We will definitely be at Ratha Con this year. We’re very much looking forward to taking such a small, hobby webcomic to a convention with actual published artists.
There is all sorts of cool stuff going on, so if you’re in the area be sure to stop by and say hello! The convention is on Saturday, May 26th from noon to 7:00 pm at the Athens Community Center.
Here’s the url once again for more information:
Here’s some real news… Luckthorn might have a table at the Athens Ratha Con, a comic convention taking place on May 26th in Athens, Ohio. However, we’re a very late entry and are unsure if it will pan out due to scheduling conflicts.
The plan will be to have a digital display so folks can look at the comic, take rack cards and possibly purchase posters. Again, this is tentative, more details to come soon.
Regardless, Ratha Con looks awesome! You can get more information here: http://rathacon.blogspot.com/
Luckthorn is going great, but my goal of staying 10 issues ahead is faltering. We’ve had a lot going on with our house lately and it has really slowed me down on this. However, this is not to say that our interest has wavered. We are as passionate as ever about this story. Hope to see you all stick with us on this crazy journey as it unfolds!
We are nearing brand new content! Starting with issue #27, all content will be fresh. Our 27th release was on the old site, but has been reworked in a way that it is basically new.
Also in the works are a couple new Casca Tales, but that is still somewhat on the back burner so I can’t give a good estimate on when it will come. Soon, I hope!
Still working ahead of schedule. My goal is to remain ten issues (at the minimum) ahead of the current release. Hopefully this will allow us to keep a seamless release schedule until this has been completely finished. It’s pretty difficult sometimes, but rewarding all the same.
As always, we appreciate our readers! Thanks for dropping by.
We finished up the text on issues 30 and 31 last week — they’re great! I’m so excited to be seeing this story come together like this.
There are times I still wish that I could get this onto a print medium of some sort, but for now I want to focus on getting the story finished. If anyone has any suggestions or comments for the comic, please send them our way!
Issue 19 is now online. We are still in the remastered phase of the release, but soon there will be BRAND NEW NEVER BEFORE SEEN issues surfacing. We are up to issue 33 and counting, working ahead whenever we get the chance. Leave us a comment, let us know what you think so far!
Luckthorn #18 was released today. It’s at this point that I finally settled in completely on how the characters look. It took a good bit of time, but once I pinned down how I wanted Olio to look it all came together. I had figured out Luckthorn and Swinegoat a few issues back, but issue 18 is where the whole crew came together perfectly and I felt like I finally got the look and feel for their dynamic (both visually and through their banter) down to where I wanted it.
Progress report on future issues? Still working on them!
Luckthorn is going very well. Just last night I got panel 32 inked out and ready to scan and color.
This story is a beast, and the work involved can be a bit daunting at times… but perhaps it’ll be a sleeper hit one of these days. Regardless, onwards and upwards! A story such as this needs to be told. And so we shall — with a break every now and then for a cupcake or two.
In other news, issue 17 was released this morning. This release has a lot of text, and I understand how easy it is to give something the good old tl;dr and move on (especially on the web), but it’s one of my favorite journal entries, so hopefully it’ll pull you in!
Got this one out a little later in the day than usual. I had an issue with Illustrator when coloring this one (a program I no longer use for making my comics). I whence a little when looking back at how it mangled my line work, but it works and could have turned out much worse.
Next week is one of my favorite journal entries, so be sure to swing by again.
