Coming Soon: Steam Volt Comic

It's bee a while since I tried any comic type stuff, but it's high time I got off my ass and started doing something.

My first comic attempts were the goofy old Fundyville comic I did, which I've buried because, in retrospect, they were awful. Part of it is probably that I've mellowed a bit and I'm not as militantly irritated by religion and supernaturalism. They still piss me off, but there's really not a lot you can do about it, and raging against the retarded system doesn't do much but red line your blood pressure. I also figured out a big part that prevented me from going further with Fundyville was that I felt like a real douchebag every time I was making a page. Nothing is more annoying than a preacher, whether it's about religion (or the lack thereof), politics, or whatever pet topic someone has a hardon over.

Anyway, moving on, I've got some ideas for a comic that I think are cool, and I'm trying to live up to the idea that rather than sit and obsess over whether something sucks or not and trying to perfect everything, just go forward and get stuff done, and don't look back too hard. Looking back to hard leads to awful shit, like Han Solo firing second in those re-released star wars movie abortions that George Lucas screwed up. Don't be like George Lucas.

The comic is going to be called Steam Volt, and it's kind of a combination of Steam Punk, Tesla Punk, and Arcane punk. That feels like too many 'punks' in there, but that's the only way I can really describe it. There's some high fantasy elements in there with a little more tech than is traditional. Should be lots of action and destruction, and I'll put in a little fan service, because I'm ultimately a nerdy guy at heart, and I like explosions and hot comic broads with somewhat impractical and revealing clothing.

The robot there is a sample of the style I'm going for; just another sketch that went further than planned. I've started messing around with texture patterns on some of my recent stuff.

The date that the first page will be out will be June 1st, 2009. I'm aiming for a bi-weekly release schedule to begin with, just because I'm not sure I can make a more aggressive weekly schedule. If things go well, I'll ramp it up a bit. Over the next few weeks I'll have more teaser sketches and start working on some promotional stuff through deviant art and other venues.

Ok, that's enough for now, back to work!