Comics Coast to Coast Interview – Lee and Ed

by Lee on March 28, 2014 at 1:38 pm
Posted In: Blog

Comics Coast to Coast
Check it out!

We were just interviewed by the great guys over at Comics Coast to Coast. We talk Little Guardians, creative partnerships, a bit about world building, my comics creation process, Ed’s writing influences… all the hits. We had a great time, and many many thank you’s to CCTC for having us on. I’m happy to have our comic in such good company. Seriously, go check out the other creators they’ve interviewed. And take a look at the hosts themselves. Brian, Matt, and Joel, all three very creative guys.

FrogPants Podcast Network

Give it a listen, check out the other great interviews by the CCTC guys. They’re part of the FrogPants network of podcasts. Lots to explore and check out over there.

So, that’ll keep you busy. :D
You’re welcome.

-Lee

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News Part II – Director’s Cut

by Lee on February 19, 2014 at 10:17 am
Posted In: Blog

Hello again!


Let’s start this off with some LG character sketches! YAYYYY!

Hazel and Elk Sketch

But now it’s time for more good news/bad news. I previously reported that Sam and I would be moved into our new place and LG would be back within the month. That was written around Feb 9th and we were expecting to be moving in that week. Some things went down and we had to make some decisions that unfortunately forced our move to the first week of March. It’s been VERY VERY long story that nobody wants to hear. Fortunately, it’s almost over, and we can’t wait to put it behind us.
This delay means it’ll be a few more weeks before LG can be updating again regularly. The problem has become, having our move pushed back so many times (5th time’s the charm) unfortunately means now it’s coming into conflict with our 2014 schedule of events we’ve been planning for since last year. Now, on top of getting Chapter 5 art ready to go, I’ll be painting, cleaning and repairing our new home while simultaneously preparing for and teaching a week of cartooning/comicing workshops. Throw in a book signing and a 3 day convention… we’ve certainly got our work cut out for us. Please excuse our dust.
And now for something to lighten the mood:

Little Guardians took 1st. place in the Webcomic Category at last years Small Press Alternative Comics Expo 2013 SPACE prize! And I can tell you I was in real need of some good news when I heard!

We have some big shows coming up that you really don’t want to miss:

Awesome Con – Washington DC – April 19-20
I can’t wait! And neither should you people on the east coast.

TCAF – Toronto Comics and Art Festival – May 10-11
First time visiting Canada! Yay!

Indy Pop Con – Indianapolis – May 30th-June1st
We’ll definitely be hosting a comics meetup for this one, Don’t miss it!

Dashcon (A tumblr convention!) Shaumburg IL, July 11-13th
Ed and I will be on the World of Online Comics panel which is going to be incredible (I know who else is on the panel) and I’m in talks to play a part in a live reading of one of my favorite BBC radio series in another panel, REALLY looking forward to this one.

And that’s not even all of them! Check out the rest of our 2014 schedule in the sidebar.

HEY! Is it possible you want to help out and somehow aid in Little Guardians’ return?
Here’s how! We’re about to reorder Books 1 & 2 from our printer so we have enough for this year’s shows. Tell a friend! Show them Little Guardians! Every book we sell funds our convention tables, promotional supplies and future print runs. And it helps us spread word about the comic, helps us land spots at comic shows, etc… all that good stuff. And every one of those things we can cross off our list is one less thing on this artist’s list between you and more pages of the comic.

Also, you might want to keep an eye on Lee’s tumblr feed for more art and sketches like the ones above.
We hope you’ve enjoyed this screening of News Part II – Director’s Cut.

-Lee

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Hiatus – What Happened?

by Lee on February 10, 2014 at 1:00 am
Posted In: Blog
Hi all!
We’re long overdue for an update (my apologies) so here it goes…
Last fall we wrapped up Chapter 4 and went on a planned break. What was originally going to be no more than 6 weeks with a fantastic guest artist posting an all-new Little Guardians side-story, turned into 6 months with no posts of any kind. I’m sure more than a few of you have wondered what happened.With our guest artist, it was a simple matter of something important i.e. job/life/family…etc. came up and we respect that. We still plan on having that side story told, for sure, I look forward to having them back when they’re ready to go. That guest spot is theirs.

With us, it was more of the same. My wife, Sam and I had been planning a move across town and last fall we decided to make it happen. In this market, we expected it to take a lot longer to sell our house. But we ended up accepting an offer on it within weeks. So we looked for and found a house we loved, much closer to a bunch of our comic-making friends in town. And then began what has turned into a 4 month chapter of my life I will try hard to forget but probably never will. All I can say is buying a house today is NOTHING even close to what it was like pre-mortgage crisis. Something we didn’t expect and are still paying for. As of this blog post, we are 2 months and counting living out of suitcases in my family’s guest room with our lives sealed away in boxes. As you can imagine, this is not an ideal environment for fostering creativity and self expression.

Little Guardians is a huge part of my life and I would never give up on it but for months now, I haven’t been living my life. Hopefully, that is about to be changing here very soon. And no one is more eager than we are to get back to normal.

If all goes according to plan, we should be moved in and updating again within the month! Hooray! Albeit at a reduced page rate of one update a week, but it’s going to take time to get back up to full speed again.If you’re reading this, thanks for sticking with us this far. You are awesome and you are why I can’t wait to get back to making comics. Thank you. :)

-Lee
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LG Now on Comic Chameleon

by Lee on November 13, 2013 at 1:58 pm
Posted In: Blog

Good news everyone! We’ve teamed up with Comic Chameleon to bring you guided-view Little Guardians pages for your iPhone or iPad. How cool is that!? Comic Chameleon is the only webcomic app authored and managed by an actual webcomic creator so you know they know what they’re doing and that Ed and I are excited to be a part of it. Here’s more info.

LG on Comic Chameleon!How Cool is That!?

Right now you can read the Prologue, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 in their entirety through the app. Ed is hard at work using the Comic Chameleon guided view tool kit and converting more Little Guardians pages which we’ll add to the app periodically. By the time we launch Chapter 5 updates, you’ll be able to stay up to date with the latest pages here or anywhere you feel like using the Comic Chameleon App which is definitely coming soon for Android too, so nobody is left out.

In other news, I’m moving! In case you were wondering where we’re at with progress on Chapter 5, rest assured we’re working on new pages and can’t wait to share them. But with selling my house and moving across town to a new home and new area, the Chapter 5 launch is going to be delayed a bit. Look for new pages to launch in January 2014. We hate to delay more than we already have but we you all are awesome and you’ll appreciate great looking pages and solid updates as soon as we can get them to you, because webcomic people are the best people. Trust me, you’re going to like what we’re working on. Can’t wait to release this stuff!

So go get Comic Chameleon and go read some comics!

Webcomics on the Go

 

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PUCA Studios Kickstarter – LG Con Schedule 2014 Part 1

by Lee on October 28, 2013 at 10:19 am
Posted In: Blog

Long time no talk! I really missed you guys. A lot has been going on, check this out!
You may have seen us announce that one of our main characters, Subira, is going to be an unlockable playable character in the new game coming from Puca Studios: Dreamland Delivery and the Nightmare Night. But only if we can rally the troops and support the Puca Studios Kickstarter that only has 1 week left to go!

I recorded a quick video message for the kickstarter that you can find here.

Spread the word! Puca studios needs our help to make this game and many more cool indie games under the Puca Studios Banner.
And I REALLY want to see Subira and her spirit panther running around in a game on my screen. That’s like a level 1 dream come true. How often do those happen?

In other news, you may have also noticed some new dates pop up on our convention schedule over in the sidebar. We’ve got a nice lineup for the first half of 2014. And there are even more to come, we’ve got applications in on a few more dates that we’ll announce when we’re confirmed. Our wish list still includes some BIG shows! Keep an eye out to see if we’ll be at TCAF, Gen Con and SPX in 2014! Hopefully all three! Until then, here’s a fun preview of our 2014 con schedule – Part 1!

Con Schedule 2014 Part 1
-Lee

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