Day 64: who'd have guessed?!?

Lot of waiting around today, so I got a chance to post after all. So just to finish off the month properly, here is all of page 18!! Yep, one more in the can!! Both Tommy and Miss. Hills are present and they will both return later. Now it's time to introduce more supporting characters and a new location which will play a good part of the rest of the story. 

As always, any thoughts, comments and:or feedback is more than welcome. 

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Day 63: Now listen up.

Jon passing some knowledge on to Tommy the Kid. 

No update for the next few days (most likely) as it's treatment time for my son again. Promise to be back with a vengeance as soon as I can. 

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Day 62: Two days in a row?!?

Don't tell anyone but I think I'm back on schedule!! I probably just jinxed it... oh, well...

And look, here's another character come to yell at me... I told you Tommy "the Kid" Bambino would be back....or I think I did...

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Day 61: learn the calendar

"This is not how to read a calender!?! Get on with it!"

Yeah, family and wedding (not mine!!) weekend...

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Day 60: everyone's a critic...

"None of theses panels make any sense..."

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Day 59: angry characters

**Due to major technical issues, this did not get posted two days ago . I'm sorry.**

"You are posting late!!!"

"Honestly, what are you dilly-dallying for?!? Get on with it!!"

Apologies. Technical issues stopped me from posting. 

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Technical issues

**Due to major technical issues, I can't attach new pictures to my posts. I will keep work and post when the issue is resolved. Sorry.**

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Day 58: ...oh, snap...

"Here you have pictures of a bunch of artists who work faster than Charlie...". Everyone's a critic, even Miss. Hills...

If you have any questions or comments, please let me know. 

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Day 57: INK!!!

Apologies time again. Work was done yesterday but nothing I could post. At least not for the time being. You can check out some of the previous pencils and try to imagine where I've gone from there. 

Also had a bit of a planning session for all planned work yesterday. If I want to make set deadlines (not counting any unforeseen changes) I have to stick to schedule. So far so good (one day in, I know!!) And as you can see both Jon and Miss. Hills are both shocked and surprised by said scheduling. 

If you have any questions or comments, please let me know. 

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Day 56: coloring done

Finally finished this fan art piece I did of Ciaran Marcantonio's A ClockWork Universe  characters. What do you think?

Inking or pencilling can now resume. 

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Day 55: a little bit more color.

Like I said yesterday  just one of those days. Almost there with the fan art piece. 

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Day 54: ...a little of this...

Apologies. Been a bit emotional here the last few days, and I fear we have a few more coming. As a result, I had no chance to post yesterday. 

I'm also keeping myself distracted, so yesterday I worked more on the pirates. 

And I was really trying to finish coloring my fan-art for today. I came up short, but hopefully tomorrow.  Here's a small part that's done. 

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Day 53: Another distraction...

Okey, so another thing came up... I wonder if I'm on to one of the reasons this is taking so long. I was asked to do Apple Order Nummer character sketches for a story. The sketches escalated a little... I can show one or two close ups as these faces are gonna change again. And I don't know if I'll be able to show the finished piece for a while. 

Anyway, here they are. 

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Day 52: Look here!!

Filled in the blanks  Yay. Here's Miss Hills showing off some pretty pictures. 

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Day 51: ...and now for something completely different...

A little late and a little different. Needed a little break from inking. I did this black and white fan art piece of Ciaran Marcantonio's A ClockWork Universe  almost exactly a year ago. I know because another event ended up taking place later that day, which was not as nice. As such I thought it would be a good way to commemorate both by improving (hopefully) one of these memories for the anniversary. As such, I started coloring the piece. For those of you who know me, I don't consider myself a colorist by any measure of the term. I'll do it in a pinch, and on occasion I do enjoy it. But there are far superior colorists out there whom I prefer to work with, talented people like Frank M. Cuonzo and Chris O'Halloran. Anyway, here are the flats. Will attempt to finish it by the anniversary, but we'll see...

Now back to inking....

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Day 50: This is done, right?

I blame USS Callister!! Without its existence, I would have gotten more done and been able to mark Day 50 better... then again, those fifty days have not been as consecutive as I would have liked, so maybe I'll save the bells and whistles for day 75 or day 100. Unfortunately, not all the blog-"reports" can be as cool as yesterday's or Day 43 or even 23. 

Anyway, this is done, right?

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Day 49: Words words words

Today is a lettering update. Another page finished. Page 13!! Yay. That two more pages than both Jon Pay, PI vs. Machine-Gun Kelley and Jon Pay, PI: The Comedy is Over.  That being said, I am currently inking page 18, which means I have inked more pages than Jon Pay, PI: Bullets, Babes & By-lines and the most consecutive Jon Pay pages to date... I know I'm sad, but this is one of MANY ways I attempt to motivate myself. 

Anyway... here are some pretty pictures with some word balloons covering up the art I worked so hard on... not really. I try my best to roughly place the text before I start drawing, to avoid doing just that. You'll also get supportive characters galore here. 

First off is El Billy Tremendo, the current, heavyweight champion of Cobb City. He is facing off with Jack Knightley. 

Then we have Jacks manager, Alfie Brown. He is an old friend of Jon. 

Finally, we have Rodney Hatchett and Don Primo. 

As always, I would love to hear any thoughts and comments you may have. Do you agree with my balloon-layout? Do you like my characters? Do you not like them? Let me know below. 

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Day 48: Plenty paperwork.

Always a lot of things to keep straight with these things. When I "introduced" Miss Plenty Hills in Jon Pay, PI: The Comedy is Over I decided to add a flower pattern to her dress. Now... (convoluted part coming up...) Prizefighters & Knickerbockers (the story I am currently working on and showing you panels from) has been in the works for quite a few years. It consists of 46 pages of which 28 pages were actually penciled traditionally. When the opportunity to do TCiO with Turncoat Press here in Cork, Ireland, with my partner-in-crime (known to some as the Script Doctor. To me, he is known as friend and writing-mentor) Rob X Román, I was working digitally and working quite a bit faster. As a result, TCiO skipped the chronological queue. Also, as stated, I changed Plenty's dress. So the pattern does not exist on any of the pencils and I keep having to remember to put it back in. Had the same thing happen with Rod Hatchet's pinstriped tuxedo.... why do I keep doing this to myself...?!?

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Day 47: Panel done.

Got there in the end. Plenty has finally made an appearance on this blog. Yay. She is quite a prominent character in Prizefighters & Knickerbockers, you'll see.

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Day 46: what happened?

I'm here! Sorry. This week knocked the wind out of my sails. A bit more than I expected. Trying to get back in to it. 

So here's the panel I've been dipping in and out of. This page features mostly Jon and his secretary, Plentance Hills, fondly referred to by her friends as Plenty. Another supporting character will show up in a few panels, but we'll get back to him then. 

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Day 45: opening doors

Small panel, small update. The door opens to a new year, a new scene and new possibilities. 

There will not be an update tomorrow as it is treatment day for my son. I'll be back in two days.

If you want to learn more about Jon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)

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