Hey there, sports fans! Al here with the latest:
Real-world events have changed once again but on a small personal scale. I’m back at work once again am I am happy about it.
I dreamt of a time when I could step back from the working world to focus and follow more intellectual pursuits with writing and art.
That time did come but at a price, the world had to pay.
And at first, I embraced the chance to finish off stories that I had come up with and illustrated. And I was happy with that BUT as weeks stretched into months ( and I am sure you’ve heard this story before) I began to feel stir crazy because I had little to no social contact with any of my friends.
I’m sure pretty much everyone who reads this can understand.
But being back at work does offer some interesting changes and the way I approach doing future artwork.
Never fear, Richard Parker is here!
With the way the new 9” X12” scratchboard pieces have been coming together within a span of a few days each, Parker is still moving forward.
HOWEVER because now of my limited schedule due to being rehired as a “hybrid worker” (this will be making the rounds in the ever-changing American Lexicon) the coloring job on “Last Monster on EARTH!” will be severally curtailed. I still plan on sending the book to Alterna Comics to see if they would be interested in it. I could hire a colorist but that cuts into the bottom line so we’ll see whether a colorist would be a better fit than me doing the coloring.
Now the other story that has been worked on is the bookend to Corpse Cop.
Now all the other initial thumbnails have been completed. And the story is being transcribed to the computer to be dropped into photoshop when it comes to editing which I will be hitting up my friend Paula Akins to work on.
I am keeping my fingers crossed that both stories and characters will be picked up so I can cut her an actual check for all the great work that she has already done on the last couple of Corpse Cop books 2 and 3.
So there you- an update and I hope to keep a week by week update on how things are progressing.
And this kid is outta here!