I am looking forward to this story, its going to be a lot of fun. I’m introducing a new character this week and some new depth to the series.  So don’t worry, Elysium won’t be sad for long.  I don’t think I could take it.

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Oooh… Mystery.  Who is dreamgirl?  What is wonderwut?  How fast can a bulldog fly?!  These are all questions I hope to play with in the next chapter of Super Zeroes!

This page was supposed to go up on Friday, but as you can see its longer than normal.  Its actually two pages put together.  I wasn’t able to get them both finished till tonight.  I didn’t want to break up the action between two separate days and lose the impact of revealing Elysium as Dreamgirl.  I hope it was worth the wait.

As I mentioned, this concludes the first chapter of Super Zeroes.  I’ll be going back to the strip format for a while, at least until the story calls for something different.  Full pages are exhausting.  I am actually going to take the next week off from the strip to finish getting everything ready for the West Texas Comic-Con.  I nearly lost my mind last week trying to pull all-nighters to do the strip along with everything that needs to be done to run this comic book convention.  I’m thankful I have such an awesome partner helping to run the show.  He’s really made this one happen.

Just a reminder, if you’re in Lubbock you should check out the comic book convention Saturday November 7th.  Its only $4 to get in and we have lots of awesome guests in attendance.  (Visit the website for more information)  I will be premiering the first issue of Super Zeroes to sell.  The book includes most of the strips that are up now, along with a few others and some extra special content.  Books will be $5.  I may actually have them for sale on this site around then also, if things go well.

-Will Terrell

I got another piece of Fanart this weekend!  This time from an artist named Lindsay Gragowski!  People seem to really love Wonderwut and Potato!  It makes me happy to see everyone enjoying the story so much.  If you have any fanart you want to send, I will be creating a Fanart section in the next couple of weeks. 

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That bulldog looks like he’s having fun, huh?  Well, one more page to end the first chapter of Super Zeroes.  I have a very busy week ahead next week.  Getting down to the wire for the West Texas Comic-Con, two weeks away!  I’m excited, but have a lot going on.  We seem to have almost everything set for the show.  Looks like we’re even doing TV commercials this time around!  That was one of my biggest goals when I decided to start a convention in Lubbock.  I remember how excited I was when I was 14 and saw a commercial during Saturday morning X-men for a Comic book convention when I lived in Houston.  I was so freaking ecstatic that I begged my Mom to take me and my friend.  I hope we get to do that for a lot of kids here.

Anyways, thanks for sticking with me folks on this strip!  I hope you’re enjoying it.  By the way, I got my first FANART this week!  Its a drawing of Rosina done by Maggie Davidson.  I guess I’ll need to create a fanart section to the site!

-Will Terrell

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So here’s the conclusion of the first week!  I really hope ya’ll enjoyed it.  I will do my best to keep them coming and to make them funnier and more entertaining as I go.  Next week we get to see some of the other main characters.  So stick around!

-Will

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Hey look at that!  A new character!  Just like that.  And Elysium actually surfs! Its nice to have a friend that snaps you out of it when you’re thinking too much.  You’re in the ocean, you should feel weightless, not all heavy with worries about what might or might not happen.  Her friends name is Kinishua, by the way.  She’s half Japanese, half black, all awesome.

I like how the water turned out on this strip.  Inking with a Brush is really good for doing waves like that.  So far this is my favorite strip.

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I’m trying something new for me with these colors.  Usually when I do comics I leave the line art b/w and simply add the color beneath.  But for these strips I’ve been trying “line-holds”, or “knock-outs” as they’re sometimes called.  Basically I cut out the lineart of the main character and change the line color to match the skin-tone.  It makes for a much softer illustration I think.  Sometimes it seems to work really well.  Others, not so much.  I have a feeling my art style will be changing a lot as I do more strips.  So far the response has been good, and I appreciate everyone’s feedback.

I think, also, it will take a little while to get used to writing for comic strips.  How to pace the jokes, the subject matter, and character development.  Right now I’m basically writing whatever comes to mind, while trying to build towards something.   But I could see myself getting into some really fun crafting of jokes and set-ups for bigger and funnier stories.  I see this first year as a learning process for those things. That and meeting daily deadlines each week.

-Will

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How do you like those waves?  I miss San Diego.  That’s probably why I decided to start this story off in the ocean.  That’s the nice part about being an artist is you can go any place you like.  Right now I’d really like to be riding a wave.

I want to thank everyone that stopped by yesterday.  I had a little over 200 unique visitors for the first go-round!  What makes it strange though, is that after writing/penciling/inking and coloring these strips over the last few weeks, I’ve read them so many times that I can’t even tell if they’re funny anymore.  I try to remind myself that I laughed the first few times I read them, so hopefully you will too.  That’s the hardest part about doing anything creative, is trying not to get too insecure about your work before you even get the chance to put it out there.

Anyways, thank you all for stopping by.  I hope you’ll stick around to see where this is going.

-Will

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