WESTERNoir Book 3 cover

So book 2 is done and dusted, printed and on sale at
http://www.accentukcomics.com. Which means it's time to
start on book 3.
Script is mostly done, needs a bit of tweaking on Dave's part but I've
worked out the pacing and such and decided to start on the cover.

Did some sketches and then showed them to Dave and we discussed the pros and cons of each image

and finally settled on this one: -
So it's pencilled and next I'll put into Manga Studio and start inking it..
It'll be tweaked here and there...I'll probably reduce the mermaids slightly
and when I'm happy with it, send it off to Matt Soffe, who'll colour it.
He did such a cracking job on Book 2 that we definitely wanted him to carry on with us
if'n he was up or it.
And I'm pleased to say he is...
So now the next step is inking it...Which hopefully will be next week.
Actually might do abit of a "How I work" posting...show the cover being inked at various stages
and why I choose a certain way to do things.
Until next time...

An Unlettered page 7

There's a lot of text that covers this page so I thought I'd show it

in all it's unlettered glory. 

Book 2 OUT NOW

WESTERNoir book 2 is out now and available from those fine chaps at AccentUK
35 rip-roarin' action packed pages of Josiah Black VS them Gator Boys of the Louisiana Swamp.
Can't go wrong with that now, can ya?
So mosey on over at www.accentukcomics.com
'nd tell 'em I sent ya.

£3.50 plus postage an' ya can't git no fairer than that.

$5 USD fer them that live over the waters in that there United States of America

A Corker of a Review

WesterNoir Issue 1 gets a great review over at http://downthetubescomics.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/in-review-westernoir-book-1.html. Book 2 is at the printers as I speak...er type so all's good fer Thought Bubble, which is next weekend 17th-18th November.

WESTERNoir book 2

Here's another panel from book 2.
All the pages are being collated into a PDF and hopefully
sent to the printers ASAP.
All looking good.
Oh yes, and I've had a sneak peak at the script of book 3.
Can't wait ta start..

AAAARRRRGHHHH!

Deadlines.... 
Bugger
A necessary evil I suppose...

 Book 2 of WESTERNoir is finished (bar the edits, spelling mistakes, grammar that sort of thing)
 I actually wanted to finish it end of September but alas it wasn't to be...
3 weeks overdue...
Lucky it was a deadline I set myself and hopefully it'll all be printed in time for next month's
Thought Bubble.
So latest news is...
 Had a bit of a mini editorial last night.
Met with Dave West (the writer) to talk some AccentUk stuff and WESTERNoir stuff.
It was the first time Dave had seen the completed Book 2...And I think he liked it.

We also discussed where we can take old Josiah...

We discussed up to book 8....(yea I know long way off, at least 3 years away but you gotta have plans in place).
And we are certainly gonna put Mr Black through the ringer (as they say).

He's up fer some tough times ahead of him.

So just putting all the pages in Dropbox to send it to the magnificent Andy Bloor to work his Designer skills on it...
And then on to book 3.
Oh that reminds me.
Better start working on the cover.
No rest for the artist is there.

WESTERNoir Book 2 update.

I'm rattling through the pages of the second book of WESTERNoir.
Still on schedule to finish end of September...
All 35 pages have been worked on, some pages more complete than others and Dave West is happy with the art so that's all that matters.
Here's a panel from the beginning of the story.
And yes he's just finished "the deed"
Will post more images on a more regular basis...I hope.