So yeah, for a while, the website updates are done! woo! Not that I’m content, because I’m not. I’ll always be tweaking things to make them easier to deal with from an admin point of view, and better looking from an end user’s point of view, but for now, I think we’re good. If you find any broken links or something that doesn’t seem right, please let me know and I’ll tune it up post haste!
I got the most awesome news this week! Dead Reckoning artsmith Scottie Ray Watson is attending Wizard World Austin! YES! He was all calm and nonchalant about it too, like “What would you think if I said I’m attending the Austin show?” Needless to say I replied with a high level of mad excitement and it’s a done deal! Scottie and I will both be there signing books, rocking sketches, and generally making a public nuisance of ourselves. I haven’t been able to get clearance for the dunking booth yet, but I’m still trying!
So this week marks the last page of Dead Reckoning: Square. Peter asked an excellent question last week, which was “What happens next?” Well, we’re taking care of that right now in fact! Scottie is feverishly working on new pages, and sending me new stuff almost every single day, at a pace that’s hard for me to even keep up with! But as fast as he is, we’re not gonna be done with the brand new Dead Reckoning graphic novel “No Other Way” in time to give you a page next Friday, or anytime soon. In fact, we wouldn’t if we were done, because that’s never really been the intention here. We’re not planning to run Dead Reckoning as a webcomic, but as a series of print graphic novels, so while you can always get some cool stuff here, you will have to buy the book to get the whole story.
But back to Peter’s question, what’s next?
First up, SKETCH Fridays. That’s where Scottie picks something to sketch out of his random brain and goes to work, producing a piece of brand new original art. Sometimes it’ll be characters you know, other times it’ll be original stuff from Dead Reckoning, Talon, or even Dynagirl! You just never know! What’s more, once we preview that sketch right here on the website, it will go live on eBay and be available for purchase to the highest bidder. Now we could totally pocket that cash, but we’re not. Instead every single penny of the money made from SKETCH Friday will go to charity. You read that right. EVERY. SINGLE. PENNY. Why? Because Red Handed Studios is now and has always been about doing what’s right. In keeping with that, we’re looking at several charities focusing on military families and we’ll have that nailed down and finalized before we start our first auction.
In addition to that we’ll be starting a prose story right here on the site, serialized and accompanied by some excellent art! It’ll be written by Scottie and I, with art by Scottie, and it’ll be 100% in continuity with everything else we’re doing so you’ll need it to keep up!
Beyond that, you never know what you’re going to find popping up around here. But rest assured, it’ll be fun!
