The Bards Comic

03/31/2016

Yes, the main website was down for an unspecified amount of time - i discovered it last night when I was trying to upload something. I have to assume since they share the same servers, that The Bards Comic was also down.

But it IS back up now! And i never even got a chance to say anything to anyone. I went to bed and it wasn't working, i woke up and it was. Works for me!

03/30/2016

I'm trying something new - a way to put my art out there without worrying about making sure I ship things on time with my busy schedules.

I'm still going through my repertoire and deciding what i want and don't want to try and put on products. MOST of what I have doesn't fit the pixel requirements for the larger pieces (and they said DO NOT scale up!) But I do already have a number of pieces in it - feel free to browse!

AND if you think of a piece you know I've made that you'd like to see on a product, LET ME KNOW!!

11/16/2015

Just an update! inktober seems to have done its work and i've gotten some new inspiration. just trying to get it down on paper and hopefully soon we'll see stuff appearing on the site again....

10/16/2015

Getting ready to head out for AAC in Manchester in just a few - this is my location so please drop on by! even if it's just to chat :D

08/30/2015

Still alive. Suffering serious Writers Block. but on the UPSIDE, the site has been automatically renewed for the next year while i was on my epic week and a half vacation a short bit ago...

04/10/2015

I swear I'm still alive. i've been completely exhausted for the past few months and have had several bouts of being sick (aka, have used up almost ALL my sick time at work...).

I've been on an off again scripting (and drafting comic layouts) and hoping to get back on track soon.

My biggest con (that i both show at AND volunteer at) is over for the year, and now work is gearing up for the big inventory with less warning than we've had in the past.

I'll keep plugging away to get me back on track if you'll all please be patient with me! I'm very sorry!

01/07/2015

Still alive and still scripting - how are you folks? I cut myself something good over christmas trying to make dinner - hope nobody else had a disastrous holiday as that :D okay, well, other than that, the holiday was good. Tried to use it to actually take a break, which i don't do very often....now i'm trying to play catch up - ooops! you win some, you lose some?

12/25/2014

Merry Christmas (or whatever you celebrate this season - for me its christmas)!! :D

12/19/2014

On my way out the door for the first of the seasons festivities - here is a 'comic' : http://www.bardscomic.com/14/12/19.jpg

11/01/2014

Happy Halloween! :D
http://www.bardscomic.com/14/10/31.jpg

10/28/2014

P.S. I know the last post is TLDR, but please read it all :D its got updates and a request :D

10/28/2014

so.....no new comics the last two weeks - i HAD a map ready for putting up when I went to AAC 2 weekends ago - only I forgot, and now there's no point in even backlogging it :( And then i was going to do a quick update comic about the kickstarter this weekend, but life has been CRAZY here. I have finally gotten inspiration on the next part of the story (aka, HOW to move from point E to point F, since I already know how i wanted to end it) so i'm madly writing script. I think I'm going to take a hiatus from the comic for the next couple of weeks to work on that and try to get ahead.

in the meantime, very very busy here. Part of whats making this so hard right now is that all my energy is being sapped by my 40 hour plus a week job (and i mean PLUS....since MAY I've very VERY rarely been able to get home on time....) which has made getting ready for conventions (i have another one coming up in a few weeks) or my daughters birthday or ANYTHING else really difficult. And of course, Trying to get all the Kickstarter stuff together.

Also Christmas is coming up and SUDDENLY I have an influx of commissions (this is always a VERY low point in finances for me at this time of year even - BEFORE xmas presents - so its a WELCOME influx but it does make things a bit more difficult.)

IF ANYONE wants to send filler during my Hiatus to keep things going, PLEASE PM me, or email me, or post here or whatever! :D

10/10/2014

http://www.bardscomic.com/14/10/10.jpg
busy busy busy with kickstarter, with AB volunteer stuff, with my daughters birthday part (tomorrow!) and with a convention next weekened but here we go!

09/30/2014

Hey, look at this! Even though it was late in the game, our kickstarter (WHICH MADE IT, BTW - Thank you all!! We're not over yet, but we've got our funds!) we got a couple of shout outs on other websites - i think i need to check this one out some more: http://dragoneers.com/webcomicsoffline/

For when you want your favorite webcomics to go!

09/26/2014

We bring you this comic as an interlude to our desperate to make the last $18 for our Kickstarter which is almost over.... :P PLEASE go and share the link around - i only need 18 people to kick in just $1.oo each and we'll have made the goal!!!

oh yeah, comic! it's in the comments people! :D

09/24/2014

Only 18 Left to go with 7 days on the clock - c'mon! we can do this!!! :D
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/487163586/bards-comic-deluxe-compilation

Printing a Small run of a fantasy style comics following real musicians on their adventures both real and imagined - mostly imagined!

09/19/2014

09/09/2014

So, I posted up the comic last week - on time and all, and according to facebook, only 8 people were reached. which is odd, because supposedly, if you don't put links and pictures directly into the post, it won't be 'strangled' by its algorithms as hard.....So here's a reminder that last friday's comic IS up....

09/05/2014

This weeks comic! :D
image link in the comments

08/16/2014

http://www.bardscomic.com/14/08/16.jpg

08/10/2014

this comic has been up since friday - and look! it's even got color! :Dhttp://www.bardscomic.com/14/08/08.jpg

08/01/2014

So Marcs project was finished, and then my regular job ramped up for their own big project....which as of today is ACCOMPLISHED! but its added more work to my department and I haven't gotten my help yet. So the last couple of weeks, i HAD a comic I could have uploaded but I kept forgetting that I hadn't...here it is (and next weeks is ready also! :) )

COMIC is In the Comments :D

07/05/2014

this weeks comic and happy 4th of july! so much rain happening here that our fireworks were canceled last night, and were postponed till today. I've been spending the week trying to finish up changes and additions to a project for marc so i took advantage of that yesterday. today, birthday party and then fireworks (i hope!) So here is yesterdays comic - it's been up since yesterday, I just didn't get the chance to pop the link on here...

http://www.bardscomic.com/14/07/04.jpg

06/27/2014

last weeks comic this week. it WAS ready, but i never put it on the site *sigh* sorry guys! alot of times i do have the comics ready - feel free to poke me! right now i'm busy working on some bonus stuff for Marcs most recent CD release..i have a deadline of end of month, but we've been doing crazy OT at work, so i've been working on that, and life happened too, and i just completely forgot!

06/15/2014

This weeks comic is up and....what the heck...did FB change up the page again? Well anyway: http://www.bardscomic.com/14/06/13.jpg

This interlude is brought to you right now by my new tablet. last weeks and this weeks and at least 2 more (still drawing them)

06/10/2014

How I spent my morning...

These Galleries have returned to a simpler layout. Except for some rare exceptions, the art is seperated only by the year they were made rather than by the medium or subject matter. Medium wise, you'll find that there areink pictures, watercolors with ink, digital color with ink and many of my most…

06/07/2014

Have i mentioned that I have a new tablet? i've never used one before. but i think i'm really getting the hang of it - this weeks comic brought to you by the intuos pen and touch and Manga Studio 5: http://www.bardscomic.com/14/06/07.jpg

05/25/2014

Later today, i'll be going to Calverton National Cemetery for my father. Instead of a normal comic, I have created a memorial comic for him. My dad actually had a cameo in the Bards Comic back in 2009, which I hope was an enjoyable one for you all:

05/15/2014

This has been a hard week. now that i'm not 3 states away, I did find the comic for this week.

problem is, its only partially penciled in and we've been doing 10 and 11 hour days at my job trying to make a deadline that my being off for a week (no matter how good the reason) kinda messed up. I am EXHAUSTED, i can tell you.

So, I'm going to TRY to get the comic up in time for friday, but I wouldn't mind a reprieve if anyone wanted to hand in a guest comic...

05/09/2014

I'm sorry to say i don't have a comic this week - i have several that i started drawing up, but i don't have them with me. My father passed away this past weekend, today's his funeral, so bringing the comics was the last thing on my mind, among several other things, when i packed to travel back to Long Island....

So instead of a comic, here's one of the collages I made for his wake - my family has always been a musical one,and a big part of my growing up and childhood has been listening to my dad playing his 12 string guitar...