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Redshirt Squad, Chiopedia, and other stuff

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First thing’s first: I need to link you to Friday’s What it Takes, a comic by Kez (who also draws another comic). Why am I doing this? Because I’m on that page! What it Takes is a fun post-apocalyptic story following the adventures of Colbey, a badass martial artist. So when Kez mentioned that she was looking for redshirts to die in the comic, I had to volunteer. Here’s to (hopefully) dying a horrible death!

While I was putting up the new site layout this week, I also took a few minutes to reorganize some of the supplemental pages, and realized that they could get pretty out of hand pretty quickly. In the interest of preventative maintenance, I start putting together a wiki called Chiopedia to keep track of all this stuff. Right now it’s locked down while I get some of the initial articles hashed out, but I’ll probably open it up soon for community editing if you’re into that kind of thing. The structure of a wiki makes so much more sense for the kind of information that goes on the article pages, anyway. I think there might also be a method for linking wiki/wordpress pages together, so that’ll be one of my future projects.

Other than that, I’ve been chipping away at getting book 2 put together. I’ve been drawing up a bunch of spreads to drop in behind things like the table of contents and throughout the book, because I’m planning to print this one in color. (Here’s a preview for one of them!) Next on the list is doing up various illustrations for the supplemental stuff. Now that I have a buffer for the next few updates, I can focus on getting this book together AT LAST. D:

That’s all for now, comic readers! Check back Friday for more!

Quick Update

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Sorry for the late page, it’s been yet another busy week in Bug-ville, full of things I can’t really talk about on the internet! Hooray!

In addition to the new page, there’s also a new vote incentive featuring a doodle I made goofing off with a new Photoshop technique. Vote to see!


Don’t forget to vote for the other Hive comics, too!

Chapter Eight is quickly drawing to a close and will likely be over by next Friday. There are about three pages left, though I’m debating jamming a fourth in to clarify a point. Maybe. 😐

In news, the Reader’s Choice vote for the fanart contest is now closed and the winner is, once again, SandraMJ! Thanks again to everyone who participated!

I’ve tried to get myself back on track with work on the second book and have completed a few more new pages. My new goal is to have it completed by the end of September and thus at the printers (and hopefully in your hands) in October or November. But we shall see. :V

That’s about all I’ve got for now! Check back on Friday for the next page!

Updates, Video Streams, etc.

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Woo, hooray for having pages done somewhat ahead of time! That means I can write my posts up a day in advance and spend the rest of the day lazing around!

Over the past few days I’ve been doing a live stream of work on pages for one of the minicomics I’m making for book 2. This is easier than streaming work on regular comic pages, because I’m doing it entirely digitally! I’ve usually been doing about one stream a day with at least one complete page, sometimes more, so if you tune in to watch you can see some of the print-exclusive stuff! You’ll have to pick up a copy of the book to see the whole thing, but I thought it could be fun to let you guys in on things as they happen. You can view streams live at Radio Chio on Ustream, and you can follow @Radio_Chio for updates on when they’re happening! They’re generally pretty spontaneous as far as schedule goes, but I’ve been doing them in the afternoons and late nights EST. Hopefully I’ll see you there!

I’m also planning on posting previews and other bits from the book as I work on it, and have already started a thread here on the forum. The one caveat is that you have to be a registered member to view it! Registering is quick and easy, and will allow you to view other extra content as well!

The book is falling together pretty nicely, although it’s taking me longer to complete than I had originally planned. At this rate, I’ll probably finish sometime around mid-July and submit it for print shortly after. I’m not sure how long it will take for the printers to do their thing, so I’d guess mid to late August. I’ve submitted the reformat of book 1 to the printer as well, and haven’t heard back yet, so I guess we’ll see how it goes. I’ve also added a poll to the right-hand sidebar looking for input on preorders! Once book 2 is closer to completion, I am considering doing a preorder deal where you order a copy in advance from me, and I’ll sign it and draw something for you, as well as include some extra goodies. :3 But first, I need to gauge the interest level, so if you could spare me two seconds with your opinion, I’d really appreciate it!

As a rough estimate, I’d guess that the preorder bundle would be about $20 including shipping in the US, possibly a tiny bit more or less. (And a bit more for international shipping.) I plan to include both books with custom sketches in the front, two stickers, and possibly a bookmark or something similar. This could change at any time, but this is what the numbers are telling me at the moment. :v

That’s about all for now. The vote incentive updates on Tuesday with the final page of Gears, so stay tuned!

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