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Gamer Girl & Vixen #1 is in Production!
Hey gang! I haven’t talked about my comic book for awhile, what with the holidays being particularly lazy and all, but it’s the new year and production on Gamer Girl & Vixen #1 is in full swing! Gemma Moody is penciling the opening pages and they look gorgeous! Even better than the work she did for us this past Fall. That girl must have gone out and grinding some forest boars, because her art skill definitely leveled up!
Check out this romantic icon she made for us to use on social media!
That’s just adorable! We need to get that on T-shirts, or at the very least, on those little paper Valentines that kids hand out at school on Valentine’s Day. Remember those? Do kids even still do that kind of thing? Our romance comic is definitely going to have to come up with something awesome for Valentine’s Day. That’s just good marketing.
You know what, I’m in the mood to share a bit more. I don’t want to give to much away, but if you join me after the jump, I think I’ll sneak some early artwork into my blog today to give everybody a little peek! Maybe if the response is right, I’ll sneak some more out for you guys next week!
A Little More Holiday Cheer From Gamer Girl & Vixen!
Check out this gorgeous Christmas image artist Gemma Moody drew for Gamer Girl & Vixen! It’s stuff like this that reminds me I’m working with some great people!
I’ll be working and traveling today, the Christmas festivities not yet over. But I’ll post some comic reviews on Saturday, and maybe share some of my Christmas presents on Sunday! I got some really geeky stuff this year that I’m excited to share! I hope all of your henchmen holidays are going well!
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Gamer Girl & Vixen – Making the Page
I’m happy to announce that work has begun on the first issue of my comic, Gamer Girl & Vixen! Our artist, Gemma Moody, is hard at work penciling the opening pages of our first issue, and from what I’ve seen so far, she’s gotten even better than when we first discovered her! This comic is going to look gorgeous!
In fact, here’s a sample of Gemma’s work! It’s the new social media cover image she drew up for us!
As I mentioned before, we’re looking to put out a single, stand alone issue on our own, then we’ll be launching a Kickstarter next year to produce a full-length graphic novel (which will include that first issue as a first chapter!). Gemma’s already got a few pages done from when we first started the project and tried to pitch it around to publishing companies.
So for this week’s behind-the-scenes look at the making of of Gamer Girl & Vixen, I’m going to share with you the process of going from initial page sketches to completed work! I think it’s a really nifty process to witness, and I’ve dug up some of Gemma’s original work to share with you all after the jump!
Gamer Girl & Vixen – Designing the Characters
Superhero costumes are a big deal, and rarely have they been so artistically beautiful. From Spider-Gwen to the new Batgirl, comic book artists these days are producing some truly stellar new costumes. I hope I’ll be that creative some day.
My competition!
So what the heck was I supposed to do in designing my own superhero for my upcoming indie comic, Gamer Girl & Vixen? I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t have much of an artistic eye. The most I can do is doodle, and even that is pretty haphazard at best. Still, a lack of insight is not a reason to give up. You can’t be afraid to just go ahead and create, so that’s what I did!
Fortunately for me, I’ve had a lot of help thanks to some very talented artists. As part of the ongoing blog series into the making of my new comic, join me after the jump for a behind-the-scenes look at how Kristi and I came up with the characters and the costumes of Gamer Girl and Vixen! Read the rest of this entry
I’m Making a Comic – Gamer Girl & Vixen
Today is a momentous day, dear readers! It’s time to share with you something I’ve been working on for the past several months, something I’m rather proud of and excited about! Something to finally make me put my money where my mouth is!
I’m making my own comic book!
For three years, I’ve slaved away on this geeky comic book blog, talking about comics, reviewing comics, poking fun at comics; well now it’s time to throw my hat in the ring. I’ve teamed up with my friend and fellow writer Kristi McDowell to publish our own independent comic book.
We’re calling it Gamer Girl & Vixen!
The cover of the dazzling first issue!
Now, I know what you’re thinking. It looks like we’re just going to pump out another superhero comic in a world over-stuffed with superhero comics, professional, independent or otherwise. But I’d like to think you guys and gals know me better than that. And I hope you remember my #1 rule about writing comics: people first, superheroes second.
Gamer Girl & Vixen is a supervillain lesbian love story. My friends and I are not just churning out another boring superhero book. We want to be different. We want to be unique. Gamer Girl & Vixen is a mature love story for modern audiences, where two potential lovers realize they can only be themselves in the capes and costumes world of heroes and villains.
With some trouble along the way, of course!
Gamer Girl & Vixen is a fun, exciting and hopefully adorable comic that will touch upon issues of acceptance, friendship, love, shenanigans, and the complexity of relationships. It’s also going to feature some awesome superhero action and more than a little felony burglary.
This is a project that is very near and dear to my heart. I’ve always wanted to write comic books, and now I’m finally getting off my butt and making my own. Maybe publishers will notice it and maybe they won’t. All I know for sure is that it’s been a lot of fun so far, and I’m bursting with joy to finally share this with you.
Please join me after the jump if you’d like to find out more!
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