A Special Holiday Announcement!
Hello everyone! Hope your respective holidays were grand! Ours were awesome and incredibly busy, which is why we don’t have a page for you this week — but rest assured we’ll get back to the action as soon as possible!
Instead of a page this week, Rachel and I have some GREAT NEWS to share with all of you!
Comics publisher ACTION LAB has picked up the publishing rights for Beyond the Western Deep! They will first be releasing an 80 page trade paperback edition of Volume 1 (hopefully sometime in May 2015) with possible subsequent books to come.
We’re both VERY excited by the prospect of seeing Beyond the Western Deep in stores and reaching a wider audience than ever before! This is just the beginning of a grander adventure, and we hope you’ll all stick around for the ride!
This week, some special guest art from Jerome Jacinto! We didn’t have time to get it up for the official “Christmas” post, but it’s still appropriate — drinking hot chocolate isn’t just a Christmas thing, after all!
Rachel is a sucker for any character wearing winter gear, and I have to say I love the different approaches to the outerwear here. I also love Quin’s expression — of all of Quin’s O╭╮O faces, this one ranks up there, I think! Also, c’mon Dak, don’t waste all that hot cocoa!
I love seeing Quin having the mischievous expression for once XD That picture is really cute xD
Smug expressions on Quinlan’s face are both a rare and beautiful sight.
They’re like shooting stars.
This is so delicious. Seeing how both Rachel and Jerome’s different interpretation of how Quin and Dak are spending their holidays is such an awesome treat to see. All I got to say over these two images is just…”Oh those two”
Really though I’m very excited that BWD is getting some extra street cred with getting this comic published in stores. Congrats on both of you for putting up so much effort into your work!
Ah! and I hope everyone had a great Christmas this week as well as I look forward to what next year has in store for all of us!
Too cute for words – and Jerome’s “BWD” art is getting cuter, more appealingly cartoonish and less scary all the time. Really oughta ask him one of these days if he’s still taking commissions …
And fantastic news about Action Lab there! It’s funny, but just this past Monday I was in NYC about a block away from the JHU comic shop by the Empire State Building, and I was SOOO tempted to walk in and ask just for fun if they carried “Kain and Bennett’s Beyond the Western Deep” – just to see what their reaction would be, and to spread a little name recognition out there amongst the powers that be. How ironic that now, less than a week later, I discover that “BWD” may in fact soon be on their shelves after all! Many congrats! You two deserve it!
Alright, let’s see if my computer will stop hating this website.
I choose to believe this is Quinlan’s revenge for the Cocoa Incident. I love that look on Quinlan’s face- channeling a little Crim there, are we? And That Tamian winter outfit looks so warm- I wish I could see Dakkan’s better.
And that news is fantastic, Alex! We know we’re in for a heart-breaking hell of a ride, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. We’re with you until the bitter end.
One last thing of spam- Dust: An Elysian Tail has been marked down on Steam to $3.74. The offer expires in an hour so act fast! The sale for $6 will still be in effect until January 2.
(I’m somewhat sorry I’m spamming your comic with Dust, Alex, but at the same time I’m not.)
I like to think every Tamian has a great smug expression lurking just below the surface, ready for just the right moment.
It’s about time someone recognized the literary genius that is BWD. Congratulations, Alex and Rachel.
Maybe that animated film isn’t that much of a stretch after all . . . :)
I totally saw that drawing up on Jerome’s Tumblr. Freakin’ adorable. Also this holiday art is adorable. Congratz on getting a publisher! That’s wicked awesome!
What can I say that hasn’t been said? Quinlan’s smug face makes me happy inside, Jerome’s art is fantastic, and congratulations on getting publisher! Like Highwing said, maybe one day I’ll be able to walk into a comic store and buy a copy of BTWD. You never know what the future holds. x)
Man, this is awkward. It’s too late to say Merry Christmas and too early to wish you a joyous Three Wise Men Day. I will have to make do by wishing you all a Happy New Year! QQ
Hah, those two pictures go perfectly together. Well done.
Also, congratulations on publisher! If their logo is anything to go by, they’re a great one, too.
And Merry Christmastide, all!
Awesome news. Getting published is an honor.
Yay!
You got a publisher, that awesome news.
Here to wish everyone a happy New Years, wherever they are. x)
Happy New Year everyone!
Happy happy! Just turned midnight here (well, 20 minutes ago) and I know all my non-US co-forumites here have already ushered in 2015 too, so for those who have, hope your year’s off to a good start, and for those who haven’t, don’t party too hard! Watch your intake of acorn ale, and don’t overdo the smoked salmon!
(Mmmm – salmon … )
I just got volume 1 in the mail!!! <3 SOOOOO happy right now lol!
Congratulations!