I've finally got the BackerKit store open for Sparks and Monsters! This is the last chance at some of the campaign exclusives like medals and patches. Also, to my surprise, we have some Hardcover editions left. I wasn't expecting to be...
2022-01-05 00:20:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Edit: I've finally got the BackerKit store open for Sparks and Monsters! This is the last chance at some of the campaign exclusives like medals and patches. Also, to my surprise, we have some Hardcover editions left. I wasn't expecting...
2022-01-02 07:47:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy New Year, everyone! I'm starting the year late on my deadlines. What else is new? I'm upping my dragon-drawing game, and that's fun.
Thanks, all!
--Kaja
2021-12-30 07:45:33 +0000 UTC View Post
It snowed! We are buried in snow! It's so pretty!
Here in Seattle we don't get a lot of snow, and it doesn't really last, so when we do get it it's a treat. We took our car in for repairs the Tuesday before Christmas, they were supposed to fix it that day, but we still don't have it back and we can't get hold of anybody...
2021-12-29 02:30:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Edit: I've uploaded a bigger picture. That was looking kind of tiny.
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Here is the first in a series Phil wants to do, illustrating life in Mechanicsburg throughout the year. The Snowplow Brothers as they clear the street, followed by carolers and a horde of children.
Phil was...
2021-12-27 05:32:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The problem with doing this ahead of time for Patreon is that I lose track of what I've already got in the pipeline for the regular page. I forgot I didn't have the colors up! Well, I've been very busy. I love putting the pages up early here, though. It's fun for me.
A Merry Christmas to those who partake, and a wonderf...
2021-12-22 20:31:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Ok, I'm back on track! Here's Wednesday's page, and Cheyenne got the colors in so early that I hadn't even finished lettering it! (Also, this one took a lot of rewriting.)
After getting the Kickstarter fulfilled (as much as I currently can) I kind of froze up. I've still got a heap of things to do, Christmas is looming,...
2021-12-21 03:31:39 +0000 UTC View Post
eek! I lost track of the time over the weekend, and almost missed tonight's upload. My Mom had some eye surgery which went very well, she's recovering nicely. I, on the other hand, am a bit of a wreck. She only has the one eye left, the other is glass, so it was a bit worrying to have scalpels near it.
Anyway, her...
2021-12-17 02:52:14 +0000 UTC View Post
There we go. Color!
I had my second shingles vaccine on Monday, and it absolutely wrecked me. I spent all yesterday feeling worse than I have in years, and am still feeling it a bit today. On the bright side, I understand that it's my immune system doing what it's supposed to. 2021-12-15 03:33:03 +0000 UTC View Post
EDIT: Ta-dah! Colors! This is for Monday and Wednesday. Phil's drawn Friday but I haven't scanned it yet.
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Here's a double-spread with Monday and Wednesday's pages. There isn't really anything being said here except possibly RHAAAAA! I haven't decided yet.
Frankly, I don't know h...
2021-12-13 00:25:46 +0000 UTC View Post
And here's the final! Now to try to do some Christmas shopping before it's too late. This is the first I've been able to spare the brain cel.
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I'm lettering tonight's page, kind of late-ish but I got distracted.
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So! I am now done with all the shipping I can current...
2021-12-10 02:59:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Packing update: I RAN OUT OF MAILERS WITH 30 ORDERS LEFT TO SHIP! AAAAAAAH! HOW DID I MIS-COUNT? HOW? WHYYYYY?
Ahem. Anyway, today new ones arrived, and now that the page is up, I can get back to putting books in them.
I also got more tape. This was very exciting. I was nearly out.
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2021-12-07 03:17:58 +0000 UTC View Post
And here is Monday's page! Phil got a little ahead because he didn't want to be drawing during a con, so it's nice to have it early.
I can't say when the colors will come in, since Cheyenne is going to the con, at least on Thursday, but I'll post them when they do.
Thanks, everyone!
--Kaja
2021-12-02 04:58:04 +0000 UTC View Post
I just wrote a huge post, and when I tried to edit something, it all went sideways and no amount of "undo" or backtracking would bring it back.
Argh.
Well, the con begins tomorrow, and I have a lot to take care of, so here's Friday's page, colors will be along within the hour. Have a great weekend, everyone!
I'm sorry this is a bit later than I like, but I had to wrestle with the words a bit. Here's a bit of fun, Lucrezia's fancy hat went missing on this page, and Cheyenne drew it in on all the panels. He did a wonderful job of it, too!
I went through and signed all the books that went to the Emerald City Comic Con today (l...
2021-12-01 06:00:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Things are in full circus mode here, as I try to finish what I can of the Kickstarter shipping while getting things together for the con. I'm finding a perverse sort of fun in the need for careful time management that I can only attribute to my love of video games. It's also satisfying to break the bigger jobs down into small...
2021-11-29 03:35:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Thanksgiving, all you USA folks out there, and happy weekend to everyone else!
We probably won't get the colors up tonight, because Cheyenne needs to catch his turkey just like the rest of us. I'll post them later when they come in.
Phil will be at Emerald City Comic Con starting December 2, at booth 118, ou...
2021-11-25 22:38:39 +0000 UTC View Post
This is pretty late tonight so I'm not going to blather about stuff. Tomorrow I'll be alternating packing things and cooking!
Below is the update I just posted to our Kickstarter page, I thought it might amuse everyone here as well. I suspect there is some overlap, sorry to duplicate for those who read both!
Welcome back to the week, everyone! I hope everyone had a great weekend.
Here's Monday's page, plus Cheyenne's colors on that new promo art for volume 20. I love the water effect!
See you all soon with Wednesday's page, I'm off to get back to work. I've been taping things up so much that my phone no longer r...
2021-11-22 02:46:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Phil finished the art for this page late last night (sorry Cheyenne) so I didn't get a chance to letter it early. I was busy changing all my passwords because I stupidly clicked on a "confirm your email" button in an email from GoDaddy and then thought "wait, I don't use that email address with that account," looked it up, an...
2021-11-19 03:21:55 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't have a lot to say right now, because I am spending most of every day packing and shipping boxes and my energy is all going into that. Everything hurts, which sucks, but I think that's because I'm usually behind a desk pushing pixels and those don't weigh a lot.
I've included the latest thing Phil has drawn...
2021-11-16 05:58:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone!
This weekend we are very excited because Phil's new novel has just come out! It's called The Night Sheriff and it's published by Princ...
2021-11-14 06:56:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's Friday's page, and the bookplate design Phil drew for Volume 3! I love this one.
Back soon with colors! I'm off to pack more stuff to ship.
--Kaja
2021-11-10 01:36:06 +0000 UTC View Post
LESS THAN 17 HOURS LEFT FOR THE GURPS KICKSTARTER! It's doing very well and we're thrilled that it's finally happening!
So, Wednesday's page. Sorry about this, but there isn't much going on here. Just ...
2021-11-08 04:35:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, Steve Jackson's Girl Genius RPG Kickstarter is doing very well, and has less than two days to go before it's all over!
As you see, we are back to the main story, and about time, too. I'm working on a "Story so far" page to put in front of this one, but it isn't done yet. I lettered this page while trying to work o...
2021-11-07 04:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Things were wild around here today, and I didn't get the thing I wanted to post done. Instead, I have a somewhat retro piece of comics fan art and the base drawing for the next Kickstarter campaign's bookplate. We'll be returning to the regular comic on Monday!
Anyway, I'm sorry for the filler, but things just happened ...
2021-11-05 05:53:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the last page of the Monster Guild story. A big cheer for Cheyenne, who did a fantastic job!
First off, we have the final color page. Next, Cheyenne's line art proof that he sent us to show progress. After that, it's the storyboard that Phil sent to Cheyenne for placement and finally, the usual kind of layout tha...
2021-11-03 05:24:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Halloween!
See you in November!
--Kaja
2021-11-01 03:11:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Edit: Here are the colors! We're nearing the end of this story, and we'll be back to our regular story soon. Phil's arm seems to be healing very well, and we're looking forward to getting back to work!
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And here's Friday's page in black and white! As always, I'll post the colors when ...
2021-10-27 03:54:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Wednesday's page, and it's pretty early this time! Cheyenne got his computer working and his power came back on after the storm, and here are the colors.
WATCH OUT! MILDLY NSFW ART IN THE LAST PIC! Phil decided it would be funny to do a larger drawing of Cheyenne's Zeetha wall scroll from the gift shop on page 8. So...s...
2021-10-26 07:24:32 +0000 UTC View Post
