Creating a New Cover

So, cover #2.

Originally, the idea was to keep the same cartoon figure on all three covers, only varying the background cover colors and subtitles. But my fall play stipend is in my pocket, and I find myself more interested in playing with Chase Cooper than buying another pair of jeans, finishing the hearth on my fireplace, or going back to the dentist to fix this one annoying tooth...

Sean Tiffany, get ready for a little more work.

After two months of flirting with the idea, I have had an epiphany on the pic for vol 2. Even as Chase is becoming more and more the hero of his own life, he is letting go of his fantastical dreams of being "super." This next picture will reflect this change in his wearing his cape over regular clothes... jeans and a tee?

While flying.

Comic-Con

With great excitement I sent off a registration form and a copy of SPOTD to the exhibition committee for the International Comic-Con event in San Diego for the summer of 2012. They generously reserve a section of the exhibition space for new and small publishers, at a discounted rate.

I've wanted to attend Comic-Con ever since Michael Novotny on QAF held up his passes and smiled his earnestly gleeful smile at the prospect of nerd heaven. I suspected those were my people.

Friday, I received an envelope with the Comic-Con logo... And they didn't say no. I am on the waiting list, so it's not an absolutely positively closed door. But I'm thinking I may be attending as a fan, not an exhibitioner. In any case, a summer trip to CA is penciled into my planner.

Like I said, I suspect those are my people.

The return, as promised.

Hello, patient blog-followers, who have endured the fall play season without complaint or lamentation. It is my pleasure to invite you to follow the progress of SPOTD volumes 2 and 3, which will be my focus in the next two months.

First up, revising two key chapters of volume 2, The Hero Chronicle Continues. Semi spoiler alert: There is both an emergency room visit and some interesting internal body function description. With the help of local surgeon Dr. Jared Slater, these chapters will be medically accurate.

When those revisions are complete, I'll be ready for a final proofing of volume 2. Yeah! I can't wait to reread it. I remember giggling with pleasure while working on it this past summer. I think vol 3 is the most emotionally engaging of the three sections, but vol 2 is the most fun. Think of a great superpower. It's probably in vol 2.

Simultaneously, I'll be working with Ryan and Sean to create a great cover. Watch for upcoming posts as we wrangle them into being.