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.

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.

Chapter 4 Pg 12 is a post from: Brymstone – Online fantasy web manga.

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.

Woot. I got the page done. So far we are three weeks in a row for updates! Horray!

Glad to see people are finding the facebook page for Brymstone, I’m going to try to work on some stuff to upload to it as well as vote incentives, but my main concern has been keeping up with updates for now, everything extra can come later.

If you follow my other comic at all, Shifters, or have in the past, you should know there’s a big announcement over on the main page. You should check it out, there’s even a contest on the forums . It ends March 11, so get over there and check it out. Speaking of forums, we have forums here on the Brymstone page, you should check them out.

Did you know I like to Ustream my drawing sessions? If you want a sneak peek of me while I’m doing art stuff, you should follow me on twitter or watch my deviant art account for announcements of when I’m Ustreaming. (because I’m kinda random) I’m taking singing lessons too, so if someone actually has the gumption to ask me, I’ll sing while I draw. Don’t worry, I won’t destroy your ears.

Some new goodies hopefully on the way soon. Otherwise, enjoy the page.

HEY LOOK! IT’S A GIRL! (don’t get too attached though, the woman ain’t staying long.)

Chapter 4 Pg 9 is a post from: Brymstone – Online fantasy web manga.

You know, I think I need to write this stuff in advance, because inevitably when I finish the comic at like 1am, I’m all like DURRRR when I go to write these things. There’s always stuff I wanna ask you guys during the week and then when I get to the point where I actually post the comic, its like everything falls out of my head. So you get 1 am hallucination rambles. Hooray.

I think I remember a few things I wanted to say through the hazy fog of OMG-I-am-so-tired. One is to point out that, in case you didn’t know, Brymstone has a facebook page and you should like it if you haven’t already. Secondly I thought I’d get your guys thoughts on the forum. No one has used it for a while (granted it was broken for a bit there) But its fixed now! I’m even working on an roleplaying area in the forums. If you are into that, input is welcome. Are like forums totally out of style or something and is that why no one uses them? And speaking of style, what exactly is the point of Tumblr? Oh yes, and forumspring. I have a forumspring account, no one ever asks me anything on it, so its all empty and lonely and pathetic. Why do I have this again? Social media is so hard to keep up on. Although I do twitter a fair amount. Follow me for updates and notifications of livestreams of me drawing! I only really put notes on twitter or on my Deviantart account. Lastly, if you haven’t voted in the poll, please do.

I’m going to bed now. Enjoy.

Chapter 4 Pg 8 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.

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.

Okay, I cheated a little, but I got a new page up for you this week. Its a title page, but rest assured more story goodness is on its way.

This particular titlepage is pretty good in that it doesn’t actually give away much of this chapter, some of my others are kinda bad for it.. but hey, it looks pretty. I might fashion part of this into some kind of wallpaper… if nothing else to give that calendar something else to display aside from the comic press logo.

I’ve got a little poll going on in the sidebar here about which day you guys think I should update. I’m working on the weekly thing, but I’d like to know which day that people think is the best. Monday so far is looking the rosiest, but if you think it should be Friday, vote. If you think it should be something else, leave a comment!

Don’t forget to join the Brymstone Facebook Page! If you haven’t yet that is. Also, if you play CastleAge on Facebook, look me up.

Chapter 4 – A Problem In Pendajo is a post from: Brymstone – Online fantasy web manga.