In February, Chris and I took Black Rose to Ash Con in Indianapolis. It was our first time at Ash, and it turned out to be a great show for us. Though smaller than some of the other cons we’ve been to, the demographic was heavily skewed toward comic shops selling back issues, trades, and other merchandise. This worked out well, since we were one of the few creator-owned books there, and since people were coming to the con with plenty of cash! Best of all, an Ash Con happens every couple of months, so we plan on hitting another one later this year.

We’ve also hit another very exciting milestone for Black Rose: the release of Issue #6, which finally completes the first arc of our story! It’s been a long time coming and we couldn’t be happier to get this issue out there. Get your hands on a copy pronto!

There’s a lot more ahead for Black Rose — and a lot of new work I need to get on here, too. More stuff coming soon!

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As I mentioned in my last post, it’s been a busy time for Black Rose recently too. Here’s a recap of what’s new on the project!

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This past weekend, we took Black Rose to the Summit City Comic Con here in Fort Wayne. Pics and more below!

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We took Black Rose on the road last weekend to the Kokomo-Con in (where else) Kokomo, Indiana. The con was smaller than Summit City, but they gave us a pretty nice booth setup and we got to meet a lot of cool new fans. More pics below!

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Aw yeah…it’s that time again.

Upon reaching the ancient fortress city of Adrost, Arion receives his long-awaited walking papers. But with them comes a peculiar invitation to a banquet from the even more peculiar Baron Lord Ardam – and there are one or two surprise guests in attendance as well.

Yes, the second issue of Black Rose has been completed and it is awesome. Aaron really knocked the art outta the park on this one, and Chris has crammed so much delicious foreshadowing into the dialogue exchanges.

We will be debuting the issue at the Kokomo-Con on Saturday, October 23rd, along with copies of Issue 1 and slick poster prints of both covers. If you’re in the area, stop on by!

And soon after the con, those goodies will also be available in the Black Rose online store, which is currently under construction along with an overall website facelift. I’m knee-deep in HTML and calculating shipping costs at the moment — just one of the many projects demanding my attention nowadays.

More new work later this week!
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What a busy day! The premiere of Black Rose and much much more at Fort Wayne’s first comic convention. Lots of pics below!

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At long last, I finally get to announce this!

Black Rose is a fantasy/western comic about a brother and sister caught between two warring empires. Originally created by Aaron Minier during his college years, my good friend Chris and I were invited onto the project a couple years back after the original writer departed. Rather than simply continuing the story, we wound up taking everything back to basics and reinventing the entire world, adding a lot of complexity and realism.

Anyway, the big announcement is that the first issue is finally complete, and will be debuting at the Summit City Comic Con here in Fort Wayne, on Saturday May 22nd. We’ve got a table at the con and will be selling a limited number of issues, so if you want one, you’d better come early! Aaron will be doing some sketching as well, and we’ll have some artbooks full of concept art you can look through too. And of course any of us would be MORE than happy to talk your ear off about Black Rose, what our influences are, where the story might be going, etc. Come on down!

We’re looking into publishers at the moment and have gotten some interest, and we’ve also contemplated launching Black Rose as a webcomic — this story is coming out one way or another, and hopefully we’ll have that situation figured out soon.

Besides contributing to the story, I also edit the scripts, letter the pages, and do most of the design work for the project. Over time some of that work will wind up on here as well, but I’m waiting until we solidify our publishing plans before revealing all our hard work.

Until then, you can visit the Black Rose website and make sure to subscribe to our email list — we’ll keep you posted with any and all news as we progress toward world domination.

See everybody at the con!
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