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ABOUT THE COMIC:
The War at Ellsmere is my second graphic novel from SLG
Publishing (in 2007 I wrote/drew Zombies
Calling which was also published by them). The War
at Ellsmere is about Juniper, a 13 year old student who wins
a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school, Ellsmere Academy,
something she's been wanting for a long time. However, the school
doesn't turn out to be what she expected: Her roommate might
be slightly crazy, there's a scary legend about a monster in
the forest next to the school, and she's made a mortal enemy
of Ellsmere's top student, who sets out to destroy her. Want to see a preview of the comic? Click here for an 11 page scene. UPDATES (12.16.08): Just added another signing: Saturday, December 20th at Big B Comics (Hamilton), from 12-2pm. Hope to see you there! Well, it's finally here: The War at Ellsmere is out tomorrow! Yay! I'm really excited, and I hope you'll pick up a copy either at your local comic shop, or online (amazon.com/.ca). Go here for the umteenth preview post by yours truly. UPCOMING SIGNINGS: Saturday, December 8th at Strange Adventures (Halifax). 6-8pm Wednesday, December 17th at The Beguiling (Toronto). 5-7pm There may be some more signings in Ontario over Christmas, which I will let you know about when they are finalized. OLDER NEWS: There's still time to enter the contest! Yes, you can win original art from me and/or a personalized copy of the book. All you need is some creativity. Go here to find out the details. Otherwise, there's an interview with me on Blog@Newsarama about the book, which you'll hopefully find interesting, and a video of me at the San Diego Comicon talking about it (please excuse the exhaustion. Wow, was I tired). There's also an official press release from SLG, and my own blog announcement (note: that cover isn't final). |
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HISTORY: I
started developing Ellsmere a while ago, before Zombies Calling
was published. Here are sketches done over the last few years
that show the development of the characters and artstyle. I always
get a kick out of development stuff, so hopefully you will too.
(Oh, and originally Jun was called "Thessaly," but
that was changed because of a Neil Gaiman comic book.) The first sketch of Jun (then called "Thessaly") // Jun at the school gates // Sketches of early Jun/Cassie // Early sketch of Cassie // Jun/Cassie in the forest // Jun again // Jun/Cassie sitting in a window // An early version of their bedroom // An early attempt at the comic/another attempt/a third attempt // Cassie drawn in Flash // Old headshots of Jun, Cassie & Emily // Emily, queen of the world! // A more current Jun // Still evolving Emily // watercolour Emily/minions & Jun/Cass // Cassie falls // OTHER COMICS: Here are other comics by me: Zombies Calling (published by SLG Publishing in 2007) // Demonology 101 (an online comic written/drawn by me from 1999-2004. It's complete) // Ice (a follow up online comic that I'm still working on. WARNING: Mature readers only) // Short Comics (published and unpublished short comics and newspaper strips) // Other places you can find me: Website // Blog // Sketchblog // DA Account |
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