Series OverviewWakefield’s JournalJack-in-Irons

Happy mid-February, everyone!

The newest Ex Occultus: Wakefield’s Journal story has arrived, entitled “A Drink with Friends”!

In this month’s tale, we find Wakefield enjoying some lively conversation with some old friends.  The full synopsis:

1875. During some downtime between adventures, Wakefield stops into a local pub and swaps tall tales with four friends, recounting their glory days in the world of the occult.

Drawn by the wonderfully talented artist Chris Martinez, this is a fun departure from the previousWakefield’s Journal stories.  Check out the story (for free) here, and to see all the Wakefield’s Journal stories thus far, click here.

So, think what you will about the debut of the iPad last week, it absolutely will change how we read/buy comics. I’m a big fan of the print medium in general, a hold-out, if you will (read: anti-eBooks), but I believe that comics could benefit from eventually going digital (cutting the printing and distribution costs alone could be wonderfully beneficial to independent companies like ourselves).

The folks over at Gizmodo seem to agree, and have an article up where they talk with Panelfly (a company that digitizes comics for the iPhone – you can purchase Ex Occultus: Badge of Langavat through their very popular app) about what they’re building specifically for the iPad. Honestly? It’s going to be amazing. The reading experience alone will be worth it. And, even cooler than all that, if you look real close at the image below, you’ll see Indego Blue in their lineup! Yay advertising!

You can check out the article here, and you can get your very own copy of Indego Blue #1 right here.

Apologies for not posting in the last few weeks - we’re furiously getting two comics ready for publication (MinuteMen #1 and Ex Occultus: Seal of Solomon), so we’ve had our hands full. More on those to come soon!

At any rate, today I came across this very cool tutorial from colorist Tony Avina (who works on the Garth Ennis-scripted series The Boys), showing how he goes about coloring a page.   I know that typically it’s writers and artists getting the majority of attention from those of us in the comic book community, but colorists deserve just as much praise, as their work can make or break a book (and, as you can see below, coloring even a single panel is a time-consuming venture).  Anyway, just a cool little behind the scenes look at h0w much work actually goes into getting the final product ready.  Check it out:

There are moments when doing this job that I get so giddy I can barely contain myself. Talking to Guy Davis is definitely one of those moments.

The Michigan resident (woo!) has gone on to have an illustrious career in comics since his work on the series Baker Street in the late 1980s, working on such prolific books as Nevermen, Zombies That Ate the World, The Marquis (which he writes as well) and, in 2003, he became the main artist of the popular series B.P.R.D., a spin-off of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy. His style is unique and bold, and the self-taught artist’s work is instantly recognizable to any who come across it.

Guy was kind enough to take some time out of his busy schedule to talk to us about his inspirations, how he got started in the business, and what we can expect from him in the future.

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