Finished penciling in August…153 pages! Inking, Coloring, and Lettering now! God is Good!

Just completed page 144. Moving closer to the end slowly but surely. That’s 42 pages penciled from July 18, 2010 until now Jun 18, 2011. My average has been 4o pages year over year and I’ve already met that with a month to spare. Gotta love progress, God is good!  OK, enough typing, time to start page 145!

I know I haven’t posted for a while. I will try to post more often. Here is a brief update.

I just completed penciling page 132. This is taking a lot longer than anticipated but I am still working diligently. 21 more pages to go and the penciling will be complete. All that will be left to do is inking, coloring and lettering, lol! Know that this will be finished in God’s time…which means that it will be right on time…know that God is good all the time.

BELIEVE!

Our oldest daughter has written her first novel at 13! It’s entitled N.E.X.T…it’s Sci-Fi meets puppy love and you can get your copy today!

N.E.X.T

I’m kind of hyped for this year’s Comic-Con, I can only attend on Sunday but I expect it to be a great day. After hanging at Comic-Con for the day I always come back re-energized for this project.

I use Comic-Con as a way to mark our progress. When attending Comic-Con 2008, I had 22 pages penciled. When attending Comic-Con 2009, I had 61 pages penciled and this year, when we attend Comic-Con 2010, I’ll have 102 pages penciled (103 if I crank another one out before Sunday). That’s 40 pages year over year from 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. Do I wish I could have more done? Yes, but I’ll take what I can get, a consistant average ain’t bad.

If we continue at this rate, by next year I should only have about 8 or 9 more pages to pencil. Chapter 4 ends on page 119 and chapter 5, while not yet broken down into pages/panels, is projected to be about 32 pages once penciled.

So, holla at  yo’ boys, DMC and J-Dub while in San Diego.  We will definately hit the CCAS event (see below) but after that we are chillin’. Hope to see you there!

10:00-11:00 Christian Comics: The Word in Pictures— From Andre LeBlanc’s classic Picture Bible to Robert Crumb’s recent adaptation of Genesis, there is a long tradition of Bible-based comics. Moderator Buzz Dixon (Snokie Stories) and panelists Sergio Cariello (The Action Bible) and Eric Jansen (The Christ of Prophecy) discuss the challenges involved in adapting the words of scripture into visual media. A short devotional message will precede the panel discussion, put on by the Christian Comic Arts Society. Santa Rosa Room, Marriott Hotel and Marina.

If you’re on this site you’re interested in The Calling and we thank you for your interest. However, this blog will sometimes discuss the book and other times we will just speak from our hearts. Today I’m coming from the latter viewpoint.
Is anyone out there feeling the pressure besides me? I wear a lot of hats right now husband and father being the most important while simultaneously chasing multiple dreams. There aren’t enough hours in the day and my only choice is to give up something or sleep less. I need some inspiration from those of you who are living your dreams already. I can see the end of my season of preparation but I’m trying to provide for my family at the same time. Let me know how you’re feeling out there family.

Thanks for answering the call! I’ll talk to you soon.

First, I’d like to wish my beautiful wife a happy Mother’s Day! She’s been a mom for 13 years! Next, I’d like to wish my mama a happy Mother’s Day! She’s been a mama for 53 years (big bruh is getting old)! Finally, I’d like to wish all of the other mother’s who are reading this a Happy Mother’s Day! Get it all ’cause I’m sho’ gon’ get mine on Father’s Day, lol!

God’s Blessings to all!

I’m about to start page 89 in a few minutes. Once I’ve completed the next two pages this scene will be complete. I’m praying for focus and diligence!

Shouts out to all Michigan grads! President Obama spoke at our school’s 2010 graduation ceremony…I enjoyed his speech!

Whew! Sorry I haven’t posted for a while. Been battling some health issues that God has brought me through. God is good! Thank you Jesus! Just completed page 87 this week, should be starting page 88 today or tomorrow. Got the flyers back from the printer this week as well. Hopefully folks will take them at this summer’s upcoming comic conventions.

We figured that since we are creating this book to witness, build, and support God’s kingdom we may as well start getting the word out now. Even though the book won’t be finished for quite some time, we believe that  if a person sees the art on the flyer picks it up and reads the scripture on the back, we are working towards our mission now! I’ll post it to the site soon.

Remember God hears you and sees you…all of the time!

I’m Gone!

Yeaaaah! Made some progress this week! It always feels good when I get stuff done. Jeff and I had a great meeting on Monday, I created some promotional materials (drawing, inking, and coloring), and I completed pages 82 and 83 (pencils) which finish the scene I was working on.

Of course I gotta keep it moving, so it’s time to move on to layouts for the next scene, but marked progress is the bomb, and I just blew up!

God is good all the time!