Work In Progress Wedsnday: Letters, the next chapter, and hiatus.

 

Taking Care Of Business

    Welcome to the weekly update! Here we shall provide information on all of my upcoming projects. Whether they personal or through my company The Phoenix Press

    This week I'll be giving a progress report for not just my comics Project Axis and  2100 Samurai but also my novel Lost Kingdom.

            Before I get into the status of the individual comics I need to make an important announcement. Due to Covid shutting down conventions, I will of course not be attending any for at least the first half of the year. Conventions are my main source of comic income and without them it doesn't really make sense to put the time and effort in. After 2100 Samurai is finished and all backers have their orders. I will be shifting focus onto my novel until I am able to go to conventions. I will still be open to anyone who wants to work with me but I myself with not be starting up any new projects. 

    Anyway, on to the comics. 

 Project Axis

    I'm just going to get straight to the point. Issue 2 is on indefinite hiatus. The original artist has departed the project. Until a replacement can be found, work will not be able to proceed.  For some good news I am happy to announce that we have sold over 100 copies!

2100 Samurai

    

    Thankfully, work on 2100 Samurai is proceeding smoothly.

    Pencils/Inks: 6 pages have been completed so far. Page 7 will be done shortly.

    Colors: Kitty has colored 5 pages thus far.

    Letters: So far 3 pages are lettered and thus finished. (Page 3 can be seen at the top of this post.)

Lost Kingdom

    As of this writing, chapter 8 is complete. Currently I am looking to have 15 chapters total in this novel. I'm churning out on average a chapter a week. Hopefully, I will be farming out the book to the initial Beta Readers. If you want to be one such reader, shoot me an email at submissions@thephoenixpress.com.  

So, what do you think? Anything in paticular you find exciting? Let me know in the comments below!

-Nick Gibson   

Things are gearing up!

2020 was a shit year for us all no doupt about it. But we made it through. In 2020 I was able to Kickstart my comic Project Axis as well as do an IndieGoGo for 2100 Samurai.

That last one has hit a few snags but it's since gotten back on track. Expect to see more info on that in the near future.

Comics aren't the only thing I have been working on. I'm pleased to announce my upcoming novel Lost Kingdom!

A Sci-Fi/Fantasy tale set in our solar system. It is the 4000s, Earth has long since been abandoned for the wasteland it is. 

It is a story of regret, of lost honor, what would you do if you made a single choice?That choice caused you to abandon everything you once held dear.

As it stands now the first draft is about 50% complete. I'm hoping to have the book ready for beta readers by mid spring.

From here on out I'll be posting more often. Usually about anything and everything. Projects, Interests, Inspirations, and just random musings. 

Anyway if you got this far tell me your favorite sci-fi movie.

Laters!

-Nick Gibson

"I can only show you the door. You're the one who has to walk through it."