This years line up should be quite interesting as I’ve added another con to the list. Right here in good ol’ Austin! So without further ado, here they are in chronological order:

Look forward to seeing you all there!

I don’t have anything against companies wanting to make money. Far from it in fact, I love making money myself, but the MPAA and RIAA seem unwilling to do what most smart companies do. That smart thing to do is change, their business models are no longer suited to our world. They claim loose money left and right on “piracy”, saying it starves their artists, but some clever accounting on their part is more often to blame.

As an independent artist I long ago realized I can’t stop people from stealing my drawings that I post on the web. It wouldn’t matter how hard I tried, someone will find a way around the protections. But you know what, I don’t make any money off of those images anyway. The only money I make when doing art is when people commission me for private pieces at the conventions I go to.

The MPAA and RIAA could find new and suitable models where they could continue to make money, but they instead want everyone else to conform to their outdated business models. And this time they intend to do so by the censoring of the internet. Do not let these companies trample on our Freedom of Speech! No one should be able to remove your voice without due process!

The blackout page provides a plethora of details about these bills and what you can do to contact your representatives to make sure your opinions are heard on the mater.

Thank you

This week I’m moving to a new apartment but I plan to start drawing on this thing as soon as I get settled into the new place.

For those who want to read the old comic, don’t fret, they will still be available for viewing.

Comic
Has not been cancelled, it is just on hold while a rewrite is pending, hopefully with a more exciting plot. I plan to post some concept sketches on this in the future.

It has been inquired as to what the rating of the comic is and will be. The intention is to keep it around a PG or an R (at worst) level. There will be some violence, like the kind you would typically see in your average Shounen manga. (E.g. Naruto, Blue Exorcist, Fairy Tail, etc.) You might see the occasional bad word. *gasp* But it won’t go beyond that. No, there won’t be sex, or even explicit nudity in the comic. Sorry to disappoint, for those of you who like that sort of thing, but its just not something I’m comfortable doing.

Commissions
I still owe people some commissions. One from Furry Fiesta and one from Anthrocon. I plan to get those wrapped up soon. Some people have asked if I will take a commission out side of a con, the answer to that is yes and no. If I have the time I will. And speaking of conventions….

Conventions
2012 cons have been decided upon. As usual they will be Furry Fiesta, A-Kon, and Anthrocon. Come hell nor high water will keep me away from A-Kon next year!

Other News
Saturday’s webcast let this cat out of the bag a bit sooner than I had planned, but I’ll go ahead and make it semi-official at this point. I’m planning on trying my hand at making a fur suit. Keeping in mind this is my first attempt I’m sure it will be terrible beyond belief, but I’m still going to try. I have no idea if I’ll get it done before A-Kon/Anthrocon, but I plan to try. For that matter, I don’t even have a solid concept down yet. It’s still a rough idea batting about inside my skull. I’ll make some regular updates on the progress of this as I go.

I also have made some arrangements, and will be turning over a goodly portion of the writing of my comic to a much more skilled author. Fear not though, I will still have the final say so in the scripts and will still be doing the art.

Unfortunately, as luck would have it, things at my office have gotten way out of hand and I now have to dye my hair back to some sort of simi-natural color and fly out to Chicago tomorrow. If I owe you a commission I’m sorry but this will delay me a bit. I swear I’ll get to it as soon as I get back at the end of this week.

Looking forward to next year’s Anthrocon!

I will have a seat in the dealer’s den this year along with Miss Mab Kv1nn4. Our Jewish overlords Damaris and her husband Darkmoon, shall be making sure that the salt mines are constantly worked. The table numbers are A5 and A6. I expect there to be blood, sweat, tears, and plenty of marker fumes this weekend (so many colors….. @_@).

Hope to see you there!

Apparently A-Kon now conflicts with my plans to go to England, so needless to say I’m going to have to miss it again this year.

The Happy Grackle Trading Venture will be there as usual. They will have my books and I might be able to set something up to accept commissions if folks aren’t unwilling to have me mail it to them.

Anyhow! I have a couple of photos from the cons and several commissions I owe people, so expect some posts to my galleries in the near future. The con was quite enjoyable and I loved getting feed back from several people.

I got an interesting request to put together some tutorials and I have been contemplating the idea of doing a live video feed of me drawing and explaining how I do X or Y. I’d very much enjoy feed back on what sorts of topics this should cover.

This year’s theme is the disco infurno! So if I don’t see some bell bottoms, platform shoes, and a carpet strapped to your chest I’m going to be very disappointed. =^.-=