Something to read in the snow.

 Happyjack Comics is an independent, creator owned book. Anyone can create, publish and spread that creative seed throughout the nation in a number of ways, be it on-line or from the back of their mom's Honda odyssey . With that said I'd like to share with you a video from the creator of The Goon :    

 It's no doubt that creator owned books and independent creative individuals with their hearts and stars set towards the comics industry has a tough time ahead.

Now I post this to create a better understanding of comics as a whole to those of you who read, care and support all comics including ours.  NOT to be doom and gloom and while I reserve the right to do that every hour of the waking day if i feel like it, I'm very optimistic about our future in comics.

With all that said, I should get to revising the script for the first issue of Winterbourne for the first time in 3 years.

♥

So this is where it starts turning into a real blog

Ok, so initially we started this blog as a way to document the process up until the comic con. You know the process of creating something, displaying it to the public and releasing it. The con was on the 15th and while it was a big success, both for us and for the organizer who paid 60k to get it all started. But now that it is over I see that there is less activity here and there are reasons for that which I'd like to share if you care to listen.

1st reason: The happyjack creative process involves a lot of outside substances and the only time the owners ever really get together is for bar trivia night.

That is what it is. No big deal.

2nd reason: We hate people. Johnnie hates animals.

So i get that there are people who hate other people but typically, those people have pets or at least pictures of funny Internet cats to fall back on. Eric has a bunch of cute little dogs that bring him love, piss and shit and now that i think about it, love is usually followed by shit and piss. Anyway Johnnie has beer. Johnnie is going to stop drinking beer (for as long as possible) to see what happens.

 Here is what happens when you mix dogs and alcohol together, at least in my head.


Actually the plan is to get the body of a god. I'm going to look like i was carved by Zeus and shit lightening. So throughout February if you follow the blog via the Facebook or twitter posts, look for more to read in your down time. It will finally be the words of a sober god. Every other day of the week I'm a drunken masterpiece.

I started off this post with, "initially we started this blog to document the process", now it becomes something like a blog.

I forget about this sometime

I gotta admit I forget about this blog sometimes mostly because when I'm not writing for the comic, I'm doing homework. So blame school for the neglect of this blog lol.
              Thank you all for still visiting. We're hard at work on the 1st full blown issue of  'Winterbourne' that you saw in the preview book of the comic (if you picked it up if not perhaps we'll post up the pages in the future).
              Some things of note, just doing a google search of albuquerque comic con or con photos there are lots of youtube videos and pictures from the event. And it's like we're JUST OUT OF THE SHOT on each photo. Makes me a very sad panda. We're comics creators and not exactly movie stars but there are a few awesome shots of Eric and Myself over at my friends photoblog. Check it out @ http://www.analogousaesthetic.com/?p=909 .

Anyway, this is just a HI HOW YA DOIN? Entry before I start on homework/starcraft II.

 

Thanks again, Have an awesome weeked.

What now?

So is anyone else excited, star struck, exhausted and just dreading the return to the normal work week? I know I am. The convention was a huge success methinks and I'd like to take the opportunity to thank a few people:

•             John Sumrow for being a really cool guy and awesome artist.

•             The Black Butler cosplayers for being super friendly and having great costumes.

•             To Goonybaby (not sure how to spell it) for being nice and supportive of us.

•             To Alaina Huffman for being super friendly and actually taking and walking with one of our   comics, I could die happy tonight.

•             To the guy from Southern California with the Zombie comic, it's awesome we love it.

•             To my friends and to the people that used to be friends that stopped by, thank you I love you for stopping by and buying or even just looking at the work. Lets get a drink sometime. 

•             To the new followers on Twitter for making me feel like I have to update, It's a good feeling. 

•             To those of you visiting the blog from a card we handed to you or that you picked up somewhere, thank you so much it means a lot that you're at least interested enough to watch the blog

•             Feel free to follow the Twitter for updates on projects, random thoughts and drunk tweets.                            @Drunkenjohn

                            And just thanks for stopping by. Your positivity has been exactly what we needed to go forward and look to the future in excitement. I know I'm forgetting people but it's been a long day. E-mail us anytime with questions, concerns, convention stories etc.

Edit:  GENE HA thank you so much. You spent your time with me at the club/convention giving tips and being nothing but friendly. If I go anywhere in the comic book industry it will be because of something Gene Ha Said. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. And thanks to all the celebrities that came to Albuquerque....nothing cool happens here. You made our year and it's only January lol.

Ok. We're drunk, tired and totally awesome and thank you for visiting our page. I, Johnnie, Update this blog because I go to school full time and write better than Eric. Meanwhile Eric actually has the artistic talent so it's an even trade off considering nothing is given life without voice...and if you say otherwise i'll shoot you DEAD. The first full issue of our comic book will be the WINTERBOURNE story you read in the preview issue and I can't wait for it, it's some of the best dialogue I've ever heard.
                       In the mean time, Eric will do commissions if you send us an email or message to the blog, any request will do because he's a talented fucker and hey, if you want me to write you a birthday card or something, I can do that.  I'm actually very manipulative with words in fact, I've been called a sociopathic wordsmith  and I don't really think that's an insult. Anyway.
                       We get a lot of slack because the work we do is.... risky at best (namely zombie jesus) We're not out to do what everyone else is doing. We're doing what we want to do and we hope you enjoy. We appreciate your visit and shoot us an e-mail sometime. I'd rather read e-mails that do creative writing homework.... ;(

Brain downshut

Were too exhauted to do anything except party. Thank you to those that picked up the book. A full update will follow tomorrow or monday. <3 you all.

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What you can do tomorrow

 

You know what you can do tomorrow?

You could probably pick up a new hobby for the new year.

You could organize your pictures folder because god knows you should.

You could  try cleaning up your room or perhaps optimize the feng shui...

or

You can head over to Comic Warehouse on menaul in the afternoon(I mean that literally, sometime after noon) and purchase one of the 5 issues of the HappyJack preview book available in the city before the comic book convention (unless you live out of state. In that case you'll be able to order a copy online soon.)

Besides issue #80 of The Walking Dead hits stands tomorrow so you were going to the comic book store anyway. And for those people that do manage to get a copy of the book tomorrow, let us know on facebook, twitter or *Gasps* THIS BLOG!