Happy Christmas 2014!
Thought it was about time I checked in here, i know some people check the site and for that i am incredibly humbled!
Firstly, Happy Christmas! I hope you have a bloody stonking one.
Secondly, yes I do still very much want to see Skull through. This christmas picture is the first time I’ve properly drawn him in over a year probably, and wow it felt fun. Like slipping on an old pair of blood-filled shoes. Corporate Skull (like ‘Bear’ before it) was something I created partly as a break from the family-friendly work I do. It was my release. And the last year or two all I have done is family-friendly work, which I love don’t get me wrong, but I’ve missed the release of working on something grubbier like Skull.
I had planned to start work on issue 8 over Christmas. Book myself two weeks off, I thought, get it written and a chunk of it drawn up. Then in Autumn, I got commissioned to do two new children’s books by March 2015. Which, as an illustrator, isn’t something you can turn down, and the books are based on one of my ideas I’ve long been dying to work on, so unfortunately it all shunted Skull to the side.
And around that there’s… well, I guess I sound like I’m defending myself, which I shouldn’t do. My point is Skull has always been a side-project, and recently there’s just been no room. If I could make it pay, then it could be more priority. I considered Patreon or Kickstarter, but with the new VAT rules coming in on digital work, that puts paid to those ideas. Personally I’d prefer to find a publisher, make these actual books, have actual deadlines to sweat towards. I wonder if I’d be better off spending spare time working on that than issue 8, if it meant a future for the comic as a whole.
So, anyway, that’s where I’m at. Still keen. Still waiting for a chance. Thank you, if you’ve stuck with me this long, it is very appreciated despite my long silences. Do keep checking in now and then, one day I’m going to post up the ‘issue 8 coming soon’ and I can’t tell you how excited I’ll be about that.
So, have a great Christmas, and hopefully see you in the new year!
Jx
I squealed a little. Like a piglet or small child, of small pig child. And I am a grown-ass man.
I do not regret this reaction.
I am glad to know I’m not the only one! ^_^
Glad to see you are still alive! We will be waiting.
Just know that when issue 8 is out, I’ll be waiting. 😉
Love the series and always check back to see if there’s any movement. I can also say that I’m happy to wait as I’m sure that when it comes it will be well worth it.
Until then I will re-read whats out so far, with a big smile on my face.
Good to know that skull hasn’t been completely forgotten 🙂
Yay! Happy Christmas! Now get back to work and make time for more fun 😉 I’ll be waiting x
YEAY!
I’d give you money if it meant I could put Skull on my comic book bookshelf…just in case you needed some more encouragement.
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Nice day
I checked back on Skull today and saw this on the sidebar:
“The requested URL /fan_box.php was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.”
-a sign of an abandoned site (especially the last paragraph.)
Worse, the spambots have found Skull and nobody’s here to clean the spam out.
I guess it’s official now. Skull is truly dead now. :'( rest in peace.
I love to dress up for halloween. Halloween isn’t as big in Germany as in the U.S.A. But my frnides and I are going to have a Halloween costume competition this year. The skull sweater would put me on top of the winner race!Thanks for the great give away again
Strategic goals, Team work and Communication is the key with our industry. Following tracks may also lead us to success. Its always been grateful for the opportunity you gave us all. Have a nice day.