I bet you never expected to see this.

Although don’t get too excited yet. I’m going to try to get once a week updates going again for Fridays. I’ve rescheduled my class I teach to mondays so I’ll have tues/wed/thurs to get the pages done. There may be some break with color if I can’t get the color done, or only base shades or something. But I DO want to make sure this gets going on again.

I did have some comics left over at the end of last convention season and they can be ordered through my store at evilspacecat.com. Its pretty much chapter one, re-lettered and tweeked a little. Although the last page contains Darshe’s full real name. XD I’m completely redrawing chapter 2 for the next issue, but its far from done. I don’t intend to update the site with the new artwork though, as it will be formatted from the get go for print, and I don’t really want to reformat it twice. So if you want to see the new art, you’ll have to order a copy.

If you want notifications of when I do post updates, I post on Facebook, Twitter, G+, and of course on Deviantart. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed if you use RSS.

Chapter 4 Pg 15 is a post from: Brymstone – Online fantasy web manga.

Whew. And its another page closer to PLOT. There’s actually some in this page. I LOVE Raif in the bottom left panel putting his swords away. And look who’s back. Its Rowan, his mind ever on food. Completely doesn’t care he just raided someone else’s kitchen for it.

And now, in other news. I do another comic called “Shifters Redux“, you may have heard about it. It is with great pleasure I can now say that it is updating again. It started on  June 6th, and with some special help from Mad Cheshire, It will hopefully be a weekly update. I’m TRYING to get set up with a colorist on this comic too, but with getting Shifters set up, AND getting the book put together in time for the various events I’ll be at, like Minicomi, Cos & Effect, and Vcon, its been a bit troublesome. But I’m trying.

Don’t forget that Brymstone has a facebook page you should like (if you haven’t already), and now so does Shifters. Also follow me on twitter for updates and so forth.

Chapter 4 Pg 14 is a post from: Brymstone – Online fantasy web manga.

Annnd we finally have a page! Honestly I do work on these as often as I can, although I’ve been experiencing some technical and biological fail. But if you want to spy on me as I work, I’ve been doing Livestreams for Brymstone every Wednesday at 9pm PST. Come and join if you want to spy on my progress. Speaking of progress, there is now a progress bar to help keep you appraised of where I’m at for the next page. Hopefully I’ll figure out a better way to flat that’s faster and doesn’t rely on my failing mouse.

ALSO, I’m talking with a printer about the graphic novel in terms of quantities, and I’m wondering if anyone would be interested in pre-orders. The book would be bout 120 pages, perfect bound, glossy cover, full colour cover and insides. I’m not sure the price yet, but if you are interested, would you consider pre-ordering? If I sweetened the deal with some extra Brymstone swag such as buttons or bookmarks, or perhaps a citizenship card to the Kingdom of Hakkred? I still haven’t decided on all my extras yet, but there will be sketches, possibly some extra pages that aren’t online. If you have any extras you like to see in a graphic novel, please leave a comment!

Chapter 4 Pg 13 is a post from: Brymstone – Online fantasy web manga.

Holy crap, I finally finished it. Seriously, I’ve been working on this for weeks. I’m not entirely sure what happened, but crap, I’m SO HAPPY its done. Probably not my best page evar, but still passable. (seriously, I’ve been streaming it live, so I have witnesses that I was working and not slacking!) I stream on Tuesdays and Weds from 8:30 pm to usually midnight PDT. We talk on skype and mock things and have a good time. Consider joining us.

I thought I’d point out that I now have a Tumblr account, and while there isn’t a lot there, I am accepting questions on it ( I don’t think you have to register to ask a question… don’t quote me on that..), so if you have one you want to ask, go ahead. You can also follow me too if you happen to be a tumblr person, I will follow you back.

If you follow the Brymstone facebook page, there is a schedule of the Ustreams, including a special early day one on Friday, if you can’t make the evening ones.

Now, on to trying to make sure the next update is ON SCHEDULE. blarg.

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And so we learn today that Rushe turns into a cat when exposed to women. Or at least meows like one. Slightly different twist than the original RP, because I thought it was funnier. And we see Ghost Darshe for the first time! Isn’t he all cute and… ghosty.

More on this development later.

In other news I’m officially going to be selling at Minicomi! I’ve sent my papers and payment and they’ve all confirmed it so on July 23rd, I’ll be up at UBC selling my stuff, which is going to include a Brymstone graphic novel!

Yes, you heard me. :3

If you are feeling all commenty, I’d love to hear what sorts of things YOU as readers like to see in a graphic novel (particularly a webcomic collection GN) as extras that would be enticing to you to perhaps purchase it. Would you prefer colour? or black and white like a proper manga? What price would you expect it to be? I’m aiming for about 120 pages right now for the book. Any feedback is appreciated!

Chapter 4 Pg 11 is a post from: Brymstone – Online fantasy web manga.

Rushe really doesn’t want ‘mommy’ to hug him, and you’ll find out why next week.

I know, I’m evil. XD I do apologize that I ended up skipping last week’s update. I was actually pretty annoyed with myself, but I am still recovering from surgery and I have these periods of exhaustion that just sap the life from me, couple that with having a flu, and well.. yeah. I just ran out of time. I’m sure that will improve though as time goes on. Having livestreams helps too, since I can be kinda focused when I’m yacking about what I’m doing.

Its good to see people liking the facebook pages, keep it coming. I also have a tumblr account now, although I really haven’t totally figured out how I want to use it. But if you are into tumblr, feel free to follow me. I do have a poll up right now there if you would be so kind as to give some feed back as to what you use to stay informed. If you use other things you think I should know about, feel free to leave it in the comments! I try to notify people all over the place, especially given that my update schedule is still erratic, although improving.

On a really positive note, I submitted the Raif wallpaper I did (Raif in Fire) to Elfwood, and got a Moderator’s Pick! It only took 13 friggen years, but I finally got one. HAH. (If you poke around on elfwood you can see some REALLY old art of mine. It only proves that, yes you too can improve if you kick your own ass for a decade or so.) If you haven’t seen the new wallpaper its in the gallery at 800×600, but if you want the full, large rez versions, you’ll have to login to the site (or register, if you haven’t) and you’ll get a nifty option under the gallery called ‘wallpaper’ where you can download the high resolution of all the wallpapers I’ve done and in the future I will do. I’ll likely be adding more site member features, so its worth registering, You will also be registered for the forums! Which really need some love..

Anyway, enjoy Rushe flipping out.

Chapter 4 Pg 10 is a post from: Brymstone – Online fantasy web manga.

Update! Whoo! I’m freaking tired so this blog post is probably going to be kinda bleh. I wanted to get up this update last week, but it seems that going back to work has had.. well… certain unexpected side effects to my comic productivity. See I have this problem sitting up right now. My stomach muscles are still healing and sitting all day is pretty painful. Of course I do this all day at work and then come home and lo, I cannot sit any longer to draw. Since I have to draw at my main comp (which requires sitting) i’ve had to do this page in stints over the last few weeks when I wasn’t stuck on the couch. Sitting up the extra time sometimes resulted in being couched anyway.

In this page, we finally meet the last of our crew! The smoking hot elf, if I do say so myself, came out wonderfully. I think the art looks really good in this one. One hell of a debut. I’m totally drooling over him. Seriously.

Chapter 4 Pg 7 is a post from: Brymstone – Online fantasy web manga.

Well it was at least close to the day I wanted to update. Still having some issues with recovery related pain and such, but at least the page got done.

I was amazed at the response on the last page, really guys, you guy are awesome!

Thanks to Garret, Marshmallows, Deanira, zharnash, Johnny Whoa, batz, Anime Fan, and hoheh for your comments.

I thought I might point out to those who might have noticed a delay in their comments showing up, that if you are NOT registered, or never commented with the name/email you are using, it requires me to manually approve the comment the first time. It should show up quickly afterwords. Of course, if you are registered, it should just let you comment as you please.

I know this is going a little slow at the moment, but we’ll see some serious story progression soon.

Chapter 4 Pg 6 is a post from: Brymstone – Online fantasy web manga.

I’m very sorry its taken so very long, but here’s an update, with more to come. Last year was rather brutal. At the beginning of the year I suffered a major problem with my long term relationship which shook me to the very core. I’m still dealing with aspects of it. I’ve also been rather sick with a medical problem that required major abdominal surgery.  I finally had the surgery in Dec and it went well, but I’m still recovering. But I’m hoping that with the problem resolved that I will once again be able to resume doing comic stuff instead of constantly being sick or running around to hospitals and doctor’s appointments.

I’ve also made a few decisions about how I’m going to update Brymstone in 2011 moving forward. I’m going to be trying for a biweekly schedule, weekly if I can manage it, but I’m not promising right now as I’m still recovering from my surgery. Also, I’m going to be updating on the main site in advance of the mirror on Drunk Duck. Probably it will be updating a few pages in advance, so if you want the most current story, you’d probably best bookmark or follow the RSS for the site.

Here’s to a hopefully much better 2011 than 2010. Thank you to everyone who’s kept the faith and stuck around. Enjoy.

Chapter 4 Page 5 is a post from: Brymstone – Online fantasy web manga.

Holy crap.

The fact this ever made it to the online world is a small miracle unto itself. The last few months have been, quite simply, hell. And sadly, through it, the comic was something that had to play second fiddle to my RL crisis of epic proportions.

I won’t go too far into it, nor am I going to name the parties involved, but  to sum it up the two people I thought cared about me the most stabbed me in the back, and had been stabbing for some time. There was a brief period of homelessness, couch surfing, having had to leave my home due to the afford mentioned crisis, and then going through a process to reclaim my home and deal with the problem at hand, and then there was/is the ongoing process of trying to pick up the pieces of my shattered life and try to puzzle them back together. Long time friends have been lost, homes have been broken, and budgets hammered and much therapy will be needed over this whole debacle into the next year.

This is the sort of thing that destroys most people. Fortunately I am not most people.

I’m just now starting to get my creative drive back, doing what I can to resume some semblance of normality to my life, trying to re-establish routines and see what I can recover of my former existence. I’ve gotten an offer of help for the coloring duties, we’ll see how that pans out, it may or may not work at this point, but I’m hopeful. I’ve also been working on Shiftersonline.com and hopefully something will come in that vein soon.

Anyway, enjoy an update.

Chapter 4 Pg 4 is a post from: Brymstone – Online fantasy web manga.