I thought I’d take the opportunity to let everyone know what we’re trying to accomplish here at Carpet Bomb Comics this year… Don’t know 100% if all of these will happen, but you never know!
First off, we owe our comics page a few new buttons because there are new projects in the works! I’ll list them below. Read through because you won’t know the majority of what I’m talking about.
- Faction – Faction was the book that started it all for us, I think. Although Michael Nelsen and I were already getting ideas together on other projects by the time he joined Faction in Small Press Idol 2009 to help get the colors worked out on our zero issue, this, I believe cemented our relationship, culminating in the creation of Carpet Bomb Comics. Now, the team has changed ~ Arnie Gordon on Pencils (same), Jon Bolerjack on Inks (new since Small Press Idol), and Giuseppe Pica on Colors (new this year). I’m still writing, of course (Erik). The plans for 2010 include cranking out at least four issues of the book, making a special appearance at a huge local FCBD event, and showing the world the issues at SDCC 2010.
- The Evil Tree – Can’t forget to mention this one. Although the book will be published by Arcana Comics, we’re all one industry. I’m as dedicated to making that book succeed as much as any book we’re publishing with the CBC name. At the point I wrote it, was THE best writing I had ever done. Denman believed in the project from its inception and is hard at work cranking out the pages in what will become an OGN released late this year.
- Vent – Michael has the first issue of Vent 100% complete (we even have some copies printed!!!), but we’re waiting to figure out what’s next for this project. First arc is aligned and ready to go, just waiting for some time to free up from other projects to work on it.
- Hulk Vs. Bizarro – Michael and Jason have the first few HvB Season 3 strips ready to go, just waiting for the right time to unleash them on the world!
- Doc Immortalis – From Zuda to CBC! Michael is working with Ruben Rivera, a talented artist in the Chicago area, to get Doc Immortalis out there for you to look at. It will start out as a web comic and will be releasing soon! About five weeks worth of material are already finished up (maybe six), but we wanted to make sure we’re ready to start releasing without any delays…
- The “Period Piece” – I dropped the page from the web site, but I will be adding it back when I have a chance… This project is something that popped in my head on a trip last year and never went away. I spent the trip asking my wife to text me my brainstorm as ideas came up late at night driving and when we got to our hotel room, I started cranking out notes. Michael Nelsen and I started talking about the idea and, by the time we finished, the idea became officially “our” idea and it’s SO much better for it. By the way, this one is going to be published by Arcana comics as well.
- The “Detective Book” – The page is in the comics section, but I haven’t given anything away, really, besides some pages Sachin Nagar drew up… Sachin responded to an ad I placed early last year and has been tied to this project since. He has suffered through illness and, more recently, was blessed with a wife, so he has been a bit busy. Now we’re on track and working on 3, count them 3, OGN’s we have contracted with Arcana Comics. 2010 should bring us one of the 3 OGN’s and get us well on the way to the second…
- The “Sci-Fi Epic” – This book has come a long way since the first idea popped in our heads. Michael and I flushed this one out to the point where we know where the first two “minis” will go and have written the first script, outlines well beyond that. Artist is lined up who will knock your socks off… Now we just need to get it going and printed this year!
- “TLA” – This is another page I dropped from the site, but will add back. TLA does stand for something and you will all find out just what that is in the near future… It started as another idea that Michael and I ran with, creating a unique world and story focusing on a single character and his evolution from child to hero. We may have an artist lined up for this one… feeling things out now.
- The “Noir Book” – Strangely enough, this project came from a single sentence… Michael had this character idea, not flushed out, just a name and what he may do. We put the idea on the backburner for a while… Just two weeks ago, the idea popped up again and we both got fired up, trading around 40 (literally) pages of notes in a very short period of time. 2 weeks later, we have an artist lined up, Robert Rath (look him up, he’s awesome), the first script on the way, the world built, plot lined up, and we’re good to go! Expect to see some updates on this project soon.
- The “Thriller” – No, it’s not a Michael Jackson song, it’s the genre of a mini-series we have planned… This is a cool one… Michael had an idea… I had an idea… both had a similar plot point, so we played with the idea of combining our two ideas. The results were spectacular. It will be a mini-series to start, but we have plans to continue past the first arc. First script is written, complete synopsis is written, characters are designed, world is built, etc… And we have an artist! Michael Youngblood, an eager and amazing artist hooked up with us a couple of weeks ago and is working away on character designs. Expect to see a LOT more on this project soon.
I know it’s a lot to take in, but there are still other things we’re getting our fingers into… As you’ve probably already seen, CBC is running SP! Nexus Magazine for Dimestore Productions over at http://www.selfpubmag.com. The magazine has two issues out, available as free PDF downloads, featuring the best indie, small press, and self publishing has to offer with an eye towards comic culture ~ mainstream and indie books, movies, music, games, etc… Go check it out if you haven’t. The HUGE third issue will be out in a couple of weeks.
Also! I’m a judge this year in Small Press Idol over at http://www.smallpressidol.com. It’s what helped to launch things for us last year and we expect things to be HUGE this year. Check it out, sign up, or just watch and vote for the best!
Speaking of Small Press Idol, Brad Huffman-Parent, writer from Steel Rising, is hard at work on Steel Rising, but is also in the competition again this year. Good luck to him with that.
Hope you feel “in the loop” now!
If you’re an artist interested in working on something with us, send me an email… we might be looking for people!
BOMBS AWAY!
Erik Hendrix
Co-Founder Carpet Bomb Comics
erik@carpetbombcomics.com
