be having a final editorial meeting with Dave, Colin and Andy (AccentUK) on Friday over a drinks and some very tasty food.
So what's next...
Well I'm back on Hard Country and Six Months... trying to do as much as I can before other projects kick in. This is a detail from the first page on chapter 3 of Hard Country...but I'm sure you figured that out fer yourselves.
It's a very busy time and I love it.

Josiah Black Book 1

Well, Josiah Black is finished..Pencil, inked and lettered. Sent it off today to be fiddled with and tweaked and edited by Dave West and Andy Bloor...
I really hope they like it. Once I get the all clear I may show some more pages.
Of course I 'll update y'all about the printing process and such until I have a copy in me sweaty little hands.
And then, importantly, how to get one when it goes on sale.