So far, this year is off to a fantastic start. For those of you not currently monitoring my Twitter and Instagram feeds, Hush Ronin is officially going to print next month (February 2019) through Ashcan Comics Pub. This new publishing entity is run by a gentleman named Nate Lindley, a talented artist and comicbook creator himself, who saw the opportunity to create a new and innovative way for new voices to be heard, and for those on the hearing end to align themselves with fresh new content every month (and the cool stickers that come included make it even harder to say no).
I’ve been out from my dayjob for the past 3-4 weeks attending to my wife after her recent surgery and hospital stay. She is doing well, but the pain still seems to kick her ass here and there, and when you throw a strong willed two year old into the mix, well…
But speaking of kicking ass, in addition to still tying down the final inks and tones on Tut, my collaboration with Stewart Bros Studios, and Harakiri Heaven with Michael Derrick (he and I collaborated in the past on I Played With Fire, available to read in full right here on my site), I’ve also entered collaboration with another creator for a longer, voodoo related book, and two short pieces. More details to follow soon, once all of the contracts are signed and I know specifically how much I can say without fear of goons in suits coming to the house and snapping all my pencils (not to mention my beautiful, beautiful fingers) in half.
In short, 2019 is going to be an exciting year. And if you’re not particularly fond of what I do, it’s going to be an obnoxious one because I plan on putting it out there, like, a lot. And by it I mean comics, and by a lot, I mean, like A LOT.
So, in summation, Hush Ronin will be available in print next month. Click here or on the link in the above text to find out how to get not only a copy of my book, but of all the other fantastic stuff coming out through the new Ashcan Comics Pub imprint. And would you look at that? I just linked it again. At this point, it would be harder NOT to click on one of them, even by accident, but do it on purpose anyway. And if you like samurai stuff, the first issue of the above mentioned Harakiri Heaven should be launching sometime in April. In keeping to the letter of the contract with the writer on HH, I haven’t put any of that work on the site as yet, but I do post the occasional piece on Twitter (see the link on this site and gimme a follow; I almost always follow back). In summary though, it is the story of a dishonored samurai, forced to commit seppuku and subsequently, to battle monsters in a very colorful Japanese afterlife to regain all the points he lost for Gryffindor. It’s a good time. A violent time, but a good one, nonetheless, and I’m very proud of the work I’ve been doing on that series. There will also be some news coming soon about the two shorter pieces and where you’ll be able to find them.
As always, thanks for stopping by, thanks for reading, and I look forward to sharing and interacting more with you in the very near future!
Yours Incongruously,
J. Paul Schiek