Amusing Tales #2 Now Available! (For Real This Time!)

It took awhile, but I finally completed the second issue of Amusing Tales. This one comes in at a whopping 36 pages!

Available soon here!

This issue contains more short stories including.

• Butcher Bill's BBQ of Horrors
• The conclusion of my sci-fi story, Two Moons Over a Phantom Planet.
• Another Olivia Nightshade adventure.
• More Box-Bot Boogie strips.
• A short comedy strip called Intelligent Life.

It is now available in printed form  for $4.99 at IndyPlanet, where the first issue  is also still available. And, that first issue will soon also be available in digital form at Comixology for those who prefer it that way. 


EDIT: I thought it would be available by now but I forgot how long it takes for these things to be processed (my fault). Please forgive the delay.

EDIT: It's available now.
 
Anyway, stay tuned to this site for more updates, and happy reading!

Just some friendly updates.

Yes, I know it's been almost a year since I posted anything. But, I had some personal problems come up about a year ago, and some technical difficulties that made it very hard to post. But, I've been working on lots of content (and not just Halloween Drawings) so I'll soon have this site more active than it's been in a long long time.

Unfortunately, those technical difficulties are that I don't currently have internet at home, haven't for months now, and right now I'm posting from a library. So, that's one of the reasons I haven't been active online too much these days. But, here's some news.

• This year my only Halloween entry is a 5 page comic. Check back here on Halloween for Butcher Bill's Barbecue of Horrors!
• The Voice Audition is still going on! And, I've added more info about the characters to hopefully make it easier for people who wish to audition, but didn't feel they had enough info.
• New Box-Bot Boogie strips are in the works, and I have a special 23 page comic as well that starts in November. Don't miss it!
• Amusing Tales #1 is back for sale at IndyPlanet I sorted out the problems that had it taken off and now it's available again. Also, Issue #2 should be out within the next month!
• I'm working on a new big comics project. No info yet, but it's going to be big.

So, while I haven't been updating this year. Suffice to say that 2017 is going to be a good full year for Studio Snowlion. So stay tuned!

Halloween Gallery #9: Mood Table 2015

I've been keeping up with Dinosaur Dracula's Halloween Countdown lately, being a fan of Matt Caracappa's work since the good ol' days of X-Entertainment. And, one idea of his that really catches my eye is the Halloween Mood Table, a special area of the house, usually a small table, where one puts lots of Halloween decorations and activities to help keep their Halloween spirit alive as the big day draws closer. As he's always encouraging others to adopt this idea with mood tables of their own, I decided to give it a try.

Starting with a duo of TV trays and covering them with a plastic Halloween door cover...

I soon created a world of Halloween fun right in my living room! As you can see (you can click any of these pictures to make them larger BTW) , I have the paper maché pumpkin mask as seen in this post. I also have an inflatable skeleton purchased from my local antiques/random stuff store, a cool black plastic skull, and some dancing top-hat pumpkin statues that my family traditionally gets out at Halloween and keeps around until New Years. And, inside the pumpkin mask is a set of flashing lights with cool Halloween sound effects. I just flip a switch and watch it spring to life!

As you can see, I have an assortment of movies and books on the table as well, that way I have easy access to all kinds of Halloween appropriate things to watch and read...

Bubba Ho-Tep: an excellent off-beat horror dramedy.

To me each Halloween season has me in the mood for a different kind of monster. Some years it's vampires, other years it's werewolves, Frankenstein, slasher-villains, etc. This year, to me, is the year of the 1950s/1960s sci-fi horror! Aliens, Atomic-Science-Gone-A-Muck, Giant Bugs, Ed Wood, whatever takes us back to a time when aliens were a stand-in for Communists and giant monsters were a metaphor for the atomic bomb!

And of course, the anime classic Vampire Hunter D. This is of course the result of me taping it from a movie channel one time that it came on. This is the original 80s film, but I do have the more modern sequel Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, on official DVD no less. I'll probably watch them both, but it's the original that makes it onto the mood table. I have some of the original books too, but for Halloween reading I have other things in mind...

Going with the popular horrors of my childhood. This includes Scary Stories for Sleepovers (the book I'm most likely to actually read), a trio of Goosebumps books, and Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters. Some light, but still scary (or at least fun) reading in between other activities for this busy October.

Anyway, this was a very fun project, and I thank Matt for making this a thing. I'll certainly consider doing this again next year. In the meantime, I have more Halloween Gallery entries to come (and they will be a lot less wordy).

It's here!

It's finally here...

Amusing Tales #1Available here

After a long wait, the first issue of Amusing Tales is finally available for sale at Indy Planet. This new comic book series is a "variety pack of sorts, a collection of short comics, strips, and illustrations, some from the site and some brand new. This issue includes...

• Part 1 of Two Moons Over a Phantom Planet: an adventure story about a space explorer lost on a faraway planet.
• The Origin of Captain Super Atomic Man: The first installment of my new Superhero satire series.
• A Collection of Box Bot Boogie strips.
• My Halloween comic: A Sweet Defeat.
• Images from my Halloween Gallery.

This book is available at Indy-Planet for $4.50 for the printed book, or $1.49 for the "e-book". If you're interested in buying it just Click Here!

Convention News, Book Update, and a Personal Loss

Hello, everyone! I know it's been awhile since I've posted an update, and there's a reason for that. But, believe me when I say there will be a lot more updates in the near future. There are big things finally happening behind the scenes, and it's time to start getting them out there.

First up, once again I'll be attending NipponCon at McDaniel college in Westminster Maryland. The convention is this Saturday, April 5th. I apologize for the short notice. I'll be in the Artist Alley selling Box-Bot Boogie mini-comics. It is a small college convention that doesn't cost much to get in, so if you don't have much to do this Saturday and you're in the area, come on by!

Now, for those of you wondering about my upcoming comic book series Amusing Tales, I just want to announce that the book is finished! All the artwork and writing is finally complete and the book is being prepared at the print company as we speak. It will be 24 pages (sorry, not 36), full color.

Unfortunately, this means that I will not have it ready in time to sell at NipponCon. The book will still be available for purchase online however, and there will be a big announcement when it's be released, so stay tuned.

In the meantime, I'll have Box-Bot Boogie mini-books available at the convention, and there will be more new adventures with Frederick and Zoki coming soon!

And now, on a sad note, I don't usually like to get personal on this site, but I feel that I need to make an announcement about this. I've noted that I haven't been updating this site much, and that's partially because I've been taking care of my Mother. Last year, she was diagnosed with ALS. She passed away this January and it's been very hard, I miss her terribly. She was very supportive of my cartooning career, and I'll be dedicating the first issue of Amusing Tales to her memory.