jupe is alive and working on something cool!

I have some of you on my Facebook feed, but not all. I just wanted to drop in to say hi, that I am still alive and kicking, and that I am working on a few really exciting projects!

Now, some of you know that I like to draw, but not all of you know that I've been taking comic book creation courses for a little over a year, now, with industry pro, Ty Templeton. Through Ty's course, I've met many local artists and writers and earlier this year, was working really hard with a local writer on a story which has since been published.

Since then, I've been recruited to join the second volume of the anthology in which I already participated, as well as a project which is being published out west for which I'll be inking and lettering.

In addition to these publicity/exposure jobs, I've been working on my own stuff. A homework assignment in Ty's writing class inspired a story which is both heart-wrenching and heartwarming.

When I completely the comic, (it's a 28 page comic) I will be making it available online, for free, in black and white.

So, this is where I humbly ask you, my old friends, to please give it a read and distribute it to people you know. I really need the exposure and have finally identified and am chasing my new dream: to professionally produce comics and graphic novels.

All of my current projects are on my blog at http://www.jupe.ca/blog/ under the Projects link. I have yet to post anything from the work I'm doing for The Red Surge, but that'll come as I begin, as well as when I finish.

Thanks again for being awesome, everyone. If you have any questions, let me know.

Cheers!

jupe

 

Here are the first two pages from the story I drew and inked for the Toronto anthology.

 

I try to keep up but fall behind. Two little boys keep me super busy. One is six now, the other is three. They make me feel like all the time

 

Nah, Mani, I know better than to teach them how to shocklance.

I should draw a mini comic of me lancing you in the back. For old times sake.

 

I don't actually have any of my old tribes demos, but I did immortalise you in one of my tribes 2 videos. The second, IIRC.

Not sure where the video is these days. I thought I had it on my youtube channel, but it isn't there.

 

Yeppers, it sure was.

 

Okay, I'm alive, I swear. I just don't have a lot of time for messageboards these days and I keep up with most of you on Facebook and Steam.

What is jupe working on now? A 32 page comic about a teen lesbian, a derpy dog, and a lot of bacon. I've been posting pages to my tapastic account and to the facebook page.

I think about you guys all the time, but I'm mostly a lurker, as you know by now. Just know that I've been working my buns off on this comic and am actually planning on launching it mid-summer in full colour published form.

The best news? You can read the comic for free in black and white; I'm only charging for the coloured version. If you want to see thumbnails of the page so far, you can view the gallery on the facebook page!

There are quite a few mature themes in the story: lesbianism/LGBTQ/coming out; atheism; animal cruelty; domestic violence... but there are also a lot of warm and fuzzy themes such as friendship; love; companionship; coming of age.

Anyway, that's about it for now. I love you all!

 

An update:

Strays is almost coloured and will be launching for Pride Week Toronto in June The Kickstarter begins next month. It'll be a 36 page full colour comic. I'm soooo excited!