Day 21: Quick Post (ZF)

Considering how crazy the day/pay job is, I don't know how I am managing time to put this up, but here's the pencils of a sketch for the Large Panel where Roy gets attacked by the Zant.  Hopefully I'll get out at a almost human hour and can put up more work, and discuss more self-publishing info, including a discussion I had with an Eisner winning retailer of late,  about distribution and such.

Anyway: Sketch!

It's like a giant roadblock, composed of smaller, lesser roadblocks

Because of the long hours I work in a post production 'facility' when one of us gets sick, we all get sick. Fighting of a nasty. . .something or other.  Even so there should be a page or two of script up, along with some artwork, even if they're just thumbnails.  Don't wait to let you guys down at all, and it's been too long since I've put up something of substance.

Sorry for the delay(s) in posting

Sorry for the delays folks.  Day/Pay job is a bit crazy right now.  Woke up at 5am to get to work, and as I write this I'm still at work. . .and have to come in early tomorrow morning.  Will definitely get some more story/art/self-publishing info up as soon as I have a breather. . .thanks for sticking with the blog.

Day 20: Finally back jack (ZF)

First off my apologizes for the delay in posting.  I've been working insane hours 14-20 hour days) and got a case of food poisoning. . .and still had to come into work.  Yeah. Blech.  

Anyway, here's 2 more pages of the comic.  On the facebook page a friend of mine, Paul, stated he didn't want to read anymore of the script, but I want you the reader to have actual input into the story itself. . .so Paul. . .don't read this post! Here's another two pages continuting with what we have before.  I'll try to get the rest up tonight or tomorrow along with some COLOR artwork, as per the facebook polls request(s).

Without any further ado. . .(PS when I paste these it changes the format. Sorry but I'm in a bit of a rush so I can't reformat right now. I'll try to edit them later.  But I haven't posted in too long and want to keep you guys up to date.)

PAGE 6:

Panel 1: Earl helping the mauled Roy up, and moving.

Earl:

C'mon Roy we gotta get you to a doc!

Roy:

unghg.

Panel 2: Close up of Roys wounds, fungus around the wounds (note: don't get too gory. . .trying to keep this at a 'T' rating.

Roy:

Don't . . .feel. . .good.

Panel 3: Earl's gotten Roy to a clearing. Other Dino workers are running to the rescue

EARL

Guys! Halp! Roy's hurt

WORKER #1

What happened?

ROY

So. . .hungry!

Panel 4: POV behind Earls sholder. We see the shocked looks on the workers' faces as they stop dead in their tracks.

EARL

What are you guys. . .

Panel 5: ROY now overtaken with the fungus looms over EARL. It's obvious Roy is now . . .a Zombie Dinosaur. .

EARL

Roy?

PAGE 7

Panel 1: Long Panel; We see three pictures of Pangea left to right, with a small red dot in one of the quadrents of the massive continent in the first picture. The next picture to the right is a map showing the spread of the infection, The last picture in panel is the full 'flood' of the infection. The continent covered in red.

CAP BOX: Once the mutated fungal parasite mixed with dinosaurs hosts bodies, it quickly spread through the enitre continent in a matter of days, the infection's incubation period becoming a matter of minutes. . .

Panel 2: 2/3 page Panel: We see Mikey: Velicoraptor with a Shotgun blasting round after round into the viewers direction. We can see from the shadows his blasts are causing that he's surround by Zinos (zombie dinosaurs.) Claire, the female Pachycephalosarus is running away from the crowd, behind Mikey. In her hands she's cradling food and supplies, a few of which are escaping her grip in her dead heat run.

Mikey:

Dino-God damn it! Claire, RUN!

Claire:

What does it look like I'm doing Mikey?

Day 19: Lesson Learned (CC)

So I learned a decent lesson today, which ironically is one I should have learned before.  See years ago I was working on a comic, "Abraham Lincoln; Zombie Hunter" which I stopped because it turned out there was 3 or 4 comics and book, and a movie (which should be out soon), I didn't want to look like I was just copying someone's idea.  When I started this project I did some quick research and it looked like there were maybe one or two similar projects but nothing dead on.  Should have done better research.  In fact I was looking at Newsarama and it looks like Larry Young may be doing a book called 'Zombie Dinosaur'. . .crap.  If you've read previous posts you know I really like the AiT guys, and definitely don't want to step on any toes, especially as I really respect the work they put out.

Now I'm not going to stop, don't get me wrong. I'll have to put the comic out under a different name, maybe "Dawn of the Dead Dinosaurs" or "Evil Dead Dinosaurs", etc. But I should have done more research.  I figured since I hadn't heard any info on Zombie Dinosaurs comics and couldn't initially find anything much on the subject it would be unique. With Kirkman's 'Super Dinosaur' already on the shelves, I run the risk of looking like someone that can't come up with original concepts.

And I think that speaks to a fear of artists/writers, etc. to create something, and it's not original, or worse look like a rip off artist.  One of the reasons I liked the conceit of Zombisaurs is that it's wacky, weird, not something you hear of every day. I think my presentation is going to be fairly unique, but still it's annoying to arrive on a project a day late.

So the leason today kids is do a LOT of research before starting on a project, no matter how hot to trot you are.

Even though I'm stuck at work today (day/pay job) I should be able to put up a decent post a bit later.

-T

Day 18: Getting Closer on conceptual visuals (zf)

Wife is sick, so after getting home at 8:45, made her some chicken noodle soup from scratch and then tried to get a chunk of the house chores done, which didn't leave a lot of time for zombie dinosaurs.  Still, I'm getting closer on how I want the zinos to look. Such as. . .

Kinda happy with this one, especially since I pounded it out so fast.  Had just looked at Frank Cho's 'Women' before I sketched this one out, and think I stole to heavily from his style, albeit by accident since it was so heavily in my mind. Anyway, Like the look of this one, but don't know if I want to carry over the 'spore stick' from the zants.   Thoughts?

Day 17.5: Pump up the (undead) jams.(ZF)

Crazy day at work. Will try to color this in later. Didn't feel the last Zant was creepy enough.  Here's the more 'pumped up' version.

Once I put some color on this guy, I think he'll look far more frightening. Not sure if I'm getting stuck late at work tonight, but if I'm not expect more zino-goodness, including more story and art.  If I do. . .well, there's always tomorrow.  L8R G8R's.

-T