Back in Black

Once again here's another pic that has nothing to do with "Millstone"! This is the bad boy of T. A. Comix 'Foulmouth' and this is version 3.0 of the character. He's my inner demon, the part of myself that never sees the light of day ... only in print. I'm working on an other "FM" project (I did a mini back in 2001, and 2002) and this time I'm grabbing the bull by the balls and going all out. So along with "Millstone" I'm also do a 'Foulmouth' comic ... but he'll be teamed with yours truly ... JonBoy (that's my creative side) in "Random Access".

Something new

This Easter I really didn't get time to work on "Millstone" but I did get to draw something so take a look at "xander" one of the lead characters in my other project "Capital Punishment" ... enjoy

Here's Ashley

Legacy

Ok ... my time away hasn't been wasted reading manga and cuddling with my wife, no I've been hard at work on "Millstone". Issue 1 has been plotted and entitled "Legacy". I'm hoping to have character sketches finished this weekend so I can post them and also the first draft of issue one completed.

Issue No.1 synopsis issue: All Ashley Mills wanted was to take a quite desk job on one of the Commonwealth’s outer islands. However, what she got in return was an inspectors post on Stone Cay; one of the smallest yet most corrupted islands in the Commonwealth. On top of that, one of the most popular ministers of the Cay was just killed and it seems he may have had a few skeletons in his closet.

The story ... so far

Well it's been a few days but here's an up-date, "Millstones". The lead character will be Detective Ashley Mills. The story will focus on her moving to one of the out laying islands in the Bahamas. So she’ll be dealing with not only the mindset of ‘out islanders’ but also social issues that are ramped on the smaller islands. The Bahamas is unlike any other place, because it’s not just a melting pot of cultures but corruption too. I’m still working out some of the back story but at the moment “Millstone” will be a four issue mini. Depending on that, I’ll try and make it a monthly book. I’m in the process of retooling some of the characters, but I’m hoping to have sketches together this week and the first issue plotted by the weekend. Anyway I’m out (I have to get back to work).

This is the working title to one of my next project and the reason behind this blog. I've spent too much time wishing and now it's time to act. So now that I have a working title and a small list of characters to work with, it's time to work out the story beats and format. Now I'm thinking 'Millstone' could be a really good one shot or one mini; but it all depends on how stone my plot points are. You may be wondering what 'Millstone' is about, well it's a detective story based in the islands. However, unlike many of the other detective stories out there none of the touch on what I'm thinking of. The idea came to me after I had a talk with a young lady at church and it opened my sees to how sheltered my life has been. It's something that has been affecting my little island for years and I want to shed some light on it. Anyway my other inspiration is 'Warren Ellis'. I've been listen to a few pod-cast (iFanboy for one) and they kept talking about this book called 'FELL' so I thought I'd check it out ... it's GOLD baby!! I loved it. Now this isn't the first time I've seen his work. I thought he was a genius when I read his Wolverine story 'Not Dead Yet' and I loved 'Planetary'. But a lot of his other work was hit or miss with me, well that is until I read 'Down', Reloaded', and 'Red' (which I just read this year) ... oh and I loved 'Nextwave'. Anyway it's because of him and 'FELL' that I thought a detective story was the way to go.

Getting started...

Man I've wanted to start my own blog for sometime, but like many people I realized ... I had nothing to say!! Yet here I am blogging my lil heart out. Well I thought a blogg would be a good was for me to attempt to get me focused and working. I've been playing around with the idea of doing comics for a few years now and I'm sick of just thinking now! So I'm using this blog to het my ideas together and put at least two comic projects together.