Wednesday, August 17, 2011

RSAM, K&V, TRAD-COM, AND WWCCx2!!!

As is typical of the G2 team, there are tons of plans and projects in the works - so we're here to give you a quick rundown of things past and present, and most importantly, the future!!!
As far as what is past, the G2 "Storm" hit Chicago much like we had hoped it would. We sold some books, saw some old fans (thanks Tony, Justin and Jose!) and made some new ones, and of course played a great game of "Hotel Sniper" this time without the Hotel Security. Tal Hertweck, G2's very own model, drew a lot of attention on Friday and Saturday as Kross, the latest and greatest character starring in the forthcoming Kross & Vengeance book due out early next year, with preview pages and a brief glimpse of Kross in the conclusion of Triad #4 (part 2!) Dan and Tal had an awesome photoshoot which you can see now on Facebook, and we will see in more detail in upcoming previews and perhaps a few prints. Tal also drew the attention of Chicago radio station WGTR, and was joined by Eric Glastetter in giving the station an exclusive teaser interview revealing some of the intricacies of "Kross & Vengeance!" Evan Thomas was in Chicago at the G2 booth as well, and did a little book-signing along with Dan and Eric on the Raptor Samurai book, which was wildly popular!
Speaking of the Raptor Samurai - Dan assures G2 readers that "Raptor Samurai" will be available for digital download and in print through the website by 10 pm tonight (8/17/11) - so be sure to get your copy today! And if you haven't picked up "Raptor Sniper: One Shot" yet, now is the perfect time to get caught up on the story of Billy William the Veloci-er... the Utahraptor. Sadly, we'll be slowing down a little on the Raptor series (just until early 2012) to get some other projects done, including "Antic" #3 and "Battles #1: Marathon"; "Triad #4, Part 2"; and Dan's pet project, "Trad Com" - a precursor to "Antic #1"! G2 will be revealing this comic page on 5 foot, oil painted canvas at the MidOhio Comic Con in October!
We are also continuing to sponsor and publish new talent as part of the G2 Studios commitment to the next generation of graphic story-telling. Keep watching for the release of "Lucid World" by creative team James Pinard, Miguel Guerra, Michael Brewer, and Sanju Nivangune. We are also going forward with projects from Autumn Richardson (Writer, "All Hell") and Aiden Lowell (Writer, "The Moirae"). In addition we are continuing to accept submissions.
On a very important side note: Congratulations to Amanda Carrie Kateri Bruns for winning the exclusive Wizard World G2 sketch of her favorite superheros! She chose to have the G2 team sketched in costume. Evan sketched himself as a Raptor, a tribute to one of his favorite subjects, Raptor Samurai, while Dan chose to show himself as G2Man! Although Eric probably should have chosen to have himself portrayed as The Angel of Death, he chose to be represented by "The Punisher" (almost the same thing, right?) - and he plays the part well! Check out the finished sketch on G2's Facebook page!
One final thought: though the Raptor series will take a backseat to some of the other key projects we have planned for the year, Eric is hard at work finishing up the script for the next humorous book from G2, "The League of Tards" and will soon begin writing "Raptor Sniper: Black Ops" and "Raptor Sniper: Zombie Apocalypse", while developing the spin-off books, "Ape-Sh*t: Tales of the Reverend Simian" and "DOSK: The Department of SideKicks." Look forward to a long future for these characters! Thanks to all our fans, old and new, and thanks for reading G2 Comics!!!

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Pre-Con

It's been a little while since our last post. We have been working on completing the next installment in the raptor series: "Raptor Samurai," which is going to be available TOMORROW at Wizard World Chicago! We also hope to get it up on Drive-Thru this weekend for digital download.

Wizard World Chicago is a mere 29 hours away, and we couldn't be more excited! Evan Thomas (Raptor Samurai penciler) will be joining us at the booth (#3652), along with Tal Rich http://www.facebook.com/lacaena, who will be modeling as the character Kross from our new series: Kross and Vengeance (coming this fall).

Daniel and Evan will be taking commissions at the convention, and Daniel will be doing some artwork for one of our lucky facebook fans! (Drawing date TBD).

Along with that, Daniel will be working on interior pencils for K&V and Battles #1 at the con, and hopes to have some teasers online this weekend. Antic #3 will resume immediately upon our return from the con...expect that in September.

We will be updating FROM THE CON, so keep an eye out for Pics, posts and Interviews from Wizard World Chicago!!!