Edge the Devilhunter Online

Hey fans. If you’re in the Chicago area next weekend, feel free to say hi to me and maybe commission some original pieces. I’m attending the Reactor convention in Chicago. Here’s where I’ll be at.

I’ll be at the Smashout Comics table with my man Steve Horton. See you there!

Looks like the shoutbox server had a heart attack. I’ll wait like a day. If it’s not fixed by tmrw, I’ll mostly likely install another tagboard. Or just register for the blog and post comments. Registration link under the shoutbox and yup, IT’S EASY!

ETD will be transitioning into a more serious-minded story arc which will thematically color all subsequent chapters from here on out. I know I’ve gone into dark stuff before, but it was mostly relegated to minor figures dealing with some level of stock tragedy. Much of the challenge these chapters was to build enough of a sympathetic cast and world where what’s to come next chapter can happen believably and where all of you will give a fuck about the very terrible things that are to befall everyone involved.

So feel free to bug me about anything you’re curious about while the debut approaches. Or not.

Ambition, competition, and technology are pushing me to make this move, but first of all I want to know what all of you think about ETD maybe making the jump to full color. Included in this post is a sample image, a colored version of the current page. It’s not perfect and completely finished, but it’s a decent measure of my current level of coloring skill (still gotta work on those fine details and adapt to doing this sans-Wacom tablet).

Somewhat hot off the heels of the MTAC convention (which I’ve yet to blog about), I’m heading over to the other side of my hometown to hang out at a week-long event I helped found called Tent State University.  It’s a tent city event founded 7 years ago at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey to protest statewide cuts to higher education funding  and the then invasion of Iraq.  It’s since evolved into something of a sparse yet national thing and has matured into a convention of sorts for local campus progressive groups.  We have tablers from various groups, free classes to participate in from a variety of subjects (I’m attending a “how to draw anime” class), local bands playing at night, and good people chilling all over.

Long story short, I’m gonna be hanging out there on and off next week at the Art City tent doing my thing.  So for anyone in the area wanting to meet me or ask me for a commission, feel free to stop by (Voorhees Mall on College Ave. at Rutgers in New Brunswick, NJ).  If I’m not at Art City, feel free to bug the TSU volunteers as to my whereabouts.  Hope to see you there!

Back from MTAC! Feel free to ask questions and provide comments. I’ll be doing a short reportback soon and officially announcing the ETD book. If you haven’t bought it, BUY IT NOW! Get the first 7 chapters of ETD with print quality superior to any pixely ass computer screen and new covers for Chapter 6 and 7! Have it all in the palm of your hands!

Hey, folks I’m heading out to Nashville tomorrow for the Middle Tennessee Anime Convention (or MTAC Ninja…not sure where the “Ninja” part comes from). I’ll be there doing commissions and promoting the webcomic. In other equally important news, the new ETD book is finally out! (much love to KaBlam and Indyplanet ^^).

I’ll be promoting the book officially next week with its own post and exclusive images. I’d do it now, but the listing on Indyplanet literally went live yesterday and today I’m getting ready for my trip to Nashville. I also want to set up the new store link on the ETD website. But anyone’s who’s a serious fan should hit up the link and score themselves a copy. The price is 15 bucks plus shipping, and for ETDheads outside the US, Indyplanet does international shipping to most anywhere (well, their website says so…).

I know it’s a bit pricey for a manga-size TPB, but the book is 352 pages, contains the first 7 chapters of ETD, exclusive never-before-seen covers for chapters 6 and 7, has more story packed into it than 4 manga books of similar size and price, with print quality that has to be seen to be believed. And I get 5 bucks off each book so the more of these I can sell, the more likely it is I’ll be self-sufficient enough to work on ETD full-time i.e. more updates and goodies.

So…BUY MY BOOK!!!

UPDATE: Also, feel free to make suggestions for merchandise on this thread as that’s next on the agenda. T-shirts designs are next on queue with Tail already on my request list.

Heads up everyone. The site’s undergoing GUI improvements in the coming days to help usher in the new store and products to come. It’s been a long time coming. The prepress on the ETD book was hell, but I’m about to wrap it up and both the store and the new ETD book will be up sometime this weekend.

I thought it was awesome. And I like Obama. I voted for the man. However, I’m 100% AGAINST his position of tossing any more welfare to the banks and credit companies. Either I’m insane, or ahead of my time, but that money would’ve been better spent putting this country back to work building real wealth and advancing our society (hiring scientists, engineers, doctors, construction workers, …artists…heh) instead of tossing our money paying down the claims on fake wealth concocted by these dick financiers and bankers that gave us the worldwide economic mess we’re in. There was a time in this country when someone could work their job and be able to support a spouse and a household. That’s the way things should be. Nowadays, people like me, and I imagine a lot of you, have to scratch the fucking earth just to get by on their own. Fuck the bankers, fuck the finance cacks who robbed us and continue to rob us wholesale, and fuck the people and politicians who support this immoral and corrupt system.

And…I’m back to drawing.

Here’s a few samples from the portfolio I’m putting together.  It’s pinups so far, but I’m starting on a set of 5 pencils for the Marvel/DC submissions part.  The new upcoming ETD book will use that pinup as the cover.