reMIND

Even though I’ve been a bit quiet online these days, it’s not to say nothing is happening. On the contrary I worked on a secret project until 1 AM each night for the last 8 days. I don’t want to let the cat out of the bag yet but I will say that… It’s probably the script for my next graphic novel after I finish reMIND Vol. 2! hehe. But don’t worry, I’m still planning on posting new pages soon but a small distraction was well needed for me to recharge my reMIND batteries. In some ways, I need to just pull the trigger and start posting pages again to put the fire back under my seat. I am still planning on starting to post in February sometime. Probably the end of February.

And just so you know here are a few more comic shops that started carrying reMIND. If you live close to one of these then please go bother them for a copy so they will order more! :)

More Cool Comic Shops to find reMIND!

Wow Cool
6378 Blackwood Drive
Cupertino, CA 95014

Titan Comics
3128 Forest Lane
Suite 212
Dallas, TX 75234

For a list of other cool shops carrying reMIND click here!

Also, I have to give a shout out to Patrick Bower of:

CHALLENGERS Comics
1845 N Western Ave 2R
Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155

who was actually the first comic shop to carry my book. Patrick has been super helpful in every aspect of selling reMIND and at the end of last year he send me an email saying:

“reMIND ranked #98 on our 2011 Sold Graphic Novels List. 

To give you a little perspective on this list, it’s for ALL Graphic Novels sold in 2011, not just books released this year. And there are a total of 3453 places on this list. reMIND was #98.”

All I gotta say is that it takes a good comic shop to move that many copies of reMIND and from what I hear, Patrick has one of the best comic shops around. I can’t wait to take a road trip to Chicago someday and check it out for myself. Thanks again Patrick!

reMIND Chapter 1 – 3 on Graphicly.com

Also, Chapters 1, 2 and 3 are all available now on Graphicly.com. You can download them all here: http://graphicly.com/coffee-table-comics. Remember that you can switch each page to sketch mode to see what the rough page layout looked like. Here is a sample of one of the pages finished vs. rough layouts.

Even though I've been a bit quiet online these days, it's not to say nothing is happening. On the contrary I worked on a secret project until 1 AM each night for the last 8 days. I don't want to let the cat out of the bag yet but I will say that... It's ...

I am getting really close now! Yes, you guessed it. I’m almost ready to start posting Volume 2 of reMIND!!! Here is my new progress chart.

If you missed my last update, I explained that once I finish Chapters 4 -6 I’ll start posting pages again because I will have about a years worth of pages ready to go! I decided that my progress has been so good that once I finish coloring Chapter 5 I will start posting pages which means I will probably be about to start in February now! I’m so excited! Chapter 5 is pretty simple to color too and so I am expecting it to go pretty fast. I can’t wait to start showing you some of these new spreads because I think I have really upped my game on the coloring.

And just so you believe me, here is a little cropped in version of the intro:

If you happen to have a webcomic that has been around for over a year then I’d love to talk to you about helping me launch reMIND Volume 2. I plan on giving a copy of reMIND to anyone who is willing to blog about it on their own webcomic. You see, it has been about a year since I posted my last few pages and so many of my regular visitors have wandered off into other corners of the interwebs and I’m trying to figure out ways to let people know that I am starting to post comic pages again. So if you are interested in helping me get the word out, I’d love to give you a free copy of reMIND to give away to your audience or you can even keep it for yourself if you want. :) Just email me at Jason@reMINDblog.com and let me know your comic/blog URL and if you are interested.

Yay!

Also, a new podcast is up at MakingComics.com with Daniel Lieske. We discuss how things have been going with the release of Chapter 2 of The Wormworld Saga! Hear is here: MakingComics.com.

Double Yay!

I am getting really close now! Yes, you guessed it. I'm almost ready to start posting Volume 2 of reMIND!!! Here is my new progress chart. If you missed my last update, I explained that once I finish Chapters 4 -6 I'll start posting pages again because I will have about a years worth of ...

So, I don’t know anything about TheStar.com but they seem to be big and they listed reMIND as one of the top 10 Graphic Novels of 2011! I feel pretty special seeing Coffee Table Comics listed right next to Image, DC, Drawn & Quarterly, First Second, Vertigo (DC), Villard (Random House imprint) and Marvel Comics! That’s just crazy!

In other news I’ve been recording some great conversations with amazing comic artists over on my other site. If you are interested in hearing some then I’ll list them here so you don’t have to go digging. Here are the cool people I was able to talk to in 2011:

Daniel Lieske – The Worm World Saga

Nate Simpson – Nonplayer (Part 1, Part 2)

Skottie Young – The Oz books and a million other things

Maritza Campos & Bachan – Powernap

David Pettersen – Mouse Guard

Trent Kaniuga – Creed & Twilight Monk

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I’ll give you another update on my progress on reMIND next week! I’m not sure if I’ll get a chance to make a new Christmas picture this year for this blog so here is a link to the one I did last year.

Merry Christmas! 

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas this year!

So, I don't know anything about TheStar.com but they seem to be big and they listed reMIND as one of the top 10 Graphic Novels of 2011! I feel pretty special seeing Coffee Table Comics listed right next to Image, DC, Drawn & Quarterly, First Second, Vertigo (DC), Villard (Random House imprint) and Marvel Comics! ...