Dec 14, 2010

Turtle Soup






This is the first half of Turtle Soup, my comic for the upcoming second volume of The Anthology Project. The book will be out in the spring, so if you want to finish the story (which take a SHOCKING TWIST on page 7), you'll have to pick it up. I'll remind you when the release date is closer.

Here are some layouts and things:







Kali did my title text and spent a solid chunk of time helping me nail down the color, which is always difficult and frustrating for me and less so for her.

I was working for awhile on a story called Good Work, which didn't pan out and simply ate up a lot of my time for this comic. As a result, this thing is a little more rushed than I would've liked -- I was redrawing bad panels into the eleventh hour, when the whole thing could've used another pass at the layout stage. I will say that the second half is much better, both in drawing and storytelling, so pick up the book next year. I think it'll be at all the main conventions, so that'll be super easy for you. There is some amazing work in that book, so far as I've seen.

28 comments:

  1. I'm really digging the colors and panel layouts dude. Also that font matches you're work SO well.

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  2. i've ordered my copy through Kickstarter, cant wait to read the rest of the story!

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  3. Incredible! I wish you had a ongoing comic series through a publisher. People would gobble that up.

    The book can't come out soon enough

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  4. man this is mucho bueno haha.
    seriouly very good work

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  5. Awesome! I love the Mos Eisley vibe, that guy with the flame head is pretty cool.

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  6. Gorgeous! The colors are stunning & the story intriguing!

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  7. When I first saw the thumbnails I wondered if there wasn't enough overall colour/contrast balance, but it's beautiful! It reads so well! It really is awesome, but I'm not particularly surprised. It's set to be a stellar anthology!

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  8. I knew this would add up to something amazing and it has! The colors further the storytelling even more so. Wonderful work by the both of you, great job!

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  9. LOVE IT.

    LOVE IT.

    LOVE IT.

    LOVE IT.

    You are my hero, Sam Bosma.

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  10. You jerk. I want to read the rest so bad. I want to hit you in your face.


    (it's so pretty!!)

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  11. Reeeeally gorgeous colours. Can't wait to get my hands on the book and see it in person!

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  12. great! thanks for sharing the process!

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  13. Whenever i feel really productive, all i have to do is come to your blog, that brings me back to reality haha. Awesome stuff as always man

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  14. Awesome work! I really like how you colored the linework as well, it makes it work with the color even better.

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  15. beautiful work as always! really great to see the process from sketch to finished work!
    happy holidays!

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  16. Awesome pages! Thanks for showing your thought process.

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  17. Just got the Anthology book from the Stumptown Comic Fest today. Read Turtle soup twice in a row, fantastic work!

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