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Current progress status: 130 pages of an projected 250-275.
Many thanks to
W.A. Brenner for this glowing review in the Austin Chronicle!
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07.02.09:
Now this is just downright amazing.
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06.30.09:
Story updated with some more samples from the final pages.
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06.29.09:
Fan art and Extras updated.
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06.25.09:
Fan art updated.
I'm trying to get some preview books or postcards or something out to various cons in the fall, particularly APE or SPX. Keeping my fingers crossed.
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06.22.09:
Here are a bunch of icons, free for use on blogs, etc.
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06.11.09:
New Illustration.
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06.06.09:
New pieces in Fan Art.
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06.04.09:
Extras is updated.
All international T-shirt orders have shipped.
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06.03.09:
Minor updates to FAQ and Story.
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06.02.09:
Characters page is updated.
All domestic (U.S.) T-shirt orders have shipped. International orders will ship Wednesday 6/3 or Friday 6/5.
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05.29.09:
Sorry for the pause! Things have been a little topsy-turvy. The T-shirts are in and they look great! 62 out of the 112 orders have been packaged and are ready to go.
Here's a photo I took right after I left the print house. (It's folded a bit; the design is actually centered and extends across the chest)
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05.17.09:
Music updated with new songs and a new download.
Story updated with an older draft sketch.
Entire site code-cleaned and retooled. Character bios are in progress and will be posted to the Characters page soon.
T-shirts should be ready by Friday, 05/23, and will be shipped out as soon as possible.
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FAQ
So what is this thing, anyway?
The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal is an in-progress graphic novel. I've been messing with the story since December '07, and working on the comic in earnest since April '08. It's about halfway done at this point.
The outer part of the story is summarized in the header above, but the meat of it is about how two personalities collide and transform each other. Or some such sentimental claptrap.
There's also scotch, sex, and greasy breakfast food.
Do you have a publisher/contract?
No, but I haven't shopped it around yet. At this point, I'm planning on self-publishing.
How come there's fanart and fanfic if the comic's not even published yet?
Several months passed between the time I came up with the characters/story and the time I decided to put it all into a comic book. During those months, I posted a lot of development sketches and story doodles to LiveJournal and various gallery sites, and it sort of took off.
Since then, though, I've been keeping the most important plot details pretty closely guarded.
Will you be at [convention]?
I might; drop me a line at the e-mail address listed below. There is a small chance I'll be at AnimeFEST in September, but I don't have anything in stone on the calendar for the rest of 2009.
Is this story "yaoi"?
I... maybe? Probably not? No. I think. Uh.
LINKS
- All These Buildings And Mountains : TJ & Amal club at y!gallery (NSFW, requires registration, must be over 18)
- Gallo De Pelea @ LJ (extra concept work and sketches get posted here)
- TJ and Amal @ Twitter
- bigbigtruck @ DeviantArt
- Said The Gramophone
- Darkchibishadow's TJ & Amal gallery
- Vampirates!
CONTACT
ek@tjandamal.com
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