Update: Japan

With everything happening in Japan and my canceled trip to Dubai I was a bit dispirited about ever reaching my Kickstarter goal. I know that sounds completely selfish. We should of course help out people who are facing a much larger crisis than getting a book published.

I shouldn't despair yet. I still have lots of time and I am just glad that our group members over at Latchkey Studios are okay. They are irreplaceable.

Malcolm is keeping up with what's happening. He's in Tokyo and reporting on his site : Dog Eaters.

Give Me a Kick On Kickstarter

As you can see by the widget next door I have started a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the printing of Ira's story. You get to watch a hilarious message from me pleading for your help.

The great part about Kickstarter is you get great rewards for donating!  So check it out today and help Ira's dream come true.


You can also now friend Ira on Facebook and get all his witticisms for free.

Rock out Seattle. I hope it will be another great day tomorrow at the emerald city con.

A Sweeter Flavor of Sample Pages

I wanted to share some sample pages with you. With the book almost done I wanted to get you a taste of what the final pages look like. Very Exciting!

Backmatter

I feel it's always important to have a little bit of process in the back of a full graphic novel. People get a peek into the process and it's good to share what you do, help others learn and entertain.  Below are 2 of the back matter pages showing some old character designs. It's interesting to see how the characters have evolved.

Enjoy!

The Basement

Ties is showing up at The Basement gallery show this weekend. Ira has new bookmarks out and the preview books will be showing up for, hopefully, the last event. I am coming to the end of the book! All pages have been scripted and I am inking my heart out to get the rest done.


In completely different news, I go to the farmer's market every week (now that I'm unemployed it's my one indulgence) and I always find something new. This week it was a salt vendor. Yes you read that correctly. He had many varieties of salts, including smoked salt and even offered to host a salt tasting party. He was also selling these planks of hickory for home smoking. Hopefully I won't lite the house on fire.

I also found these unusual fruit. They are white inside and have big black seeds. They taste a bit like a pear. Can anyone name them? Just curious.


So now you have a little glimpse into where I find inspiration for the things Ira does. You meet the strangest people out there!

Emily Makes it on Ellen

And the world doesn't come to a halt.




So they cut out most of the good stuff where I was making jokes and generally being witty. Looks like they mostly wanted to see Scott sitting there looking dumb. Not that you could really hear us or anything. We were more ciphers for J-Lo to be funny with Ellen talking in her ear. I have to admit I was a little upset that there wasn't really a job. After getting laid off I was hoping to be able to just jump into something even better and more fabulous.

So much for the Hollywood Stars in my eyes. Back to Ira and his misdeeds!

Happy New Year

With the New Year comes more news for Ties. 2010 has seen great things for Ira and the gang. This is all just preparation for a break out 2011. The book will be finished and coming to stores and digital publishers near you. There will be gallery showings, comic conventions, interviews, contests and more. Stay tuned for more Ira and let me know how you get your comics with this month's poll.

Happy New Year!