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PiQue: Old Ghosts page 4 is up!

March 5, 2014 Dylan Edwards No Comments

Page 4 of Old Ghosts is now posted for your viewing pleasure, both here on Studio NDR, and over here on Tapastic.

The summary for today’s page is best encapsulated in a paraphrasing of a certain Smith’s song: Some flights are better than others, some flights are better than others, some flights are better for other churls’ mothers.

Need to get caught up? The archive for all the pages posted to date is here.

In other news, I’m going to be posting more Beyond teasers over on my tumblr as work on that story gears up. Here’s the new one I put up yesterday. Eventually I’ll create a section on Studio NDR for all this concept art, but for the time being it’s just easier to post it on Tumblr. So. Follow along there if you don’t want to have to wait.

Cheers,

Dylan

PiQue – Old Ghosts page 3

February 26, 2014 Dylan Edwards No Comments

New page is up! You can read it here on Tapastic, or here on Studio NDR. In this episode, we begin to get the impression that Archer might possibly need to learn some meditation skills. (That’ll totally happen, yeah.)

I’ve got up through page 29 penciled. I have a convention this weekend, so further penciling progress will be slow, but I hope to get back to it after the show’s over.

Cheers,

Dylan

Alt newspaper MADNESS

February 23, 2014 Dylan Edwards No Comments

First up, it may interest you to learn that the latest issue of Rocksalt is out, and I have a couple of cartoons in it. As ever, lots of great and weird cartoonery is to be had within, and if you live in Austin you can probably snag a print copy somewhere around town at one of the free drops.

Meanwhile, Comix Brew, the alt comics newspaper for Denver Drink & Draw‘s cadre of crazy cartoonists has hit its Kickstarter funding goal. There’s still a week left to contribute, so if you want to snag a bitchin’ pint glass or some original art, go throw some dollars our way.

What else can I tell ya. Still penciling away on Old Ghosts. 28 pages down, hoping to knock out page 29 today. Inks in progress on page 24. I’m so excited to be finishing this story after all these years I can’t even tell ya. Anyway, page 3 goes up on Wednesday, so check back then.

Cheers,

Dylan

PiQue: Old Ghosts page 2 is up!

February 19, 2014 Dylan Edwards No Comments

Old Ghosts page 2 is up, on Tapastic and here on Studio NDR.

Who WOULDN’T want to sit next to Archer on a plane for seven hours?

Trivia for this page: my grandfather, who smoked for 40 years, gave up the habit only under duress. He would never hesitate to tell you how “those doctors” had “made” him quit smoking, as though the two heart attacks had nothing to do with it. (He lived to be 96.) So I borrowed a bit of that bluster for Archer’s own “you made me quit” narrative.

Need to get caught up? Here’s the archive of all pages posted to date.

Tune in next week for more UNSTOPPABLE EXCITEMENT.

Cheers,

Dylan

Thus it begins – PiQue: Old Ghosts page 1

February 12, 2014 Dylan Edwards No Comments

Page 1 of the brand new PiQue story “Old Ghosts” is now up on Tapastic, and here at home. Todd, Archer, and Archer’s mother Clara embark on a journey to Shrewsbury, England, to assist Archer’s grandmother in moving to a newer, smaller house. In this case, “newer” simply means “less than 500 years old.” Todd is game. Clara is resigned. Archer … might be about to complain a bit? Nah.

There’s only the one page at the moment, but ultimately this is where you’ll go to read the story in progress. At 36 pages, published one page a week, I’m sure there’ll come a time when you’ll want to review what has come before.

As of right now I have 8 pages completely finished, so that’s two months of updates in the can.

Also of possible interest to you queer comics readers: my publisher, Northwest Press, is having a 20% Off sale right this very now. A great chance to stock up on some excellent queer graphic novels, no?

Cheers,

Dylan

A couple of PiQue updates and Beyond

February 5, 2014 Dylan Edwards No Comments

More PiQue on Tapastic! In which Archer’s mother interrupts bidness for business.

This is the second ever PiQue strip, from back when it was still called Young Republicans in Love. Back before I decided Todd & Archer weren’t so young after all, and also maybe I wanted to write about people besides just Republicans.

I’m not a huge fan of this particular comic, to be honest, but Archer’s mom is a principal character in the big story arc that starts NEXT WEEK (!), so I figured you should meet her first. Even if that first meeting is a wee bit awkward.

SPEAKING OF WHICH. I have five pages completely finished, with a sixth in the works. I’m going to get as many more pages done as I can in the next week, and then I’ll switch back to penciling for a bit. So my expectation is to go into next Wednesday’s debut with at least 2 months of buffer in the can.

Work on Beyond is going to ramp up real soon here. With any luck I’ll have enough of PiQue: Old Ghosts done to keep it going uninterrupted while I switch over to working on Beyond. I’m far enough ahead on pencils and inks that I don’t feel like it should be a problem.

Anyway, that’s what’s what. Tune in next week for the start of Politically InQueerect: Old Ghosts!

Cheers,

Dylan

PiQue Progress Report

January 29, 2014 Dylan Edwards No Comments

It being Wednesday, it’s time for a new PiQue on Tapastic, naturally. What with some I guess big deal impending sporting event barreling toward us, I figured it was as good a time as any to dust off this ol’ Outfield cartoon. Poor Todd seems to be the only one interested in the big screen over the little one. And it’s shocking, I know, that Archer should show a preference for something he feels he can have some kind of control over.

Meanwhile, you may wish to know what’s up with the new PiQue story, “Old Ghosts.” Well, I’ll tell you. Finished the pencils for page 25 of 36, and boy did that take forever. Lots of complicated architectural drawings, as per that there thumbnail. So I’m taking a little bit of a break from penciling to get some coloring done. Just finished coloring page 1 last night. And I’ve inked up through page 20, so things are moving right along.

When, you ask, will this story actually start running? I’m going to plow through coloring a few more pages so I have a good buffer before I head back to the pencils. So I’m gonna say right now that Feb 12 is my target start date, though I reserve the right to push that back if necessary. I’d rather start later and go uninterrupted than try to start early and update inconsistently. Ya know?

So that’s where it’s at. NEW STUFF REAL SOON NOW.

Cheers,

Dylan

New PiQue on Tapastic, New Anti-Valentine

January 22, 2014 Dylan Edwards No Comments

The latest Politically InQueerect is up on Tapastic. Dee’s getting settled in, and has a disagreement with Todd over whether or not it’s worth it to live with a neat freak.

Speaking of PiQue, as far as the new 36-page story goes, I’m partway through penciling page 25 (pages 24 and 25 are full of very complicated backgrounds and are taking foreverrrrrr). Inked up through page 18. I think once I finish the pencils for page 25 I’m going to take a wee break from penciling to work on the coloring I haven’t started on yet. I’m still hoping to get this thing running in February (probably not Feb. 1, mind, but at some point before the month is done), so I need to get crackin’ on those colors.

I also have for you a brand new anti-valentine’s day card. This one is for you smartypants types out there, who might like just a little bit of sentiment, but without the saccharine. Here it is on Tumblr for all your reblogging needs.

I might possibly do one more anti-valentine this year, but it remains to be seen. I have the concept, just possibly not the time. At any rate, there are still all the cards from years past, should you require an antidote for this horrible holiday.

Cheers,

Dylan

Wednesday PiQue: Return to Arbucks

January 15, 2014 Dylan Edwards No Comments

The latest Politically InQueerect is up on Tapastic. Dee’s back in town, and Todd treats her to lunch at his favorite fast food mashup establishment. Grossness ensues.

I’m partway through the pencils for page 23 of the new PiQue story, “Old Ghosts.” Inked up through page 16. Still need to get started on the coloring, but oh, it’ll happen. I’m mostly concerned with getting the pencils done ASAP, since they’re the most challenging part of the drawing process to get through. Was going to do digital lettering, but it turns out the older pages (which I drew in 2006-2007, I think?) are a slightly different aspect ratio from the new pages, and I can’t get one single font to work across both. Also, my old-style word balloons are NOT font-friendly, so I give up and am hand lettering the whole damn story. This does slow things down a little, but it’ll keep the comic looking consistent despite the long break.

More teasers soon!

Cheers,

Dylan

Lots of PiQue goings on, and an art show

January 8, 2014 Dylan Edwards No Comments

This week’s Politically InQueerect on Tapastic is a repurposed Outfield comic from days of yore. Yeah, it’s not the right season for discussing baseball, but I’ll be spending most of the summer running the new, long-form PiQue story I’ve been working furiously on. I’m in the midst of penciling page 20, and have inked up through page 14. Still need to start coloring, but a trip to ye olde art shoppe is required before that can begin.

Anyhow, look for this new story to start running sometime in February (when, exactly, in Feb I have not yet determined. Will depend on how fast the coloring goes). Until then, have a wee teaser image:

Finally, I’m in an art show here in Denver, at the Wazee Union. It’ll be up throughout January 2014, so if you’re in town, stop by to check out artwork by me and a bunch of other local cartoonists. One of the pieces I have up is an original page from Transposes, dontcha know. If you can’t make it to the show, Denver Westword has a nifty photo gallery up from the opening.

Cheers,

Dylan

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