State of the Newshounds
Jul. 3rd, 2017 03:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thomaskdyeSo here's one of, I hope, at least a few "behind the scenes" posts about Newshounds that I want to make over the coming year.
Thanks to all the folks who bought "Newshounds: The Complete Story" at Anthrocon this year. I really wanted to go out with a "bang" with this, so I did as much promotion as I could. I don't thing I did a bang-up job of it, but I don't have a public relations consultant. Therefore, I went with "Oh, that might be fun to draw." In any case, it was very important to make some kind of impression at AC, because...
Newshounds is over. Over, over, over. It actually WAS over when Newshounds II ended in 2014, but my desire to flesh out the "Newshounds I" story in graphic novel form took over my brain. Once that happened, I felt I needed to run it on the site to keep Newshounds relevant until the project was done. And now the project is done, in time for Newshounds' 20th Anniversary!
There's just nowhere to go with the core story anymore. Even though I'm doing comics as a labor of love as opposed to Maybe This Will Be My Big Break, with one or two exceptions, I don't think there's any more work to be done with the main characters. Believe me, I already miss them, and sometimes I wake up and think, "Hey, maybe I'll put on 'Zombie Nightmare' and draw another page... oh." But that's the thing... "Newshounds: The Complete Story" is just that... complete. It may not be perfect, but it is what I consider the ultimate presentation package of a thing that still means a lot to me.
"Yeah, you don't have to convince us, Thomas..." Okay, moving on then...
So what's after this? Right now, a drawing break. Gonna do a couple of commissions, then visit friends for two consecutive weekends. Gotta do some special comics for the Patreon subscribers (July might be a little late, stay with me!) Those comics will be little interludes involving the characters after the epilogue. Just fun little doodles.
Then, it's time for "Infinity Refugees." I'm still pretty motivated by it. The beginning might stay as it is, because it's generally fine, but I'm going to reexamine it somewhat over the summer.
I also have another idea for a side comic about the coyotes. It's actually quite a good idea and very relevant in a metaphorical way. We'll see if that gains any traction within my skull.
Thanks! Next post: Renata, what's the deal with her? (Spoiler warning!)
Thanks to all the folks who bought "Newshounds: The Complete Story" at Anthrocon this year. I really wanted to go out with a "bang" with this, so I did as much promotion as I could. I don't thing I did a bang-up job of it, but I don't have a public relations consultant. Therefore, I went with "Oh, that might be fun to draw." In any case, it was very important to make some kind of impression at AC, because...
Newshounds is over. Over, over, over. It actually WAS over when Newshounds II ended in 2014, but my desire to flesh out the "Newshounds I" story in graphic novel form took over my brain. Once that happened, I felt I needed to run it on the site to keep Newshounds relevant until the project was done. And now the project is done, in time for Newshounds' 20th Anniversary!
There's just nowhere to go with the core story anymore. Even though I'm doing comics as a labor of love as opposed to Maybe This Will Be My Big Break, with one or two exceptions, I don't think there's any more work to be done with the main characters. Believe me, I already miss them, and sometimes I wake up and think, "Hey, maybe I'll put on 'Zombie Nightmare' and draw another page... oh." But that's the thing... "Newshounds: The Complete Story" is just that... complete. It may not be perfect, but it is what I consider the ultimate presentation package of a thing that still means a lot to me.
"Yeah, you don't have to convince us, Thomas..." Okay, moving on then...
So what's after this? Right now, a drawing break. Gonna do a couple of commissions, then visit friends for two consecutive weekends. Gotta do some special comics for the Patreon subscribers (July might be a little late, stay with me!) Those comics will be little interludes involving the characters after the epilogue. Just fun little doodles.
Then, it's time for "Infinity Refugees." I'm still pretty motivated by it. The beginning might stay as it is, because it's generally fine, but I'm going to reexamine it somewhat over the summer.
I also have another idea for a side comic about the coyotes. It's actually quite a good idea and very relevant in a metaphorical way. We'll see if that gains any traction within my skull.
Thanks! Next post: Renata, what's the deal with her? (Spoiler warning!)
