MARS - webcomic side project

I noticed a couple of pings on my blog stats, which prompted me to remember that I actually have a blog, such as it is. (Visitors?! Why? How? Will I ever know?!) So I thought I'd better check in and wave just to prove I'm still alive and kicking.

Another side project webcomic has shuffled its way into the ether, after several "extra" characters who have only been glimpsed briefly started complaining about their lack of meaty roles, and told me they were ready for prime time. I already had the locations, vehicles and props (made for other comics) gathering dust on the studio lot, so what the hell, MARS was born. Tentatively subtitled A Murder Mystery on Mars!



Unlike several other long-running projects (Crowbar kicked off August 2008; Space Pirates and Secret Agent, January 2009; Sword Princess Yukisaki, February 2009; Starship Captain, August 2009; eek, where has the time gone?!), MARS is a short. At least that's the plan! And the cruel Fates, listening, chuckled with amusement.

As always I have this weirdo theory/idea that once I finish these comics I'll adapt them into prose, that the comics are really only storyboards. And that could actually be true. I just haven't proved it yet.

MARS is hosted on ComicFury

Nice title, shame about the — ooh, shiny!

Y'all may have wondered where the title of this lame excuse for a blog came from? (Or, far more likely, no one gives a crap.) Anyways, once upon a distant time I had this grand idea for a bunch of secret agent stories... which as usual came to not very much, what with my butterfly attention span a.k.a. Shiny Object Distraction Syndrome a.k.a. SODS law. But suddenly I had a rare moment of focus over the weekend (clunk! ow!) and this odd little spin-off from the original ideas came into being:


(You're supposed to click on the button!)

I was kinda hoping this might pop the cork that's blocked the mighty dam and get me typing again, but not yet, not yet... the world must be denied my genius* for a while longer, it seems.

*apply salt to taste

Space Pirates of the Black Quarter!

New webcomic! First page posted today. Hoping to update/add at least one page every week. Clicky on mini-banner to view the intro page:



This project is in addition to CROWBAR which is still going strong after 6+ months, my longest project for years!

Those who have read my even older rivets Sci-Fi from the early '90s may recognize the insidious space pirate organization and realize, with a mounting sense of dread, where the story's going...

Whether you're a new or old reader, enjoy!